Example sentences of "[indef pn] was [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Someone was watching them from the top of the stairs . |
2 | Miranda felt a melting and tickling inside her stomach as if someone was stroking it with a feather . |
3 | I must have dropped off to sleep ; next thing , someone was prodding me in the ribs with a rifle butt , and a voice was saying , ‘ Come on , Piper . |
4 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
5 | But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride . |
6 | Cos somebody was saying something about the la the last time they got in , it all went |
7 | But still the horses would n't budge : they were fixed as if something was holding them to the road . |
8 | From the other side of the room , from the shadows of the wood-store where they had entered , something was dragging itself across the floor towards them … |
9 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
10 | Clamping her mouth shut , she stormed after him , suddenly furious that everyone was treating her like a child . |