Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 2 | Jean was asking me the other day , and really , you 've told me next to nothing . |
| 3 | Pat was showing him The True Path in stylish fashion . |
| 4 | We had no way of knowing it , but those messages were to bring us the first concrete news of John for eighteen months . |
| 5 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
| 6 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
| 7 | By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 9 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 10 | Josh Cornock was telling me the big tides of the last few days have brought the elvers down . |
| 11 | This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress . |
| 12 | Peter was showing him the large white sheet that was fixed to the fence . |
| 13 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 14 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |
| 15 | Yeah cos , my mates were telling me the other day what 's Gilly said ? |
| 16 | Stepney in the late 18th century was becoming what the Northern Heights — Highgate and Hampstead — became later , namely , an early form of London suburbia . |
| 17 | The progress of this story was to show me the essential solitariness of other people , people whom I had not thought of as being solitary before . |
| 18 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 19 | Me and me mam were singing it the other night . |