Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy in Cape Town , who was slowly suffocating to death , yesterday became the world 's first child to have an artificial windpipe implanted , during an operation by a British surgeon . |
| 2 | The Saturday Benediction was slowly dying of indifference . |
| 3 | It was the most inspiring experience of my life and the visit provided food for my hungry spirit which by then was slowly dying from malnutrition . |
| 4 | But in fact George Brown had a considerable edge over Labour 's later candidate , David Owen , who offended the mandarins of King Charles Street with a quiet deliberation that was wholly lacking in George even in his most sober moments . |
| 5 | Not everyone was wholly approving of Wigg 's activities in relation to Profumo — and indeed on many other matters . |
| 6 | In particular , it was said that the employer was thereby saving on royalties payable to the patentee or licensee of alternative components ; the valve reduced processing costs and disposals of scrap ; output had increased ; and the frequency of employee injury had declined so as to reduce absences from work and claims for compensation . |
| 7 | He was so lacking in compassion , in basic humanity . |
| 8 | Rachel knew , however , there was no point trying to explain that she was merely going with David to see her new friends from Conway House , because it looked as if her mother , together with Nina , Greg and all the others , had jumped to conclusions and were ready to believe that what was a perfectly innocent friendship had developed into something more . |
| 9 | Now , at last , here in Hochhauser , looking her best , with her dear , dear friends from the past , she knew it was all going to work . |
| 10 | At the Buckinghamshire contest , the Whigs ' supporters put wool in their hats , " saying " t was all going into France , and they were resolved to keep some o n't , before " t was all gone " . |
| 11 | ‘ It ’ was all happening at sea . |
| 12 | The exchange rate policy was highly damaging to manufacturing . |
| 13 | He was obviously looking for directions , but he certain |
| 14 | There was no reference to the key educational issue in the Queen 's speech , and Michael Stewart ( the new Secretary of State ) was obviously playing for time : ‘ I would rather wait a bit for a good comprehensive system than try to push a sham version in its place . ’ |
| 15 | He got round in par figures , but was obviously playing from memory . |
| 16 | He was obviously coming into form . |
| 17 | On returning from Spring Harvest ( and back to work ) I found that I was constantly thinking about God , Jesus , being a Christian . |
| 18 | They therefore proposed the idea of continuous creation whereby matter was constantly popping into existence . |
| 19 | The racecourse was naturally buzzing with accounts of the row at Tremayne 's dinner , most of the stories inflamed and inaccurate because of the embroidery by the press . |
| 20 | I was only popping over chemist to get a bloody |
| 21 | P.S. I assume Tertje was only referring to players that have *left* Leeds in his time as a supporter when naming Cuntona as the most important person to have filled a Leeds shirt . |
| 22 | In this he was only following in Lanfranc 's footsteps , and it is clear that he expected the king to exercise more authority in ecclesiastical affairs than the more ‘ advanced ’ ecclesiastical theorists of his time thought tolerable . |
| 23 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 24 | Sadly , the beautiful old yacht Honey Bee was only going to Cruibh Haven but they keenly solicited around the basin on my behalf . |
| 25 | Well I was only going to sleep Jo , I was n't doing anything , I 'm just tired . |
| 26 | He was only missing from Palace line-ups from that time as a result of injury or illness , though his playing record demonstrates that he was prone to neither , and it was while we had Billy Callender in goal that Palace came closest to returning to Division 2 in 1928–29 , when we finished as runners-up to Charlton on goal average . |
| 27 | No we no she 'd got out the pool you see , she was I did n't recognize her , she said oh it looks like all the family 's here and I was only talking to Evelyn and , and I kept trying to place her and it was only when she said oh Rebecca was born a month after cos she 's died her hair a different colour , I did n't , just did n't recognize her at all . |
| 28 | We broke windows accidentally , we were throwing erm in fact I was only talking about whip and top the other day , and erm er which was a a game we used to play . |
| 29 | Between 1970 and 1980 owner occupancy was only declining in Fineview , house prices were increasing throughout the area and the elderly population was increasing above the average rate in only half the neighbourhoods . |
| 30 | Her daughter was eagerly moving towards womanhood and would not be stopped . |