Example sentences of "[conj] was [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 LUCKY BREAK : A young Joe shows the style that was to turn him into the world champ
2 At the beginning of September , 1715 , the mission left St. Petersburg on an incredible journey that was to take it from the shore of the Baltic Sea in the west , almost to the Pacific Ocean in the east , crossing the full width of European Russia , much of Siberia , Mongolia 's Gobi Desert and deep into China .
3 The courage of Peter er after his denial is something that was given him by the Holy Spirit .
4 Nour had taken me by the shoulders and was pushing me towards the pool .
5 She 'd washed her hair and was drying it on the hessian towel .
6 Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning .
7 At luncheon , Bradbury 's Alsatian dog was found to have retrieved a boot of a German airman and was chewing it under the table .
8 Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning .
9 Then , with a nod in the direction of the railwaymen — ‘ Thanks for your assistance , and for holding up the train' — he had grabbed Shiona unceremoniously by the wrist and was dragging her towards the door .
10 She returned to the sitting room and struck Tam , who had knocked the bowl of biscuits from the table and was wolfing them off the carpet .
11 On the steps of the stadium someone had erected a red hammer-and-sickle flag and was waving it towards the crowd and the few media people present .
12 Before she was aware of what he was doing , he had lifted her up and was carrying her to the bed , where he deposited her gently , like some priceless , fragile object .
13 But when he looked back over his shoulder for help , Garvey too had descended his ladder and was following them into the nave .
14 He kept on , and it was worse because he 'd got hold of the helmet now and was smashing it against the toilet .
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