Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the middle " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They were standing in the middle of a lecture room surrounded by breathalysers , reaction timers , and tachistoscopes , and being offered nothing more tantalising than a double vodka dispensed into glasses via a chemical measuring jar , and served with a shot of orange juice from a carton . |
| 2 | We were standing in the middle of an amazing nature reserve . |
| 3 | He was kneeling in the middle of the lounge fixing small bulbs to the roof rack of Signe 's VW . |
| 4 | A lone jeep was careering up the middle of the 18th fairway , bucking and bouncing in its haste to reach the scene of the ‘ exercise . ’ |
| 5 | Strangely the real sound rang out loudly over the pseudo-sound of the widening astral whirlpool that was forming in the middle of the great octagonal slab . |
| 6 | What was left of Jack Scamp was lying across the middle of the road , face down , about fifty feet behind me . |
| 7 | I was lying in the middle of a green lane clutching a bunch of dandelions , my fingers gummy with the pungent milk oozing out of the squashed stems . |
| 8 | He was lying in the middle of the bed with out stuffed animals around him and a big pile of clean laundry at the foot of the bed . |
| 9 | I was dancing in the middle of the crowd . |
| 10 | The doubt in his tone was understandable , for the sodden object that was reposing in the middle of a puddle bore small resemblance to any form of headgear . |
| 11 | The tourist was sitting in the middle . |
| 12 | Richard was sitting in the middle of the back seat , separating Peter from Kate in the other corner . |
| 13 | That was n't difficult , because he was sitting in the middle of the largest and noisiest group in the room — also they were the only ones speaking English . |
| 14 | Jim was sitting in the middle of the back seat and on the edge but he did not utter , even when Patrick squeezed between two juggernauts with inches to spare . |
| 15 | Nancy was standing in the middle of the yard with her hands to her face , shouting about a black bogey she 'd seen at the window of the hayloft . |
| 16 | Leeming was standing in the middle of the third car , surrounded by sheep who milled round his feet . |
| 17 | In one piquant moment , he was standing in the middle of the living room talking , while his wife scurried about making a bit of food . |
| 18 | Mary was standing in the middle of her room when they opened the door a few minutes later . |
| 19 | The little man was standing in the middle of the Bridge terminus , head cocked to one side as if he could hear something , fists clenched at his sides . |
| 20 | The Cadillac was standing in the middle of a small grassy field . |
| 21 | One of the nurses she had seen in the cloakroom was standing in the middle of the corridor , flushed pink and grinning like an idiot , while That Man lounged on one leg in all his taut leather and chatted her up . |
| 22 | I was working in the middle of the coffee region and so the Supplies Team was also in charge of the coffee plantations , Normally it was the women who did the harvesting , working some four hours a day . |