Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of nothing else but his compelling , mesmeric eyes , which were rooting her to the spot , setting a torch to her , the shooting flames searing her insides . |
| 2 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 3 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 4 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 5 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 6 | The Aztecs were using it at the time of the Spanish Conquest in the form of mosaic applied to wooden masks of their gods , combined with shell inlays for eyes and teeth ( Plate E ) . |
| 7 | Well have they withdrawn one of their submissions to South Oxfordshire that they 've tried to claim that they were using it over the last twelve years and it has now been withdrawn because they know very well that their claim to South Oxfordshire can not be justified about the use . |
| 8 | ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice . |
| 9 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 10 | Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall ! |
| 11 | But he might not always meet her calling or her waiting , for men , too , were bidding him to the sound of axe and plough and sword . ’ |
| 12 | He pulled out a burnet leaf and ate it slowly , concealing his fear as best he could ; for all his instincts were warning him of the dangers in the unknown country beyond the warren . |
| 13 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 14 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 15 | He drove through the backstreets , and the quieter residential boulevards , where people had either ignored the date and retired to sleep , or were celebrating it in the privacy of their homes . |
| 16 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 17 | And you got the odd look but it was n't too severe because at least though they had no clothes on at least you were holding them by the waist . |
| 18 | But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go . |
| 19 | Their parents were sending them to the Wimbledon Islamic Day Independent Boys ' School because they wanted them to grow up English . |
| 20 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 21 | And then when you were cutting it in the Winter , you could see the the the layers you know . |
| 22 | They had taken the area from the rebels and were defending it on the orders of General Kopyion . |
| 23 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 24 | They were doing it down the road here done the other week . |
| 25 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 26 | And then when they were taking her in the ambulance , the nerves , I was sitting fucking laughing |
| 27 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 30 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |