Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't care if my Mandy was flashing her clout on the Old Kent Road if it meant having her back ! |
| 2 | Tanner , as Commander of the Anti-Terrorist Branch , was stamping his authority on the meeting from the outset . |
| 3 | He was banging his head on the post and shouting . |
| 4 | In the parallel line of the submissive , a pretty , dark girl of about twenty was emptying her handbag on the instructions of a uniformed harridan . |
| 5 | It is generally assumed first , that this ‘ ceremonial recognition of his son as king in his own lifetime was something new ’ ( although Aethelred of Mercia , for example , is said to have appointed Coenred as his heir ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 57 ) , second , that it was the first royal anointing in England ( though reservations have been expressed as to whether Ecgfrith was anointed or , if he was , whether he was the first ) , and , third , that Offa was basing his action on the recent papal consecration in 781 of the Frankish princes , Pippin and Louis , sons of Charlemagne ( though Byzantine precedents are also possible ) . |
| 6 | To rub sea salt into the wound , Mr Lamont was told his place on the Cabinet 's overseas policy committee could be taken by his Number FIVE at the Treasury . |
| 7 | But secretly he loved the idea , and it gave him a great kick to tell his friends and business acquaintances that he was supporting his son on the amateur golf circuit . |
| 8 | When she reached the bushes , Geoffrey was spreading his jacket on the grass between the stream and a weeping willow . |
| 9 | In his hand , Catherine could see that he was holding her article on the NSPCC . |
| 10 | That day she was holding her son on the balcony of the flat and she dropped the child to the ground below . |
| 11 | He knew that if he had had the courage he would have vowed then and there never to go back , but such courage was not his yet , but was it so bad for a man who could make no sense of how he had come to be where he was to rest his fate on the unknown course of an eagle 's life ? |
| 12 | A year or so later she told everyone that they must make an annual pilgrimage to that city , where she had a cousin in the catering trade who was prepared to give them all cheap rates , but by that time Rose was losing her grip on the faithful . |
| 13 | Even before this teacher took up his post , the study skills working party was focusing its attention on the potential of the package he brought with him , and the subsequent development of study skills in the school incorporated much of his scheme . |
| 14 | Back in Britain , it became necessary to introduce food rationing as the blockade by the German ‘ U ’ boats was having its effect on the supplies of foods from overseas . |
| 15 | There was therefore a very long period during which the need for a god was having its effect on the developing mind of man , but during which no god worship as now understood was practised . |
| 16 | It was 1963 and as David started his new job , ‘ Mersey Mania ’ was taking its stranglehold on the charts with The Beatles , Gerry and the Pacemakers , Freddie and The Dreamers ; everything with a Liverpudlian accent tasted success . |
| 17 | Well , Sue 's hurt her shoulder cos she was carrying her bag on the train you know coming back from Birmingham . |
| 18 | Far below me the sea was making its lacework on the water and flinging wreaths of gold on the shore . |
| 19 | As she was drying her hair on the kitchen towel , Nora appeared through the dining-room door . |
| 20 | When his reorganization plan was completed then he could anticipate greater delegation , but not yet , not while he was imposing his will on the Service . |
| 21 | The fall itself did n't kill her — it was hitting her head on the stanchion ; Georgina could n't have planned that . ’ |