Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia gave up without a struggle to the sensations that were shaking her slender form . |
| 2 | One finger pointed up to the bright flood-light that was showing me all this . |
| 3 | Scored for flute , viola and harp , it is alternately perky and elegiac in mood , reflecting the happier circumstances of its composition — and Zeisl 's knowledge of the heart condition that was to kill him three years later . |
| 4 | My beer was to be in a posh hotel where I was being treated for my birthday , and after the heaven of getting out of a T-shirt that was generating its own new species of life in the arm pits , and into a hot bath , I looked forward to discussing the day eagerly with my companion . |
| 5 | She was far too conscious of the man whose own appetite seemed unimpaired by any of the emotions that were troubling her more and more . |
| 6 | At 15 , our daughter knew the calorific contents of every morsel and was making herself sick by drinking vinegar . |
| 7 | It was n't sexual jealousy that was afflicting her this time , for it was obvious that the woman was just a good friend . |
| 8 | She felt that the slightest movement would snap his will , precipitating an explosion out of the swell of desire that was sweeping them both to the edge of a world they were too prudent to enter willingly . |
| 9 | He had taken the knife from Molassi 's body and was studying its bloody tip with interest when the Doctor entered . |
| 10 | one of the things that was driving me mad in last part of my career was , I was responsible for documentation , the fuel issues on the , round a thousand of gallons a day . |
| 11 | As Branch Manager Ian Davies said ‘ the excitement must have been terrific because only at this point did anyone realise that Stella could n't swim and it was only Freddy and the wet suit that were keeping her afloat ! ’ |
| 12 | There was a noise in her head that was making her dizzy so she whispered , ‘ Thank you , ’ and put the receiver down . |
| 13 | But he thought he knew a thing or two about muscles , and the knowledge that it was only a couple of big muscles that were keeping him alive was not comforting . |
| 14 | The Fifth Army had spread its attack across the Meuse to eliminate the guns that were gnawing its right flank . |
| 15 | Even as he greeted Dalgliesh he was taking off his jacket and was drawing his fine latex gloves over stubby-fingered hands which looked unnaturally white , almost bloodless . |
| 16 | That he managed to summon enough energy to make any collections at all during his stay is something of a miracle ; had he been more thorough and punctilious in his methods he would have saved history , as well as himself , a lot of time and trouble when it came to corroborating the theories that were to bring him such fame , and infamy , many years later . |
| 17 | But it was her North African journeys that were to give her two short stories , and she wrote with enthusiasm of the beautiful tajines she had eaten in Morocco . |
| 18 | Even so , though Hendrix has more or less possessed Randy for the past fifteen years , Hansen 's original guitar influences could n't be further removed from the blues-based , howling feedback style that was to become his shared trademark . |
| 19 | Or could it be Colebrooke , who had discovered Sir Ralph 's murky past and was promoting his own ambitions under the guise of revenge for past misdeeds ? |
| 20 | Uzbekistan took control of all union enterprises on its territory and was to conduct its own foreign policy . |
| 21 | Benefit of the Doubt must be given that all employed by the Grand Canyon were brain damaged at birth and were given their bureaucratic procedure in India . |
| 22 | Simon glanced round at Tony , the owner 's son , who had stopped reading his comic and was watching them both , curiously . |
| 23 | She twisted away from him and attempted to step backwards , but Johnny had slipped his hands down to grab her buttocks and was pulling her closer and closer , holding her fast . |
| 24 | Party elders were concerned that the younger generation of intellectuals took no interest in Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought and were neglecting their political studies . |
| 25 | The leader , with four-under par was Jim Thorpe , a comparatively unknown black professional , who had made several unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the Championship and was making his first appearance . |
| 26 | Whilst Hooker defended the Church 's beliefs and practices in the name of reason , Andrewes went further and boldly asserted that the Anglican Church was part of a Catholic and Universal Church and was maintaining its true traditions which had been corrupted by Rome . |
| 27 | It was when the draft for a document on revelation was presented in November 1962 that the Council really began to experience the creative polarization that was to shape its whole history . |
| 28 | Bruce went into the bathroom , put on his tie , and stuck the needle that was to plague his remaining years into his arm . |
| 29 | Now she was apparently surrounded by children and was patting their make-believe heads . |
| 30 | Even as he shouted for attention , Jesus had picked a target star and was tracking its apparent movement around the Lift . |