Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pers pn] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |
| 2 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 3 | It was a crisp Saturday morning in February , and the young man had picked her up from her flat and was driving them to a motor-racing track in the heart of Surrey . |
| 4 | Soon he was showing them to the leading head-hunters in employment agencies . |
| 5 | Yanto grunted some inaudible remark and was introducing her to a goggle-eyed Billy as Nigger joined them . |
| 6 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 7 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |