Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [verb] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was using Kring to lever the top off the altar . |
| 2 | But if I was going to have to disillusion the boy , I thought it kinder to do it personally than by letter , and I invited him to come to the studios to see the programme and have a drink . |
| 3 | The new regulations were , at first , systematically evaded by all those with vested interests and he recognized that to pursue the path he had begun he was going to have to reinforce the need for change again and again . |
| 4 | Ah that 's not so bad then , I thought perhaps the poor taxpayer was going to have to foot the bill . |
| 5 | But she was going to have to keep the door open to him for the next twenty years and , like it or not , it was something that she would have to come to terms with . |
| 6 | That girl was going to try to put the blame on her , she could tell . |
| 7 | ‘ You knew Len was going to try to sue the company , did n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | Then when it was realized that things had taken a turn for the worse and somebody was going to get killed the vicar stepped in and bought them all ice-creams . |
| 9 | I was g , I was going to get to read the newspaper report in the Mercury and the Mail , and when I appeared at Leicester Castle before a Judge , but er , I think , and I was going to give you a clue . |
| 10 | And in her heart of hearts she knew that the sight of him , the sound of his voice , would demolish the wall she was trying to build to separate the present from the past . |