Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neddy Fawcett , who was farming at West Birk Hatt in the days before it was flooded when the new reservoir opened , was very good with mechanical things and used to come over and try to make it start . |
| 2 | In July 1674 , Richard Baxter was preaching in St. James 's Market House when the main beam , supporting the floor , creaked several times with the weight of the people who had crowded in to hear him . |
| 3 | Every kind of bird was circling around Little Billy and Swan , and the Minpins on their backs were waving and clapping and shouting with joy . |
| 4 | Penny , tuppence , three ha'penny returns and every denomination of tickets was recorded so that you so showed the erm number of tickets , erm it was possible for a at the end of the week to record what the takings were , per route and the mileage and so , as I told you before , the mileage played a great importance in that you were able to say how much that route was producing per mile run and the erm , in those days it , the erm the receipts worked out , daily receipts , weekly receipts and the progressive total in that year , were always published by the Ipswich Evening Star , round about Tuesday or Wednesday and if you missed them , there 'd be somebo member of the public ringing up to why , answer why you had n't put it in , it was , you know , looked upon then you were , were public transport and the public team that you belonged to them . |
| 5 | Dave was caddying for Roberto de Vicenzo , who looked as though he could win his second Open , but he hit two great shots and then three-putted the 13th in the third round . |
| 6 | Sir Gordon Parker had one of the regular Royal St. George 's caddies ; Richie was caddying for Sir Bryan . |
| 7 | In Athens , where I was competing alongside Nigel Walker and Lesley-Ann Skeet , two of our best hurdlers , I noticed some spots appearing here and there on my body , but as they did n't bother me , I ignored them . |
| 8 | Almost before this ‘ success ’ was announced , Richter was building on Huemmel Island ‘ The Reactor ’ that would power the nation . |
| 9 | Pro-Gaullist sentiment was building in North Africa , while inside France de Gaulle 's agent , Jean Moulin , was negotiating the unification of the resistance movements under Gaullist patronage . |
| 10 | It was incorporated by the architect , Alexander Skirving , into a private dwelling house he was building in Langside Avenue . |
| 11 | I was nursing at Tewkesbury General then — ’ Her eyes grew misty , and Juliet and David exchanged glances . |
| 12 | At home , Daisy said that she was helping with Sunday school teaching . |
| 13 | ON ONE of the few days with sunshine recently I was shambling through Cavendish Square in the West End of London . |
| 14 | As the familiar words passed through her memory again Louisa was gazing at Edwin Frere where he stood on the ice , warming his hands on the glass of mulled wine , smiling in chatter with Tom Horrocks . |
| 15 | The next day 1 was canvassing in Sutton Coldfield and a policeman came up to me . |
| 16 | Dave Crooks , who makes a habit of jumping off such things as Swallow Falls and the Anvil at the Bitches in an open canoe , was hobbling around Crystal Palace on crutches . |
| 17 | he encouraged me to embark on a book , intended to be published in a new series he was editing with Longman Group Ltd. ( then Longmans Green ) . |
| 18 | There were times when Ken was enjoying himself-with Dame Edith and with the part . |
| 19 | But his secret life was contracting as East/West tensions slackened . |
| 20 | Halfway through the tour Ollie Campbell , who was holidaying in New Zealand at the time , made the comment that the Irish were under-prepared for the speed and physical impact of the game as practised by the stronger New Zealand sides . |
| 21 | It is likely that Tom Keating was painting with egg tempera ( made by combining egg yolk with dry pigment ) onto a varnish , probably a fine resin varnish such as mastic or , even more likely , varnish with linseed oil added , which was still wet . |
| 22 | George Male was walking to Upton Park tube station when he saw the bill : ‘ Herbert Chapman Dead . ’ |
| 23 | Tony Atkinson , 16 , was fighting for his life after the collision which happened as he was walking to Queen Mary school in Long Lane , Fazakerley . |
| 24 | Judy was troubled and looked anxiously towards Brown Owl , who , however , was walking with Mr. Gordon and had her back turned . |
| 25 | He was walking into Queen Charlotte 's Alley before he recognized where he was . |
| 26 | Nick did n't send any shivers through her the way Jack Butler had but after he 'd kissed her softly goodbye and she was walking through Portman Square , she found herself looking forward to seeing him later . |
| 27 | One day I was walking down Bedford Street in Belfast city centre and this bloke pulled over in his car and started tooting his horn . |
| 28 | I was walking down Wood Street , Wakefield with a friend who , with a nudge and a nod , directed my attention to a couple gazing into a shop window . |
| 29 | As I was walking down Sackville Street one fine spring day in 1985 I noticed a sign in the window of a bookshop , now no more , advertising BBC books for sale . |
| 30 | No I was walking down Charles Street |