Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old man does tell the visitor the story of the woman of Porto Pim ( and his own ) , but there remains something menacing about the silence of the listener-narrator , as though he were taking something away with no intention of giving anything in return . |
| 2 | I was a bit worried when we were trying it on with the passes . |
| 3 | They mentioned that you and Anna walked a hundred miles and that you were following it up with a heavy date . |
| 4 | And a certain party 's name was not to cross her mind , rather , if it did , she was to wipe it out with a picture of her favourite places , backed by her favourite music . |
| 5 | He was kissing her now with a delicate urgency , her cheeks and temples , her closed eyelids and long , slender throat . |
| 6 | And wished he had n't because , two weeks later , Donald was holding him up with a sawn-off shotgun for an hour and a half . |
| 7 | ‘ I found out , by chance , that the girl I was in love with and hoping to marry was having it off with a colleague . |
| 8 | Johnny was regarding her now with a singularly unpleasant smile . |
| 9 | He was a nice man , and she quite liked him , but where Ven 's charm came naturally , Lubor was laying it on with a trowel . |
| 10 | The start of the second half promised an exciting come back after Whelan scored , but it was n't to be : Leeds ' play became increasingly frenetic and desperate , and Sunderland players kept going over like someone in the crowd was working them over with a machine gun . |
| 11 | Someone had dropped jelly on an expensive rug and she was attacking it forcefully with a brush to relieve her feelings when the bristles came in contact with a pair of smart leather shoes . |
| 12 | As they were knocking them down , Corman was following me around with the camera directing my speaking parts . |