Example sentences of "was [verb] read the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creggan was beginning to read the windscape around him and to plan a route by it . |
| 2 | She was a mystery to her neighbours , whose curiosity was aroused when she was found reading the New Testament in Greek . |
| 3 | An hour later the phone rang in New Scotland Yard where John McLeish was sitting reading the scene-of-crime report . |
| 4 | But our John was sitting reading the paper . |
| 5 | In most cases I was allowed to read the case file as well as to observe solicitor-client encounters and to attend court . |
| 6 | David told us that swan pattern of movement was currently being monitored in the north-east , so he was trying to read the leg bands through his glass . |
| 7 | He was trying to read the newspaper upside down without much success . |
| 8 | Our first ‘ find ’ was Earle Kelly , a bewhiskered and rusty-voiced newsman from the Daily Province , who was engaged to read the 9 o'clock news . |