Example sentences of "was [verb] [indef pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't just a matter of meeting an old comedian ; I was meeting someone out of the dustier corners of my private pantheon . |
| 2 | He was pulling something out of the hedge . |
| 3 | Hauser thought the only way to keep his top men on their toes was to play one off against the other : to hint now and again someone else was after ; their job . |
| 4 | Bream are not great fighters and if you got one on then you knew it would stay on ; the trouble was getting one on in the first place ! |
| 5 | I mean , he was getting something out of the cupboard , ha nothing to do with me ! |
| 6 | I was stealing something out of the film : I had captured the stars in the act , and they could n't slip away , off the edge of the screen . |
| 7 | Zak himself was calling everyone back into the dining room , saying they should all stay together until we reached Sudbury , which would be soon . |
| 8 | yeah and erm she was snogging someone else at the time I think |