Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend . |
| 2 | Beside her , Alan Markby was grinning to himself as if he knew what she was thinking . |
| 3 | Barney was looking at her with a strange expression , half puzzled , half tender . |
| 4 | ( Miklós was chuckling to himself at this . ) |
| 5 | Mr Trelawney was waiting for us at an inn , near the sea . |
| 6 | Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before . |
| 7 | But there was no time now to speculate on that rather sinister connection , for Luke Travis was coming towards her with his brisk , certain step . |
| 8 | She averted her gaze and saw that Giles was looking at her in concern . |
| 9 | Miss Lucchesi was talking to me about fingering . " |
| 10 | And then Ellie was exasperated with herself for even caring . |
| 11 | Ivy was looking at him with a peculiar expression . |
| 12 | Never again had he thought the love of woman could touch his heart , not after the pain of knowing Tatiana was lost to him for ever . |
| 13 | As I left , Estella 's lovely face looked at me in wonder , but Miss Havisham was staring at me with a mixture of pity and guilt . |
| 14 | Bennet was hurrying towards them in his smart grey uniform . |
| 15 | Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes . |
| 16 | Suragai was looking past her at Alexei as he spoke . |
| 17 | Tessa was looking past him at Annie 's body . |
| 18 | Hasan was waiting for him at the top of the stairs , and , as soon as he heard his guardian 's tread , the little boy sat up , sniffed the air and stretched out his hands like a cat , waking after sleep . |
| 19 | Young Donald was grinning at him with his new look of mockery . |
| 20 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 21 | Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door . |
| 22 | What it is like being married into a ‘ low status ’ family in the Midlands was described to me by Surjeet , a teacher in her early twenties who had grown up in Britain . |
| 23 | ‘ Angus ? ’ he said , but Cameron was looking past him at Allan Stewart , sceptical and intent . |
| 24 | The Pakistani village of Mohinuddinpur was described to me by Shamim , a woman who now lives in Bradford . |
| 25 | Tom was waiting for him at the bottom . |
| 26 | William Whewell in Cambridge was consulted by him over nomenclature , and took a great interest in his work , especially in his unease about the atomic theory with its inert and massy billiard-balls . |
| 27 | She eased the sharpness from her voice , aware that Fred was looking at her in surprise . |
| 28 | ‘ It was lovely that Cuan was thinking of us at that time , ’ said Mrs Over . |
| 29 | Mala was looking at them in a distant and superior way when I sidled up next to her . |
| 30 | Matthew was smiling at her over the edge of his glass . |