Example sentences of "[noun] was [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 2 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 3 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 4 | Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke . |
| 5 | First er but I 've been tol I 'm sorry I 'm I have n't realized Scott was joining us on the line . |
| 6 | David was warming himself by a fire in the centre of the hut ; he was almost nude and had never worn anything other than a coarse blanket which was slightly tied round him to cover his back . |
| 7 | He took them through the cavernous littered kitchen , where an old woman in a grey shawl was mixing something in a basin on the table , and down the dark passage to the studio . |
| 8 | Sue was beckoning her from the till . |
| 9 | ‘ Ma must have taken to cooking up bits of food in her bedroom , ’ Algy said when Lady Grubb was doing something to the plants and she and Guy were alone with father in his study . |
| 10 | But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud . |
| 11 | Alexander was disporting himself about the boat . |
| 12 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 13 | And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark . |
| 14 | As Estella was leading me along the dark passages , she stopped suddenly and put her face close to mine . |
| 15 | Even as the BeSHT delighted his listeners with his pearls of wisdom , his stunning turns-of-phrase , his aphoristic acuity , so Leonard was learning his own , parallel metier ; the butterfly was following him down the hill . |
| 16 | I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) . |
| 17 | It was Saturday morning and suburbia was busying itself with the tasks it likes so much . |
| 18 | Warden was enjoying himself in the background : it was a new experience to see someone else tackling Buchanan rather than the other way round . |
| 19 | Sir Charles Webb-Bowen was delivering himself of a homily . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , the Chancellor was bracing himself for a furious political storm when he unveils his autumn package on Thursday , including a mystery ‘ fiscal package ’ ministers are remaining tight-lipped about . |
| 21 | Gaynor Wynne was filming her with a camcorder during a champagne reception at the Imperial Hotel . |
| 22 | I think Alwin and Pat use an auditor cos as you know he 's in business and I 've got a feeling that Alwin was asking me about the auditors the other day , so whether there 's would be , whoever he is , would be er willing to do it , I do n't know . |
| 23 | During the first years of the Federal Republic , from 1949 to 1953 , when the Right was staging something of a recovery , attempts had been made to distinguish between ‘ insane Hitlerism ’ and the positive aspects of National Socialism . |
| 24 | Mrs. Jarrett was leaving them with a legacy . |
| 25 | Flowers looked at fault , but the happy Town fans chanted ‘ Goddard for England ’ while the band was serenading them during the interval . |
| 26 | Nigel Cramer was phrasing it by the book . |
| 27 | Araminta was appraising her in a considering way . |
| 28 | But Michele was urging her down the steps , and the gondolier had reached up to assist her into the gently rocking craft . |
| 29 | And the polite , formally suited African was writing something on a sheet of paper , to her instructions . |
| 30 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |