Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [adv] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ As wholesalers we felt that Billingsgate was not offering us the facilities we needed , ’ he explains . |
2 | ‘ Barratt was just telling us the other night at the Goodys ' , ’ says Prue , as she pours coffee in the living-room , ‘ about how he had lunch with God the other day . ’ |
3 | But Donald , to judge from the size of the congregation - they were three deep in the aisles and old Mr Donovan from 21b ( ‘ I fought two wars for you lot ’ ) had to wait outside the double doors — Donald was not experiencing what the French sociologist called the Lonely Death . |
4 | Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter . |
5 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |