Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [pron] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that such an occupation was un-likely to provide him with a living did nothing to deter him . |
| 2 | Now Sixsmith was gently frisking himself with a deepening frown . |
| 3 | The old woman was always threatening her with a stick-licking if she told lies , but told them herself . |
| 4 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 5 | Paul had reasons for the private emptying of his ; he was still treating himself with a solution of the doctor 's recommended potassium permanganate crystals , and had to make his exit quickly when Willie was out of the room , as that gregarious gentleman would have come with him on the same errand ; then hurry outside with the tell-tale purple contents , empty them , rinse the pot at the pump , and come back . |
| 6 | Mr Lamont was clearly confusing it with the Black-Bellied Sandgrouse ( Pterocles orientalis ) , whose natural habitat is North Africa , said the RSPB yesterday . |
| 7 | He was bent over the prow of a little wooden sailboat — he was obviously having a rest from speedboat practice today — and was busily tightening something with a big screwdriver . |
| 8 | On Day One , the simple exercise of shooting a few scenes in the garden was partly to familiarise you with the idea of editing in camera . |
| 9 | He had the writer laid out , face down with his baggy trousers around his knees , on a marble-topped kitchen table , and was anally violating him with a large , unwashed carrot . |