Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the Bey of Tunis was building himself a superb mausoleum . |
| 2 | Jean was asking me the other day , and really , you 've told me next to nothing . |
| 3 | His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The problem for British producers seeking to emulate Korda 's achievement was to define what an international British film might be . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 13 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |
| 14 | Mat. , she had managed to give the impression authority was granting me a great favour . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes . |
| 18 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
| 19 | Bruno was offering him a sticky-looking liqueur from a tall thin bottle . |
| 20 | Josh Cornock was telling me the big tides of the last few days have brought the elvers down . |
| 21 | This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress . |
| 22 | Peter was showing him the large white sheet that was fixed to the fence . |
| 23 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 24 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |
| 25 | Stepney in the late 18th century was becoming what the Northern Heights — Highgate and Hampstead — became later , namely , an early form of London suburbia . |
| 26 | James was foiled mainly by the determination of the European powers , including the Warrior Pope Julius II , to fight one another instead , and certainly not by any substantial doubt on the part of his subjects that a king from Scotland was overreaching himself ; indeed , his popularity was to bring him an enormous Scottish army for the campaign against the English in 1513 which ended in the disaster of Flodden . |
| 27 | The idea was to give everybody a reasonable chance of answering some questions , not merely by general railway knowledge , but by dint of having supported Society events . |
| 28 | The idea was to show what a tough life the Royals have . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |