Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 2 | Even as Acheson pondered the problem Smith argues that the US was already moving toward support of the French although it might not have been so much a matter of whose hand was on the tiller as how the compass was being set . |
| 3 | Oh right I I was just thinking of sort of trying to you know cos he 's in his second year now for the |
| 4 | But he was now acting in defence of the properties of Canterbury , a matter for which he alone was responsible . |
| 5 | Could n't they see that he was simply dying for want of a word from Kee , that not seeing her or being able to write or talk to her was killing him , and that nothing else mattered ? |
| 6 | He was indeed suffering from foul of the foot , the mediaeval term given because of the stink of the necrotic tissue between the cleats , and I did n't have any antibiotics or sulphonamides to treat it . |
| 7 | The Bahamas Locomotive Society Museum Building is making steady progress ; work was steadily proceeding in spite of the distractions of the Coal Tank and Jinty in Ingrow West Yard and the frequent procession of service hands . |