Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She never ceases to amaze me , ’ he said , Perrier water with lime clutched to his chest as he stood on the balcony above the stage where Kylie was ridding herself forever of her cutesy image . |
| 2 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 3 | The next thing she knew James Halden was carrying her out through the yard in strong , muscular arms . |
| 4 | But now Josie was gradually coming to realise that Lucy was treating it not as a metaphor for anything , but as the literal truth . |
| 5 | The 1992 Coca-Cola International was awarded World Cup status for the second consecutive year , and organiser Desi McHenry was offered it again for this year if he could change the date , something he was unfortunately unable to do . |
| 6 | WHILE Nick Faldo was stirring himself back to life again in the Freeport-McMoran Classic with a second round of 69 , Sandy Lyle was left contemplating what he felt was likely to be another missed cut in his final preparation for next week 's Masters . |
| 7 | Johnny was regarding her now with a singularly unpleasant smile . |
| 8 | Leith broke off , suddenly appalled that he must think that his cousin Travis was helping her out with her mortgage repayments . |
| 9 | Hugh was watching them suspiciously from a nearby table . |
| 10 | His preoccupation with Russia was to show itself shortly after with the publication of The Dark Side of the Moon , to which he wrote a most interesting Preface . |
| 11 | And wished he had n't because , two weeks later , Donald was holding him up with a sawn-off shotgun for an hour and a half . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'll have to see her again , Bruce — if Yeo was having it off with Angela Morgan , both he and his missis have to be in the frame . |
| 13 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 14 | He was a nice man , and she quite liked him , but where Ven 's charm came naturally , Lubor was laying it on with a trowel . |
| 15 | THE BBC was bracing itself yesterday for a Government onslaught over its election coverage , which many ministers believe was biased against the Conservatives . |
| 16 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
| 17 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 18 | Mike was holding it up for Mr. Rowbotham to see . |
| 19 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |
| 20 | ‘ Pumlumon was directing it straight at the giants , ’ said Caspar . |
| 21 | Maybe Christine was feeding them across without her knowing , it was impossible to say . |
| 22 | Sally was throwing herself all over the place and seemed to be enjoying it . |
| 23 | Oak Marketing realised the solution to selling Brewking was to take it direct to the people and explain its process face to face . |
| 24 | Laura was cutting something up into small pieces , with a cookery book open in front of her . |
| 25 | King Vidor , who directed him in Man Without a Star in 1955 , said , ‘ I felt throughout the filming that Kirk was working himself up to being a director . |
| 26 | But Nick was working himself up into one of his states , and she had to harden her heart . |
| 27 | As they were knocking them down , Corman was following me around with the camera directing my speaking parts . |
| 28 | Even as she said it , Lisa was asking herself where on earth this display of indignation was coming from . |
| 29 | Miss Jarman was heaving herself out of the carriage with the help of the crabbed old driver ; marching up the steps and rapping on the front door shouting : |