Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 2 | Here the Bey of Tunis was building himself a superb mausoleum . |
| 3 | Jean was asking me the other day , and really , you 've told me next to nothing . |
| 4 | Pat was showing him The True Path in stylish fashion . |
| 5 | When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look . |
| 6 | I can not quite remember the title of the Ballet , but Miss Margot Fonteyn was on her way up , we were quite sure , and that redhead Moira Shearer was running her a good second . |
| 7 | The Oil War was costing us a billion dollars a day , and we already had more than four hundred and twenty-five thousand men in Saudi Arabia . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 10 | Mat. , she had managed to give the impression authority was granting me a great favour . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But , but , but I think that the Reverend David Brian was saying something a little bit erm more direct and more overarching than dealing only with those people that you 're talking about , were n't you , David ? |
| 13 | Bruno was offering him a sticky-looking liqueur from a tall thin bottle . |
| 14 | Josh Cornock was telling me the big tides of the last few days have brought the elvers down . |
| 15 | This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress . |
| 16 | Peter was showing him the large white sheet that was fixed to the fence . |
| 17 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 18 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 19 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |
| 20 | Yeah cos , my mates were telling me the other day what 's Gilly said ? |
| 21 | Stepney in the late 18th century was becoming what the Northern Heights — Highgate and Hampstead — became later , namely , an early form of London suburbia . |
| 22 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 23 | Sien was causing him a great deal of worry as the year wore on . |
| 24 | Me and me mam were singing it the other night . |
| 25 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 26 | Somewhere at the back of her mind , it occurred to Bernice that Bishop was giving her an awful lot of rope . |