Example sentences of "who was [verb] a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The switchboard on the ground floor of the Questura was manned by a chubby youth who was holding a large roll , turning it from one side to the other and studying it closely like a wrestler looking for a hold . |
| 2 | As he watched , a supervisor carrying a big black bag began to move along the line of checkouts followed by a young assistant who was holding a large plastic container with a flap in the front like a letter box . |
| 3 | The devil likewise found work for idle hands while the entire staff of Harvard Securities were gathered to gawp at Leslie Grantham , alias " Dirty Den " the pub owner in the TV soap opera Eastenders , who was accepting a large cheque on behalf of the Spastics Society . |
| 4 | One young man , who was attending a large machine which was railed off as a safety precaution , warned Humphrey of the dangers of moving machinery . |
| 5 | But in September 1985 he joined forces with a man who was to play a large part in changing all that . |