Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was particularly striking for control and variety and use of skills . |
| 2 | This was never going to work ! |
| 3 | For some years ( circa 1866 to 1879 ) , Chiswick House and its grounds were rented by the Prince of Wales — who later became King Edward VII — as a nursery residence for his children and , as a boy , King George V was there convalescing after illness . |
| 4 | All three were hard selling in accordance with instructions , and were happy with the big money they were making . |
| 5 | Many were already suffering from pellet wounds inflicted by the shotguns of Chuck 's hunters , and the last dregs of their resistance crumbled before the menacing line of armed men . |
| 6 | There is a courtesy in the divine speech , an appeal for Abraham 's co-operation , that was distinctly lacking in chapter 21 and Sarah 's abrupt ‘ Cast out this slave woman with her son . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The alternative was putting in a bleep , and that was never going to work . |
| 8 | His war wound which had pained him earlier was now turning to agony . |