Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] [pron] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She glared up , aware of the slight change in his tone , and saw that his eyes were scouring hers with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 2 | The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting . |
| 3 | Talk was intense among the youngsters , and the young actors and actresses roaming Sunset Strip were no different to the youth of America , if not the world , in that they too were a disoriented bunch in search of idols ; Clift , Brando and Dean were providing them with a whole new repertoire of sayings , postures , stances and gestures . |
| 4 | Crowds were to provide him with the project that kept him busy for decades , the writing of Crowds And Power . |
| 5 | To no avail : my resolution was never called for debate and another , that if the SNP were to approach us with a view to talks ( an unlikely event after the Pollok by-election ) we would not close the door , was passed by a narrow majority . |
| 6 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
| 7 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |
| 8 | But if England and Wales were to provide them with the right context come this Saturday , Mike Teague — who has been shortening in the betting and who was integral to the Lions ' strategy under the same coach , McGeechan , in Australia in 1989 — and either Emyr Lewis or Richard Webster could win the two blindside berths . |