Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] be [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cynics also believed he was taking a great risk when he cast Jason Donovan and Phillip Schofield in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , but both have been great successes . |
| 2 | After an hour 's deliberation Bench Chairwoman Hilary Tulloch announced she was making a 2-year supervision order . |
| 3 | She realized she was humming a pop song to herself , and blushed . |
| 4 | Gardai confirmed they are keeping a close watch on the Atlantic outpost and keeping regular surveillance to prevent any breach of the peace . |
| 5 | Vanguard , hinting at possible pragmatic advantages to the pro-Libyan stance , declared it was taking a populist , anti-terrorist position : ‘ We must condemn all terrorism even if it means upsetting the Libyans and getting no money from their Embassy ’ ( January 1987 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I heard they were planning a bone-marrow transplant . ’ |
| 7 | When he returned he was holding a thin card in one hand . |
| 8 | ‘ I heard it was having a difficult time . ’ |
| 9 | Ah he said , smashing , I thought I 'm giving a little bit back see ? |
| 10 | Then a reaction set in , I thought I was getting a silly schoolgirl hero-pash on him , and the other thing began to happen . |
| 11 | I thought I was doing a good enough job against Southampton to stay on . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought I was marrying a fellow immoralist ; scratch her and it 's a New England Governess . ’ |
| 13 | Her mouth slowly stirred under his and Jessamy knew she was making a big , big mistake , but it seemed impossible to stop . |
| 14 | Winnie Bailey , the soul of tact , frequently visited , did what she could in an unobtrusive way , but knew she was fighting a losing battle . |
| 15 | oh I thought you were buying a new one with that money |
| 16 | He confirmed this impression by asking in tones rank with disbelief , ‘ You mean to tell me you thought you were pursuing a poor man ? ’ |
| 17 | The person started to read their paper on Moses , and I thought she was doing a good job of it , this guy suddenly got up and said , I 'm Jewish , I 'm not listening to any more of this , and stormed out . |
| 18 | And , well mummy thought she was doing a good |
| 19 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 20 | We thought we were building a new Jerusalem , but these people seem hell bent on destroying Babylon . |
| 21 | Not really , was , though I thought we were offering a reasonable price taking everything into consideration |
| 22 | At first they thought they were fighting a small local plan , but they 're now calling this road a ’ motorway by stealth ’ . |
| 23 | The addicts thought they were injecting a synthetic heroin , instead they had given themselves a permanent Parkinson-like condition . |
| 24 | Then she saw he was holding a large stick in one hand . |
| 25 | They drew near the trees and Corbett felt he was entering a different world . |
| 26 | She 'd never been to Adam 's , but she knew he was renting a small cottage just a few miles away from her own home . |
| 27 | Looking down at him there on my English grass , under my English sun , I knew he was pretending a tie-dyed sky , glass sea , breeze in a fast boat . |
| 28 | Leith knew he was bleeding a little inside , but she also knew there was n't a thing she could say or do to help . |
| 29 | ‘ I knew it was going a long way , I was so pumped . |
| 30 | He thought he was having a secret affair , and everyone thought I did n't know and was terribly sympathetic . |