Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously I was learning new things all the time and each day we built on what we had learned the day before . |
| 2 | So I was having little joy with the fine slub yarns in different colours . |
| 3 | Its a , during the course of the time of the crucifixion , Jesus is on the cross and its says there , there were two others also who were criminals , were being lead away to be put to death with Jesus and they came to the place called The Skull , there they crucified him and the criminals one on the right and the other on the left , but Jesus was saying father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing , and they cast locks divided up his garments among themselves and the people stood by and looking on and even the rulers was sneering at him excuse me , and even the rulers were sneering at him saying he saved others , let him save himself if this is the Christ of god , his chosen one , and the soldiers also mocked him , coming up to him offering sour wine and saying if your the king of the Jews save yourself now there was also an inscription above him , this is the kind of the Jews , and one of the criminals who was hanged there was hurling abut at him and saying you are not the Christ , save yourself and us , but the other answered and rebuking him said do you not even fear god , since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds , but this man has done nothing wrong and he was say , and he was saying Jesus remember me when you come in your kingdom , Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you shall be with me in paradise I wonder if you 've ever been in that awful position of facing of what you thought was certain death perhaps you were seriously ill and er , there seemed little hope of your recovery , perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die , I wonder what sort of thoughts would have been going through your mind , maybe w , may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would of been saying to them . |
| 4 | Perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die . |
| 5 | So we were doing this music which was away from the pop stuff that was around . |
| 6 | So we were playing three games every six days and that just does n't allow enough recovery time from injuries . |
| 7 | Suddenly they were wearing expensive clothes on and off stage , taking cabs everywhere , men were showering them with gifts in an attempt just to be seen with them . |
| 8 | Whose arms went out first they would never know , but suddenly they were holding each other tightly , their mouths hungry for each other . |
| 9 | Perhaps they were having two sessions , afternoon and evening . |
| 10 | In that square place that was over there , it was a pantry , some of them were so fused together they were holding each other . |
| 11 | Even before the first exit polls came in he was buying new tackle in readiness . |
| 12 | I therefore reminded him that the Emperor had authorized my journey , and told him that whether his soldiers came with me or not I was leaving that afternoon . |
| 13 | Soon we were making more money than the car company was losing . |
| 14 | Jed drove north to begin with , his wrist a rectangle of heat and all that numbness just behind his eyes , but after two days the roads drew him inland , over high mountains , and soon he was heading due west . |
| 15 | All at once she was wishing that Desmond was with her . |
| 16 | and like she was pointing different things out about this cemetery , and , I mean , you know , you there ca n't be many cemeteries |
| 17 | Mr Robert Sheldon , chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee , said yesterday he was seeking more documents from the Department of Trade after Monday 's hearing when he cross-examined Sir Peter Gregson , the permanent secretary at the ministry . |
| 18 | The chairman of the committee , Mr Robert Sheldon , said yesterday he was awaiting detailed answers from the DTI to questions posed on Monday during his committee 's examination of its permanent secretary . |
| 19 | With my family growing up I was needing more money and er that 's when I decided I would apply for a foreman 's job at . |
| 20 | With my own two children , I felt cheerful and reasonably well during the first pregnancy ; the bonding process with the baby was immediate and passionate , but nine months later I was seeking medical help for exhaustion . |
| 21 | A further study of Les Sylphides reveals Fokine 's great understanding of the dance rhythms which he felt he had to make visible whenever he was using well-recognised dance forms . |
| 22 | Bodo and I had been watching a bodysurfing video starring Mark Cunningham , but when Ace found out I was writing some articles about the North Shore he insisted on an immediate full-scale press conference . |
| 23 | Now I was making ten shillings a week , and I had to pay a penny toll every day to come to from office . |
| 24 | Anyone else would be tearing their hair out trying to work out who was perpetrating such deeds , but you know who 's doing it ! ’ |
| 25 | GILLIAN said how could we separate the two , because where did grammar come from if not from grammarians , and almost all grammarians — probably every single one of them for all she knew — were men , so what did we expect ; but mainly she was talking common sense . |
| 26 | I know just now when I came in just now you were doing some housework . |
| 27 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
| 28 | But he was a a reformed now he was helping other people ge get away from pinching cars like in a they have like |
| 29 | Amery was convinced of the need to introduce a scheme of family allowance even if , in the interest of economy , it was limited to third and subsequent children ; and now he was finding more support for that view from the Conservative benches as well as from other parties . |
| 30 | Well I was reading that article in the Sunday Times with you and the chap who 's the champion said he liked it because it 's like chess and bridge . |