Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the rapid , repetitive beat two glistening bodies were contorting themselves into an impossible position , their backs horizontal to the floor and no more than a foot from it . |
| 2 | With their assistance , gears and warped carburettor components and portions of armour major and minor were assembling themselves into an enormous baroque weapon . |
| 3 | In effect the Berlin banks who loaned money to the Junkers were paying themselves through an agricultural clearing house in East Prussia . |
| 4 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |
| 5 | There was no sense in expecting any help from the boy , the only thing to be done was to exclude him as an irresponsible minor from the consideration of his own fate . |
| 6 | It occurred to Cassie that he was keeping himself under an unnatural control , like a muzzled animal . |
| 7 | This man was lodging himself like an irritating burr under her skin . |
| 8 | As the abrasive words poured into her ears , he was moving her against an ornamental lacquerwork cabinet of hip height and bending her backwards , a hand dealing with the intricacies of her bustier with a sure skill that bore witness to a wealth of experience with even the most esoteric of feminine garments . |
| 9 | He was threatening them with an extraordinary general meeting of the club . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
| 11 | Patrick did n't need to be a doctor to know that his mother was drinking herself into an early grave . |
| 12 | He knew well enough that convincing politicians was a tough job , so his plan was to present them with an informed and insistent electorate of the future . |
| 13 | The music by which he frequently composed his poetry ( a natural continuance of a centuries-old tradition ) was asserting itself as an independent expression . |