Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was happening to my body — not only the changes brought about by puberty , but the fact that the clothes it wore and the food it consumed were chosen for it by someone else — was a metaphor for what was happening to me as a whole person . |
| 2 | Such meals as she ate were brought to her on trays by Janet , meals that Alexandra and Dora would plan with minutest care in the kitchen . |
| 3 | In many cases , this form of guaranteed sales is running at barely half that of 1989 , when the boom was such that the government was forced to drop limits on subscriptions , which it claimed were forced upon it by lack of newsprint . |
| 4 | He ate dinner and all she could remember was living with him in London ; when they rented a flat , he would n't let her cook . |
| 5 | These planks he marked A , B , C , etc. , and all the man had to do was to sight along them in the proper order and he could not help getting the line right . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Denis and I provided the background music for this particular ‘ pack in the box ’ and much hissing was heard from me in the interval into the ear of our Company Manager Jeremy Adams . |
| 7 | What occurred after I left was related to me by the men of the village , when I paid the district a second visit some months later . |