Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to say , Please say something to me , please talk , but he had her still by her nipples and was pulling her towards him , then pushing her back . |
| 2 | Nour had taken me by the shoulders and was pushing me towards the pool . |
| 3 | She herself gave some of the lectures and was preparing one on business conditions in America . |
| 4 | They had taken the area from the rebels and were defending it on the orders of General Kopyion . |
| 5 | Alyssia hesitantly walked in , and almost immediately saw her friend by the cash register , looking with interest at a couple of oldish women who had put on some very garish dresses and were inspecting themselves in the mirror . |
| 6 | In movements which could have been those of a somnambulist Kersey had retrieved his cigarettes and was placing one between his lips while feeling in his pockets for a lighter . |