Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In adopting this chic mode of expression , the nouveau riche was effectively distinguishing itself from the traditional middle classes while at the same time flaunting the fact that it had connoisseurship and taste . |
| 2 | ‘ Naturally , but I could see that he was merely dismissing them as the ravings of an hysterical woman . |
| 3 | It was all to save me from the Fiery Pit . |
| 4 | A Gothic mahogany bookcase ( lot 478 , est. $6,000–9,000 ) was a beautiful piece of transitional classical/Gothic Revival furniture , though it was obviously missing something at the top , either an additional moulding or added tracery . |
| 5 | A speechreader was naturally anticipating something about the price of leather , the usefulness of gumboots — possibly how one hops round the room on one leg pulling them off and so on . |
| 6 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 7 | He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her . |
| 8 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 9 | But Keith was already pushing her into the living-room , bubbling with what he had to say . |
| 10 | She had been just past Luke when he had caught at her , and now his arms came round her from behind , drawing her back against him , and the response she dreaded was already weakening her as the warmth of him transmitted itself to her . |
| 11 | But he was already leading her to the stairs . |
| 12 | I watched Paul play his second and I 'm sure he was just like us on the 9th , in between clubs . |
| 13 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 14 | And I suppose all that Oxfam reject rubbish was just to throw me off the scent ? ’ |
| 15 | He 's just putting , just putting , I got three eggs , I was just putting them on the bed I could n't be bothered with them then . |
| 16 | He was only about two meters away from me and he was like shooting me in the back . |
| 17 | Even Franco , whose automatic reaction to labour unrest was usually to dismiss it as the work of communist agitators , was obliged by the arguments of the Minister of Labour to authorize a 23 per cent general wage increase . |
| 18 | She was always demanding something to the extent that she completely upset the ward routine and had the nursing staff , much as they tried to sympathize with her , at the end of their tethers . |
| 19 | He was still watching her across the table . |
| 20 | Duvall was still holding him by the throat . |
| 21 | He was still holding her by the scruff of the neck . |
| 22 | He was still holding her in the loose circle of his arms and she instantly bridled at the teasing . |
| 23 | He was still clasping her by the shoulders and she tried to shake free . |
| 24 | Anne tried to get up , pulling on a coat , but Nina was still pinning her to the floor . |
| 25 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 26 | The Bulgarian succession problem , indeed , was gradually settling itself under the noses of the mighty opposites , because each day made joint action on Bulgaria less likely . |
| 27 | Mr Lamont was clearly confusing it with the Black-Bellied Sandgrouse ( Pterocles orientalis ) , whose natural habitat is North Africa , said the RSPB yesterday . |
| 28 | This was clearly to prepare him for the task of taking over the captaincy the next summer . |
| 29 | Great though improvements in European agriculture had been and were to be , it was industry which gave Europe world leadership , as it was later to give it to the United States . |
| 30 | It was an example that , in rather different circumstances , was later to commend itself to the Capetians . |