Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He noticed that Hari was watching him with dull eyes .
2 ‘ Jack Mahoney was blackmailing somebody in this town .
3 But as I went on reading I found that was n't what Clem was telling me at all . ’
4 Oh , Ken was asking us about that .
5 ‘ And , say , Curtis was telling me about these things , these weird things .
6 So in the end it would be Maxim 's name on the pieces of paper , not whatever Sims was calling himself on this trip .
7 But Harold was having none of that .
8 The one , the thing that I actually picked up on is tt erm in the greeting part of it you , you started very well and then Martin seemed to take control and you almost felt as if Martin was interviewing you at one point and erm you tried to get the control back and that 's when you went straight into the statement of purpose , because Martin was taking control .
9 Guy Sterne was eyeing her with amused curiosity .
10 This I 'm pleased to say is being done , a meeting has been arranged with British Aerospace , it should have taken place on Monday er Mike was deputizing me at that meeting and I 'm waiting to see what the outcome of that meeting is .
11 Derek was telling us about some roustabout 's wife who will flit back in with her mother every fortnight .
12 Alina had assumed that Belov was taking her to another of the buildings , but it seemed now that he was going to lead her out of the settlement altogether .
13 I 'd caught a glimpse of my face in the hall mirror once , when Gav was berating me for such rakish tendencies , and I 'd been smiling .
14 Fernie was regarding her with some awe .
15 Beryl was watching him with suspicious eyes .
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