Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was ready now to admit that her mother was right , Hari was falling in love with Craig . |
| 2 | Both generals had commanded units in Kurdish areas in south-east Turkey , and there was speculation that Dev Sol was working in co-operation with the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 3 | On the morning of the day before her departure Delia Sutherland was sitting in front of the fruit and toast Luney set daily on the terrace , and which not once had she been able to eat . |
| 4 | At the foot of the stairs , David was listening with interest to what her father was saying , a smile on his lips . |
| 5 | Bobby was lying in bed in his room at the Gebler 's house in the Bronte district of Sydney . |
| 6 | In concrete terms , de Valera was acting on behalf of the established economic interests of rural Ireland , in particular the small landowners and small businessmen . |
| 7 | BURLY rugby international Moss Keane was recovering in hospital in Dublin today from a vicious mugging attack . |
| 8 | Suddenly Rokeya was standing in front of her , looking down at her . |
| 9 | He did so very quickly , in about five minutes , while North was standing in front of his desk . |
| 10 | The majority feeling in the CDP was moving towards support for development within the CNAA . |
| 11 | As to the presumption , Mr. Philipson , while prepared to acknowledge that it would apply to the reasonableness test , submitted that it did not apply when considering whether the Bank of England was acting in performance of its functions . |
| 12 | Every weekend , Anthony was bursting with news for him . |
| 13 | He said that he had presumed that Khumalo was speaking on behalf of Buthelezi , but realized that he was incorrect . |
| 14 | Gary Player insisted that Ballesteros was suffering from paralysis by analysis , that he was no longer sure of his fundamentals . |
| 15 | At the end of the lesson , Katharine was beaming from ear to ear . |
| 16 | I went to see The Wild One many many years ago when I was thinking about becoming an actor and thinking maybe it was a bit of a poofy thing to do , and Marlon Brando was standing in front of this juke box and he had ‘ New York Rebels ’ on the back of his leather jacket and this girl came up and said , ‘ What are you rebelling against , Johnny ? ’ and he says ‘ What have you got ? ’ and I thought , ‘ Yeah , that 's my man , I 'll do that . ’ |
| 17 | Suddenly , the door opened and Roy was standing in front of her . |
| 18 | Willis was walking towards Dreadnought with the man from the boatyard , whose manner suggested that he was refusing to supply more tar , gas and water until the previous bill had been paid . |
| 19 | Silence punctuated with gasps from the other end of the line showed that Maurice was roaring with laughter at his own witticism . |
| 20 | Ballater was crouching in front of the fire warming his hands when Lowell returned . |
| 21 | Springsteen was sitting on top of the stereo stack , looking out of the window into the darkening sky . |
| 22 | Cos erm , apparently erm Trevor was working for Bettaware for Avon and they had the Social Services round to say that I hear that your working and they do toy parties and they said no , I mean there not making a living out of it , it 's was just |
| 23 | However , well-informed sources ruled out both British Aerospace and STC as buyers , saying they believed Hoare Govett was acting on behalf of normal investment clients or Middle Eastern investors with an interest in Ferranti 's future . |
| 24 | Leon Kennedy was standing in front of the fire where she had chosen to stand all that time ago at the beginning of the evening . |
| 25 | Lee was standing in front of the cooker . |
| 26 | Then Garvey was standing in front of his angel , beaming into his face and murmuring , without moving his lips , ‘ Do n't answer . |
| 27 | No more is heard of him after this , although Kympton was acting as agent for the commissioners of the sick and wounded at Plymouth in 1703 . |
| 28 | As the waiter cleared away the debris of their meal , Luke Hunter was looking at Folly across the table with an expression in his eyes that she found hard to classify . |
| 29 | Meanwhile Roe 's Macclesfield Company 's activities continued at Coniston and output figures in John Moore 's estate book are provided below , Moore was acting as steward to Sir Michael le Fleming and this was a position of great trust . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Alan Blumlein of EMI in Britain was working in ignorance of developments in America ; his concept was to record two optical channels on cine film . |