Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But like er , she took it sch to school and Scott was giving us a lift to school so did n't have to walk and she 's in the car and she 's going if this gets if this gets all smashed up Scott I hope you realise I 'm blaming you ! |
2 | He had heard about the Funnell family and the old matriarch when Doctor Rice was giving him a lightning summary of the patients . |
3 | Anyway , by the time Maureen went on her annual holiday , Biggles was feeding himself a bit and coming on well , so I took over . |
4 | According to estimates from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) and local Red Cross committees , some 2,500,000 people from the former Yugoslavia were displaced by the end of July , and some 10,000 people from Bosnia were joining them every day . |
5 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
6 | Bobbie looked surprised , because just for a moment she thought Peter was giving her the engine . |
7 | Michael Ryan was offering him a face saver and he knew it . |
8 | Big Cassie was telling me a story about a couple of riveters that worked together , a family , brothers or cousins or something , and er she says that the guy was a riveter , he used to Maybe if the guy was on the inside holding , on the riveter on the outside this I 'm sure she said they were brothers , he would shout one of them from outside you know , shout his name and the boy would look through the hole you know , and he 's he would spit on him he would spit through the hole . |
9 | Byers was offering him the bottle . |
10 | And Jim was giving it a drink of water . |
11 | In the Ascot race Brown Windsor was giving him a stone and finished 5 ¾ lengths behind . |
12 | ‘ Th'did more for me when Garty were giving me a beating . ’ |
13 | She sniffed and discovered that Mr Beckenham was offering her a pocket handkerchief . |
14 | Because Zeno was edgy , Carla was telling him a story . |
15 | Just over five minutes later she had taken the tablet and Felipe was pouring her a cup of tea , and Maggie looked at him in amusement . |