Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] was [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had the feeling that someone or something was watching her every movement . |
| 2 | Fact that I was calling him a murderer had nothing to do with it . |
| 3 | Probably nothing , he was thinking , she 's only winding me up , and the thought that she was gave him a pleasurable kick . |
| 4 | Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted . |
| 5 | Throwing him a look of haughty disdain , she bent down to push her boots into the ski-bindings , furiously aware that he was watching her every move . |
| 6 | Horribly aware that he was watching her every move , she tentatively slid the skis forward , uttering up a silent word of thanks when they obeyed . |
| 7 | She flicked him a quick glance , then concentrated on lifting two green-patterned mugs from the cupboard and placing them neatly on the marble counter , all too aware that he was watching her every move . |
| 8 | Hitler no longer seemed to be speaking to convince ; rather , he seemed to feel that he was expressing what the audience , by now transformed into a single mass , expected of him . |
| 9 | I recently asked Lord King of British Airways about his decision to buy Boeing aircraft and United States General Electric aero engines — not only that , but the fact that he was giving them a foothold in Britain at the expense of Rolls-Royce . |
| 10 | He went out , and Merrill sensed that he was giving her a breathing space . |
| 11 | Well , it 's funny , I was telling Stephen , my boyfriend , about that , and I was telling him the question and he said |
| 12 | And again perhaps to follow up a previous question and the question is this , that in the first draft of the statement of faith which was presented two years ago , there was a very clear statement which said that Christ died for our sin in connection with the cross and I was wondering what the reasoning was which took away that very specific meaning of the death of the Christ into a much more general and ambiguous one in the statement before us today . |
| 13 | Which which company if I was to give you a choice , and the luxury that most recruiters do n't have . |
| 14 | Erm if I was to give you an option a choice of which market area you think you would be most happy with , where do you think ? |
| 15 | If I was to enter it a number , one O two . |
| 16 | ‘ And it would be nice , ’ she added slowly , ‘ if someone was to give us a bit reading . ’ |
| 17 | In July 1568 , he was appointed to the Commission of Sewers , along with Lord Cobham , a position he was to hold for many years and which was to make him a close friend of Lord Cobham until Cobham 's death . |
| 18 | Mrs Goreng presented the idea like she was doing me a big favour , giving me the chance to teach the future malai President . |
| 19 | And he was offering her a derelict conservatory . |
| 20 | ‘ Good evening , Mr G … ’ she began to reply , but his glance was already away from her shoes , and he was giving her a slightly raised eyebrow look . |
| 21 | There used to be a cafe , a cute ; the er you used to go in and have a cup of tea and that and yo , he started selling jam , pots of jam with they had him in court , it was er it had fell off a lorry and he was selling it a bit cheap and er he were telling us about it . |
| 22 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 23 | He felt like it was asking him a question or searching for something in his mind . |
| 24 | She felt it probing her mind , as if it was asking her a question , searching for something in her mind . |
| 25 | He murmured her name as if he was asking himself a question . |
| 26 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 27 | Dressed with extreme casualness himself in trainers and jeans , he ignored her outfit and she was left feeling uncomfortably in the wrong , almost as if he was doing her a favour by not commenting on her appearance . |
| 28 | Erm I 'm , I admit er that that was one I just bolted simply because I was taking it the wrong way round , I thought we had identified what was the priority , life insurance , P H I and pensions and was summarizing it whereas I should 've realized we 're doing that page towards the priority |
| 29 | Er , oh in the example that I gave , yes , because it was totalling what the grand total . |
| 30 | And all the while , while he was handing him the plate of meat and bread , and while he was holding the cup to the trembling lips , a little silvery voice was beating inside Fergus 's head : this is all wrong . |