Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the hardened faggots of Manhattan ( I fancied ) were gazing down at us with concern from their lofts and condos and thinking — we 're pretty brazen , God knows , but these guys , they 'll queer the whole pitch . |
| 2 | Were those dark eyes that were gazing down at her really Guido 's ? |
| 3 | Already , statistics were catching up on them . |
| 4 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 5 | The year 1973 came close to repeating the triumphs of 1972 but , as usual in FI , other cars were catching up with the Lotus , though not in qualifying , for 1973 was the year in which Ronnie Peterson notched an astonishing nine pole positions and a place on the front row in twelve of the season 's fifteen races , as against one and five for Emerson , Peterson finishing a mere three points behind Fittipaldi . |
| 6 | They were catching up with an interrupted past , not forestalling a proletarian future . |
| 7 | The strains of the last fortnight were catching up with him , and he looked every one of his sixty-four years . |
| 8 | As the first grey slivers of dawn were filtering down through the trees , Roger Forester climbed stiffly from his hire car and stood on the track beside it , stretching his sore limbs and trying to beat some warmth into himself . |
| 9 | In its critique of the project , known as Nina , the Science Policy Research Unit ( SPRU ) of the University of Sussex , says : I Only six papers a year were produced from research using the machine , whereas similar devices abroad were producing up to twice as many |
| 10 | Here and there lumps of metal were sticking out of the masonry . |
| 11 | The mangled remains of a bicycle were sticking out of the windscreen of the lower car . |
| 12 | And her outdoor boots were sticking out from under the bed . |
| 13 | By the time he came off to a huge ovation , Essex were dawdling along at 99-3 off 36 overs . |
| 14 | Sleek towers that were telescoping down into the undercity , leaving great smooth plazas where they had previously reared , chequerboard-patterned spaces with a hint of roof outlines . |
| 15 | They were building up to a strong finish with ‘ The Skater 's Waltz ’ and Noreen knew her number would go up next . |
| 16 | Long before the century closed , pressures were building up for constitutional change and for more profound changes in the social and economic system itself . |
| 17 | Tears were building up behind her eyes , threatening to disgrace her by spilling down her cheeks . |
| 18 | The day-trippers were recovering back at their hotel last night . |
| 19 | Dane , co-pilot Steve Johnsone , 25 , winchman Paul Trethewy , 33 , and radar man Glenn Holmes , 35 , were recovering back at base last night . |
| 20 | When I 'd called in at Sunil 's place after Prentice had driven off , Nassim was on the landing yelling orders to the builders who were crashing around in the bathroom . |
| 21 | Giant Hercules transport aircraft were touching down at Aldergrove Airport every few minutes . |
| 22 | I think to the top end , then those of you who were struggling around with D syndrome at moment , you know let's get you pushed in there . |
| 23 | Others were queueing up for cracks at goal as well , notably Jon Newsome on at least two occasions , as well as Speed and Bats . |
| 24 | Blackburn , loads of Iti clubs were queueing up for him . |
| 25 | Lucien hurried to the wardrobe where several garments were hanging up for his use . |
| 26 | He snatched it back hastily and then looked up to where Cardiff and Barbara were hanging on to each other under the storm 's onslaught , coughing and choking in the shower of plaster . |
| 27 | The way they were hanging on to each other when I caught them , it 's very easy to believe . ’ |
| 28 | And Rob and John and Liz were hanging on to it somebody was going to pick it up were n't they ? |
| 29 | They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep . |
| 30 | At the drink-up after their New York appearance , the band were hanging out with ex-Nymph INGRE LORRE , who invited them all back to her mother 's house for a Halloween party ( surely an offer not to be passed up ) . |