Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Oil War was costing us a billion dollars a day , and we already had more than four hundred and twenty-five thousand men in Saudi Arabia . |
| 2 | Mat. , she had managed to give the impression authority was granting me a great favour . |
| 3 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 4 | This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress . |
| 5 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 6 | Stepney in the late 18th century was becoming what the Northern Heights — Highgate and Hampstead — became later , namely , an early form of London suburbia . |
| 7 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 8 | Sien was causing him a great deal of worry as the year wore on . |
| 9 | Me and me mam were singing it the other night . |
| 10 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 11 | Somewhere at the back of her mind , it occurred to Bernice that Bishop was giving her an awful lot of rope . |