Example sentences of "was [verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far more important was the fact that this baby girl , born two weeks after the defeat of a Scottish army by the English at Solway Moss , and at a time when her remarkable father James V was lying burnt out at the age of thirty in his glorious hunting-lodge at Falkland , was to be within a week of her birth queen of the Scots . |
| 2 | Karen was lying stretched out on the sofa facing me , staring up at the ceiling . |
| 3 | Carrington was directed to a nearby farmhouse where ‘ a tall , dark German airman had been arrested at the sharp end of a pitchfork ’ to find only another crowd of excited neighbours and a labourer called Davie Maclean who was getting fed up with the whole affair . |
| 4 | No , I think she was getting chatted up by the bloke who owned the place , really ! |
| 5 | I was getting caught up in the rat race and thin round the edges spiritually , when the Lord stepped in and reminded me of a promise He made before we left Kent . |
| 6 | A Ford Capri was found burned out on the A171 near Guisborough after thieves removed the radio and cassette player . |
| 7 | A stolen Ford Granada car was found burnt out in a back lane near Victoria Road , Darlington , on Sunday . |
| 8 | He was sitting propped up against the side of the snack kiosk , head on his chest , eye shut . |
| 9 | He was sitting propped up against the end of the bed with his back to the wall , still fully dressed . |
| 10 | Cooper was not in court to hear the judgement , but the effect on McMahon was explosive : ‘ One moment I was sitting bent over in the dock in utter despair , the next I was on my feet with arms outstretched , screaming at the judges . |
| 11 | The fire had been lit in the bedroom , and Senga was sitting curled up in the rocking chair beside the fire quietly reading aloud from the latest issue of the " Girls Own Paper . " |
| 12 | She was sitting curled up in the armchair like Mrs. Mounce , nursing a final cup of cold Nescafé . |
| 13 | When he came back Breeze was sitting curled up by the fire in the quaint but attractive parlour , her eyes fixed thoughtfully on the dancing flames . |
| 14 | A service and cremation took place in Cornwall after the body of the 23-year-old from Byerley Road , Shildon , was discovered washed up on the beach near Sennan Cove . |