Example sentences of "were [v-ing] in the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , according to the radio , doves were cooing in the Kremlin . |
| 2 | In the Talmud , and therefore dating from the very early centuries of the Common Era , there is the following comment on the Exodus story of the crossing of the Sea : ‘ When the Egyptian hosts were drowning in the Red Sea , ’ say the rabbis , ‘ the angels in heaven were about to break forth into songs of jubilation . |
| 3 | While the rest of the European team were competing in the Lancome in Paris the Welshman was finishing second in the Sapporo Open in Tokyo . |
| 4 | Down the road at the Gloucester leisure centre it was a weekend for table tennis fans … over 300 players were competing in the Cotswold Junior championships … the boys title went to Surrey … the girls to Yorkshire but local boy Ray Powell raised the roof by fighting his way through to the semi-finals |
| 5 | The men , who were uninjured , were competing in the Isle of Man Midnight Race , an annual event organised by Tranmere Sailing Club , Birkenhead , Wirral . |
| 6 | The men , who were uninjured , were competing in the Isle of Man Midnight Race , an annual event organised by Tranmere Sailing Club of Birkenhead , Wirral . |
| 7 | One day when we were walking in the Grange garden , I noticed her crying . |
| 8 | MY WIFE and I were walking in the Lake District when I slipped and fell . |
| 9 | Her poems were appearing in the Bath Journal by 1749 under the name of ‘ Sylvia ’ . |
| 10 | A number of celebrities were appearing in the Cadbury 's sponsored pantomimes around the country and supporting the Save The Children fund raising activities . |
| 11 | As the 1960s progressed , however , it became evident that certain strains were developing in the Bretton Woods arrangements . |
| 12 | AUTHOR compiling a detailed history on the 300/400 Australian Short Service Commission airmen ( mostly pilots ) , who were serving in the RAF at the outbreak of World War Two . |
| 13 | We had disagreements in the House about the number of Territorial Army personnel that were serving in the Gulf . |
| 14 | The owners and some of the actors were staying in the Westin Hotel which had , Nell had told everyone during dinner , a ballroom and comfort and an indoor pool on the roof . |
| 15 | " We were reading in the London Times that some kind of boat was sunk on the Thames the other day . |
| 16 | I think the persons who helped me most were the professional actors who were playing in the West End and came to us as teachers during the day . |
| 17 | They were sitting in the Kardomah Café waiting to pick up paint and turpentine ordered by the stage designer from Haggerty 's warehouse in Seel Street . |
| 18 | They were sitting in the Direktor 's music room , overlooking the mountains . |
| 19 | During the reign of Charles I there was a great flood of emigrants to North America and the West Indies , and a third type of colony appeared in addition to the colonies for English settlement and the trading posts which needed political power to function effectively : the colonies which were emerging in the West Indies were beginning to turn into plantations in the modern sense in which Englishmen directed the labour of other people . |
| 20 | On this occasion , however , 12 members of staff were working in the Bury Street Office in preparation for the merger with the Great Tower Street Grouping . |