Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I was struggling down the yard with the fully laden bucket a few minutes later a neighbour , Mrs Woods , saw me . |
| 2 | Uncle Albert was struggling down the garden path carrying a heavy shopping bag . |
| 3 | And he had seemed almost to be currying favour when he was tumbling out the story of his family 's lost lease , trying to get Cameron to agree that the lairds were done for now . |
| 4 | Well we did take some er legal advice on it and we were told that it was not illegal , erm I mean we think it 's highly immoral erm , but we were told it was not illegal , because they did not actually use the er the redundancy money did not come out of the fund , only this enhanced pension etcetera which was using up the , the surplus and we were told |
| 5 | He was bellowing down the line like a demented station announcer . |
| 6 | A monster 's mum was hanging up the washing in the garden when she suddenly yelled at him : |
| 7 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 8 | Used to the my whole down there than it was hanging up the , really I mean |
| 9 | It was an effort to reach up for my dressing-gown which was hanging on the back of the door and I felt bitter against Richard because he did n't see that I was ill and come to help me . |
| 10 | Burton describes being ‘ between the two men I most feared ’ but nevertheless , and with all that was hanging on the part , he went back for more . |
| 11 | He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking . |
| 12 | It was hanging on the wall , and when he applied it to the p'tar 's rump the beast screamed once , as if outraged , and then it trotted sedately out of the stall and allowed itself to be backed between the shafts of the cart . |
| 13 | It was hanging on the wall in the sitting-room but she had n't seen it the night before . |
| 14 | Like to catch something that was hanging on the tree , no one would catch it and hang there . |
| 15 | You know , this man who was hanging on the cross beside Jesus he had not been christened , he had n't been dedicated , he had never been to a confirmation class in his life , he had never been baptized , he had never been received into church membership he had never even gathered around the Lord 's table ! |
| 16 | As it was right across the road from college everyone was hanging out the window to see what was happening . |
| 17 | It was a warm , sunny day and she was playing in the garden while her mother was hanging out the washing . |
| 18 | And they was hanging out the bottom , hanging out with their guns hanging over the edges . |
| 19 | She was hanging about the waterfront when she heard steps behind her . |
| 20 | You see the tractor driving it , there 's the load , this was gathering up the hay as it went along and it tipped it over and we had to make the loads you see . |
| 21 | Sure enough , the battered little red Mini was speeding down the service road , following the same route the ambulance had taken . |
| 22 | Folkestone was a pocket borough of the Rothschilds , Southend was falling under the control of the Guinness family , Plymouth was learning to love the Astors , and Samuel Roberts was building up the influence in Sheffield that was to provide a seat for his family until 1966 . |
| 23 | They have taken Fergusson the teacher , while he was nailing up the lists , and stripped him and tarred him — ‘ Donald — you would not do that ! |
| 24 | Labour said it was stepping up the pressure for an urgent Commons statement from the Chancellor to clarify which areas of spending were ruled in or out from the Treasury review . |
| 25 | The howling growling blood-drenched boy was eating up the foreman . |
| 26 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 27 | But it was the music that was bringing in the advertising , and maybe the extra readers . |
| 28 | Barefooted and bare-armed , she was bringing in the cows from the fields for milling . |
| 29 | Sister Beatrice , under the impression that Topaz was bringing out the hither to suppressed goodness in Lovat , encouraged her . |
| 30 | ’ He sounded quite excited and Folly found herself smiling at the way his dramatic gesture was bringing out the little boy in someone as sophisticated as Luke . |