Example sentences of "they were [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In days when guests used to go out on the hill with gillies if they were fishing a large loch , and caught undersized trout , they did n't put these small fish back ; instead , they put them in a bucket , taken along for the purpose , and carefully carried the little fish to an adjacent lochan . |
| 2 | While city leaders in Leipzig held talks with reformists , reports indicated that police in Halle had made a baton attack on about 3,000 people as they were leaving a church to march in silence round the town . |
| 3 | They were facing a mounting legal bill , whereas Cassidy had behind him the huge resources of the diocese — much of it contributed by gays and lesbians , Moreover , the Chancellor 's opinion was clear . |
| 4 | The other girls could be forgiven for being depressed — after all , they were facing a racing dynamo , who seemed indestructible , regardless of weather conditions . |
| 5 | Environmental health officer Richard Hallows admitted yesterday they were facing a problem and called on the public to help them . |
| 6 | They were promulgating a specifically Judaic message for Judaic adherents . |
| 7 | They were chasing a total of 160 and were ticking along nicely . |
| 8 | In Islay in September 1938 they were flying a peregrine falcon at grouse with a bird called Cressida . |
| 9 | They were constructing a series of weirs upstream , so they had told her at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , which would eventually control this annual predator , but for this year , at least , it surged down irresistibly as ever , biting acres out of its banks as it cornered , like a ferocious animal frustrated . |
| 10 | In theory they were writing a book on the actors , but long since the fascination of collection for its own sake had taken over and work on the collation of evidence ceased . |
| 11 | An Olympic walker uses more energy than a jogger moving at the same speed , because he is walking at a speed where his muscles would use less energy if they were operating a spring than if moving a pendulum . |
| 12 | I had a most interesting meeting in Scotland with all of our lay delegates there , erm on Friday and some of you within British Gas will know that in Scotland they 've even more problems with the M A P L than any of the other regions because they were operating a different system to start with in the first place . |
| 13 | But er they grew up and since I 'm the youngest , obviously they were earning a little bit of money in some way . |
| 14 | Anyway , I 'd been staying with them in darkest Kensington , at Mr Gibbon 's very grand , three-storeyed town-house in Ascot Square , just off Addison Road , and working at a branch of Mondo-Food on Victoria Street ( they were trying a new line in Haggisburgers at the time and the manager thought my accent would help shift them . |
| 15 | It was a terrible injustice — as though they were seeking a scapegoat to put down a marker to keep other pilots on their toes . |
| 16 | On the eve of the summit Gorbachev reaffirmed the sharp differences over this issue [ see also p. 37535 ] , but both sides indicated that they were seeking a mutually acceptable solution . |
| 17 | They were towing a desert manta on a long black line . |
| 18 | A counsellor commented : ‘ They always assumed I 'd do disability counselling ; they were hanging a label round my neck . ’ |
| 19 | Absolutely because in York , in sorry , in Litchfield you have a confirmed greenbelt right up to the boundary , they were pursuing a local plan for the Li the city of Litchfield in isolation from the rest of the district , and there they were promoting seven hundred and fifty houses to be taken out of the greenbelt . |
| 20 | On May 27 police in Tamil Nadu said that they were holding a Sri Lankan Tamil woman for questioning in connection with the assassination . |
| 21 | Oh aye when they used to carry it they they were drinking a dram now and again on the road going to it . |
| 22 | But for the month of December , the students felt that they were riding a well-placed political movement . |
| 23 | The fact that they were creating a possible environmental hazard , did n't enter into it . |
| 24 | For example , in a study by Flores d'Arcais ( 1978 ) subjects were asked to detect sudden changes in which ear they were receiving a spoken message . |
| 25 | They were receiving a fair amount of media attention . |
| 26 | This emerged yesterday as the two companies finally confirmed they were discussing a deal to thwart the rival US car giant Ford , which intends to build a 15 per cent stake in Jaguar in preparation for a full bid . |
| 27 | They were discussing a machine that was continually breaking down . |
| 28 | There is no way of knowing at what stage the Howards discovered that they were supporting a usurpation , but there are no signs of second thoughts . |
| 29 | ‘ You were even cooler than Fred , ’ she said , laughing at him admiringly and leaning her two dogs against her as if they were supporting a fine book . |
| 30 | There is no way of knowing at what stage the Howards discovered that they were supporting a usurpation , but there are no signs of second thoughts . |