Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a disciplinary hearing of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland was told he sold the product without a prescription . |
| 2 | Luis was helping us clean the Plaster Room after a long session of plastering . |
| 3 | Now Donald was bracing himself to take the weight of the heavier outer door and Donald McLaggan was helping him , easing it up off its hinges . |
| 4 | By then Posi was asking me to explain the connection between Ardakkean phetam and the carrion bird of Old Earth called the vulture . |
| 5 | In 1832 , an English couple , the Pattisons , married for just one month , were drowned in it ; according to the local sub-prefect 's report , because Mr Pattison was amusing himself sounding the depth of the water with a pole and fell overboard , dragging his bride in after him . |
| 6 | She also sensed that Silas was taking her to see the kiwi because it was something he himself enjoyed doing . |
| 7 | Patrick was watching them play the 7th , which they had reached at 11.45 , when Richie 's voice crackled on the radio . |