Example sentences of "[noun] and [was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came out of the station , having had my break and was putting it into my notebook — ‘ refreshments at such-and-such a time , leave such- and such a time ’ . |
| 2 | General Francis had risen from his chair by the examination couch and was supporting himself with his sticks . |
| 3 | She wanted to say , Please say something to me , please talk , but he had her still by her nipples and was pulling her towards him , then pushing her back . |
| 4 | She 'd bought some fancy underwear and was showing it to Franca and I came in and made some remarks . |
| 5 | Nour had taken me by the shoulders and was pushing me towards the pool . |
| 6 | On the steps of the stadium someone had erected a red hammer-and-sickle flag and was waving it towards the crowd and the few media people present . |
| 7 | Eisenhower , who was in the midst of his re-election campaign and was presenting himself to the American electorate as ‘ a man of peace ’ , failed to make clear to his British and French colleagues in the Atlantic Alliance the depth of his reluctance to countenance the use of force over an issue that was only important and not vital to US interests . |
| 8 | She herself gave some of the lectures and was preparing one on business conditions in America . |
| 9 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |
| 10 | She 'd washed her hair and was drying it on the hessian towel . |
| 11 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 12 | Sandra joined the Nicholson crowd in the B-movie circle and was to become something of a model for future long-term relationships . |
| 13 | I 'd got an assortment of sarnies and some cans of Diet Coke and bottles of Perrier at a café behind Liverpool Street and was allowing plenty of time for the traffic to get back into the City . |
| 14 | Yanto grunted some inaudible remark and was introducing her to a goggle-eyed Billy as Nigger joined them . |
| 15 | They had taken the area from the rebels and were defending it on the orders of General Kopyion . |
| 16 | Bigwig had raised his head and was supporting himself on his fore-paws alone . |
| 17 | She gave a little whimper of denial , her flat fists pushing against his chest , but he had moved his hand behind her head and was pressing her against him , forcing her lips apart so that he could savage her mouth with his tongue . |
| 18 | He 'd put some more money in the meter and was warming himself by the newly-lit fire . |
| 19 | Alyssia hesitantly walked in , and almost immediately saw her friend by the cash register , looking with interest at a couple of oldish women who had put on some very garish dresses and were inspecting themselves in the mirror . |
| 20 | It was a crisp Saturday morning in February , and the young man had picked her up from her flat and was driving them to a motor-racing track in the heart of Surrey . |
| 21 | He stayed the week and was given lots of extra training , but he was still unsafe when he returned to the USA . |
| 22 | ‘ It seems as if I really do need to lie down , ’ she said faintly , and then he had swept her off the ground and was carrying her to one of the low , comfortable sofas in a private alcove where donors who were feeling faint could eat and drink in peace and quiet as they recovered . |
| 23 | Julia knew that it could not be real because it brought with it even more horrible visions , in one of which Comfort and Anthony had her pinned to the ground and were hitting her with garden rakes with specially sharpened tines . |
| 24 | The fourth man had abandoned their horses to his wounded companion and was launching himself into the fray . |
| 25 | Quick replies by Kelly Shelford and Mark Elia led to the suspicion that New Zealand could score at will and were easing themselves into their stride , but doubts arose early in the second half with a succession of missed chances . |
| 26 | At the front , though , they had taken them through the gate and were playing them on the windows of Hilda Machin 's sitting-room . |
| 27 | Looking round , he saw that the young accomplice had retrieved the knife and was pointing it at him like a gun , stammering : ‘ You 'd better let him go , d' you hear ? ’ |
| 28 | But when he looked back over his shoulder for help , Garvey too had descended his ladder and was following them into the nave . |
| 29 | Lucenzo 's mother had emerged from the ballroom and was embracing her as if she was very precious . |
| 30 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |