Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly the people , his people , were expressing only loathing for all that he had achieved in his thirty-seven years on the throne . |
| 2 | Alfred was waving a white-stockinged leg in the air , Heinrich experimentally bending over in his black knee breeches ; James was pulling at his skimpy short jacket , puffing out his chest like Beerbohm Tree as d'Artagnan , Algernon was dancing a Highland fling showing off his black slipper shoes , and Alice and Emily were swishing merrily arm in arm through the kitchen in their huge , gathered black skirts covered with large , bibbed , lacy aprons . |
| 3 | They were dozing happily side by side on the sands , when a jet plane roared overhead , waking them with a start . |
| 4 | She had advanced a step further towards him until now they were standing almost breast to breast . |
| 5 | In the green half-light , at the mouth of one of these holes , two rabbits were sitting together side by side . |
| 6 | Although the French right-wing armies held their stations , those of the centre and left , including the BEF ( shortly to comprise five divisions ) were retreating steadily south toward Paris . |
| 7 | Indeed , once families were earning over £3 per week in the Midlands and the South East , where the car industry and the new consumer industries were developing , they had the prospect of a much improved standard of living and a significant improvement in their life opportunities . |
| 8 | ‘ He said Tottenham were receiving over £1m for Lineker . |