Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of this delay in time , it is perhaps an exaggeration to say that the expansion of English maritime activity between 1460 and 1520 prepared the way for seizing opportunities which were opening up in many parts of the world ( 63 , p.163 ) . |
| 2 | Hens and geese were picking around in two small haystacks and fleets of tiny yellow chickens were half hidden beneath some planking and under the foundations of some rickety sheds . |
| 3 | They were looking back in eighteen fifteen at twenty odd years of war and revolution . |
| 4 | Both guitars share Mr. Donahue 's preferred neck profile , medium-deep and noticeably ‘ V ’ shaped , not unlike the ones Fender were turning out in late ‘ 56 and ‘ 57 . |
| 5 | The Light Blues had a half-length lead at the Old Ship but with Gardiner setting an excellent rhythm , and with Davy , Maclennan and Bridge backing magnificently , Oxford were holding on in flat water . |
| 6 | As The Beatles rose inexorably , so did Smith and by the time ‘ his mates ’ were splitting up in 1970 , he was approached to take over the editorship of NME . |
| 7 | Pain and need were rising up in equal measure to swamp him , and he knew he did n't have what it took to turn away from her . |
| 8 | They were coming over in bloody gangs , right , there was the little ducks , you know the ones with green heads , so we were giving them bread and then all of a sudden the other side |
| 9 | Once more , as in the early days , movies were charging around in all directions and not really getting anywhere . |
| 10 | Downstairs in the lobbies , Tories were running around in equal bewilderment over the Speakership . |
| 11 | Openings for quarrels were bubbling up in several places in the 1730s . |
| 12 | They were standing around in frozen postures like a group caught when the music stops in a game of Statues . |
| 13 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 14 | No serious attention would be paid to cuisine while his pupils were cavorting around in this outlandish dress parade . |