Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Mary Queen of Scots coin was given to her by well-wisher Jessie Brown , 40 , of South Carntyne , Glasgow . |
| 2 | Its name was given to it by Jesuit missionaries in South America who saw the flowers as a representation of the Crucifixion — the corona is the crown of thorns , the anthers the five wounds in the hands , feet and side of Christ , the three styles , the nails , the five petals and five sepals 10 of the disciples , less Peter and Judas , the hand-shaped leaves and tendrils the hands and whips of Christ 's torturers . |
| 3 | The slices were perfectly aligned , and then a second layer was placed across them at right angles . |
| 4 | My suggestion to Angus , while we were dishwashing after the battle , that maybe his food could have been injected somehow with a substance that even now could be working away to the detriment of everyone 's health was received by him with frosty amusement . |
| 5 | Robyn turned the ignition over , realising he was gaining on her with remarkable speed , and the jeep roared into life . |
| 6 | Andrew 's mother Janice , 23 , who was walking with them in nearby Haxby , said : ‘ The first thing I heard was Carol scream , then a bang . |
| 7 | Andrew 's mother Janice , 23 , who was walking with them in nearby Haxby , said : ‘ The first thing I heard was Carol scream , then a bang . |
| 8 | I felt he was vying with me for proprietary rights over Jean-Claude . |
| 9 | But she was looking at me with simple , concerned inquiry . |
| 10 | Quigley was looking at me in open horror now . |
| 11 | ‘ He does n't , eh ? ’ said the tramp , who was looking at her with great interest . |
| 12 | He was looking at her with faint amusement in his eyes , one eyebrow slightly raised , and she became aware that he was quite used to this reaction from women to his undoubted charisma . |
| 13 | He was looking at her with frank enjoyment that seemed untainted by any sort of guilt . |
| 14 | But Wolff was looking at her with frank and breathless admiration . |
| 15 | In a brown-panelled room smelling of tobacco they sat on opposite sides of a cold hearth full of cinders , swallowing hot wine and water under the blue eyes of Sergeant Collier , who was looking at them with intent curiosity like a man staring at a two-headed dog in a freak show . |
| 16 | When he had got his balance back , a woman in a dowdy black dress was looking at him with tired amusement . |
| 17 | Louise , his warm-hearted , likeable , former neighbour was looking at him with obvious concern . |
| 18 | Summing up a custom-made guitar , especially when it was made for no-one in particular , is a difficult task at the best of times . |
| 19 | MI6 never appreciated the amount of opposition that existed within Germany to Hitler and the Nazi party in its early days and as a result failed to exploit the very considerable amount of information that was offered to it by well-placed anti-Nazi groups . |
| 20 | She felt her feet trailing through the weeds that grew at the side of the track , nettles and thistles tearing her skin as she was dragged through them at high speed . |
| 21 | Even when she was flying to me from various positions , the slightest disturbance in the landscape might distract her attention . |
| 22 | Smythson stayed on in the service of the Willoughby family , and was employed by them on administrative and financial business , as well as as a surveyor . |
| 23 | Superlatives were flung , contracts were signed , tours were n't bothered with and , eventually , an album , ‘ Delaware ’ , was released last summer , where fluffy textures were toughened up and sweetness and light was offset by plenty of calculated chaos and nastiness . |
| 24 | But even this sad circumstance was overshadowed for me by political events of the week . |
| 25 | Miss Jarman was glaring at him with impatient curiosity and strong distaste . |
| 26 | Lead words , if you want to sit down and , in , in general you see er , you want to just sit down and think about what you 're doing and what you 're not doing , you can sit down and exercise on these words , now I 'm not saying you 'd ever want to do that , right now if , now you know I was saying to you about comparative questions right |
| 27 | That the Church in the form in which it was re-established eventually survived the Puritan onslaught was to a large extent due to the philosophical and historical basis which was provided for it with formidable learning by Richard Hooker . |
| 28 | Suddenly he realized that everyone in the queue was staring at him with frank interest and uninhibited hostility . |
| 29 | He looked towards Peg , who was staring at him with undisguised loathing . |
| 30 | Zen glanced at Ellen , who was staring at him in horrified disbelief . |