Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [pron] a [noun sg] " 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 | Michael Ryan was offering him a face saver and he knew it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And Jim was giving it a drink of water . |
| 7 | In the Ascot race Brown Windsor was giving him a stone and finished 5 ¾ lengths behind . |
| 8 | ‘ Th'did more for me when Garty were giving me a beating . ’ |
| 9 | She sniffed and discovered that Mr Beckenham was offering her a pocket handkerchief . |
| 10 | Because Zeno was edgy , Carla was telling him a story . |
| 11 | 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 . |