Example sentences of "they were [verb] [art] " 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 | When Mrs Hollidaye had finished her praying and they were leaving the church , she stopped at the back and showed Dot a book with writing in it . |
| 4 | Three ministers announced that they were leaving the Government at their own request : Lord Belstead ( Ulster ) ; Mr Tim Renton ( Arts Minister ) ; and Mr Alan Howarth ( Education ) . |
| 5 | While exploring the question of whether bees can use information about direction gathered on the flight back from the food , we transported foragers caught as they were leaving the hive for natural sources to an artificial feeder in the middle of a large car park hundreds of metres from the hive . |
| 6 | The waitress added up the modest sum , and then asked them regretfully if they were leaving the district for good . |
| 7 | All of these she had wriggled out of , and as they were leaving the cinema he had had the nerve to say , ‘ You know , I really respect you for saying no , Benny . |
| 8 | At Notting Hill Gate , as they were leaving the car , they found their way impeded by a uniformed official of London Transport Underground that the woman who said the holidays were too long had got hold of and was complaining to . |
| 9 | ‘ The messier the better , ’ she said , as they were leaving the shop . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect we shall run into you again , as English people do in Rome , ’ she added , as they were leaving the tea room . |
| 11 | On the following day the radical mayors of Moscow and Leningrad , respectively Gavriil Popov and Anatoly Sobchak , similarly announced to the congress that they were leaving the party . |
| 12 | They were leaving the village , crossing the Avon . |
| 13 | With it safely in his pocket , they were leaving the foyer , Luce leading the way , when a voice cried , ‘ Well , hello ! |
| 14 | As they were leaving the producer paused and smiled at her . |
| 15 | Gerry Kerr who steered the Glenavy side to a mid-table position in Division I A of the Amateur League after they were relegated the previous season , has been told his services are no longer required . |
| 16 | They were assigned a lowly place |
| 17 | No they came up pretty soon in it , when they were digging the road but |
| 18 | they were digging the road |
| 19 | They were to create the Indian diasporas of Guyana and Trinidad , of the Indian Ocean islands and the Pacific , and the smaller Chinese colonies in Cuba , Peru and the British Caribbean . |
| 20 | Suddenly they were wearing the colours of the rainbow . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The other girls could be forgiven for being depressed — after all , they were facing a racing dynamo , who seemed indestructible , regardless of weather conditions . |
| 23 | Environmental health officer Richard Hallows admitted yesterday they were facing a problem and called on the public to help them . |
| 24 | Peter and Nona had their backs against a wall , they were facing the man who seemed to inhabit the tunnel . |
| 25 | They were promulgating a specifically Judaic message for Judaic adherents . |
| 26 | A sheet of rain had come down then , a hard , gusty shower , while they were laying the squares of turf back in place , and Adam had said something about the rain making the grass grow quickly , the rain being on their side . |
| 27 | They were chasing a total of 160 and were ticking along nicely . |
| 28 | They clattered downhill as though they were chasing an enemy . |
| 29 | In Islay in September 1938 they were flying a peregrine falcon at grouse with a bird called Cressida . |
| 30 | In which case those who perpetrated this outrage on British culture are in good company , whether they were flying the flag of ‘ racism and sexism ’ or not . |