Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was up going on the ski slope , and this is like , I 've been up a couple of times before , but it had been really cold and bi and I went at Easter , I was so like hot , but it 's still really good snow , and we went up there and I just could n't believe it , I just went dad , erm , oh , I do n't feel too good , and he just went , do n't be so stupid , and Nathan and I collapsed , I was at the front of this queue waiting for the ski lift and the whole queue just went |
| 2 | Then it was back to relax in the Granby Village leisure complex with its swimming pool , Jacuzzi , sauna and gymnasium before going out on the town to enjoy a slap-up meal . |
| 3 | Omero left the den and went outside to find Minky , who was out exercising in the morning air . |
| 4 | Dad did n't object to him nosing around but I wondered what Mum would have said if she 'd been home ; she was out cleaning at the fish shop . |
| 5 | At the time I was out detecting with the Weston Historical Research and Detecting Association , of which I am a member . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't let me stop you ! ’ she exclaimed quickly when she saw he was about to call for the bill — and immediately wished that she had n't . |
| 7 | Brazil had only five cases of infection but the real fear was that cholera was about to spread from the Peruvian into the Brazilian Amazonian river system . |
| 8 | Ace was about to shut off the power , abandon the speeder and enter the smoking blackness of the.building , when she heard Daak 's voice . |
| 9 | She turned away and was about to swing into the jeep when he strode forward and barred her way with the racket across the open doorway . |
| 10 | I was about to refer to the order dealing with access . |
| 11 | For at seven o'clock in the morning of 20 August in that year , the inscription has it , just as the citadel was about to fall to the besiegers , a white cross was seen in the sky ‘ above and to the right of the town ’ , which then became a crucifix whose crown turned encouragingly ( for the French ) into a royal fleur-de-lis . |
| 12 | Many of the Moslem kings now came forward with tributes and it seemed , briefly , that most of Moorish Spain was about to fall to the Christians . |
| 13 | Perhaps Hambury was about to turn into the place Biff had originally described to them back at the workhouse . |
| 14 | and was about to turn off the gas jets when her father appeared in the doorway . |
| 15 | Lewis had backed the car a few feet down the ramp and was about to turn towards the Cherwell Arms when he heard his master 's voice — a single hissed and incredulous blasphemy : |
| 16 | Quite often , the dream was interpreted as an allegory for what was about to happen to the dreamer . |
| 17 | After all , there was no need for Doreen to learn of what was about to happen to the house . |
| 18 | Julia was about to descend to the kitchen when the bell pealed again . |
| 19 | I arrived at Salisbury Cathedral , just as the bride was about to go up the aisle . |
| 20 | Last time I was on the list I was about to go to the Norwich and Liverpool games — well at least I saw plenty of goals ! ! |
| 21 | ‘ What height is this table ? ’ he said suddenly , just as I was about to go to the breadbin for a slice to wipe my plate with . |
| 22 | If a person were to announce to a policeman that he was about to go to the house of his sworn enemy and beat the living daylights out of him , it would not make sense if the law were that the policeman had to follow the suspect to the locus in quo and only then arrest him . |
| 23 | Malcolm was about to go to the States . |
| 24 | It was about sex — not about sexual politics — but another show was about to go on the road , and Oz had got there first . |
| 25 | A special accolade for Stefan , that prodigy of a man who virtually single-handed got everything together on time , and then , just as he was about to go through the orchestra door he saw Madge Grimsilk , the headdress of a rat under her arm , hurrying up to the wings . |
| 26 | She was about to go round the back when the casement on the ground floor creaked open and an ample hand appeared followed by a full face , framed by thick straight grey hair , secured with a slide . |
| 27 | As Flavia was about to trot down the drive she told herself , The world is not full of bugbears . |
| 28 | The topmost edge of the sun was about to dip beyond the North Water . |
| 29 | ‘ And the Court was about to assemble for the procession to the Plain . |
| 30 | Charles was about to ask about the subterfuge of the full petrol tank , but decided that Detective-Sergeant McWhirter might not be in possession of all the relevant facts for that deduction . |