Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [noun prp] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maura was praying that Terry was not about . |
| 2 | The Iranian Oil Ministry was reported in late October to have adopted an aggressive policy on crude oil production and prices after rejecting a 3,200,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) quota which the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) had sought to impose on Iran at its meeting in September [ see p. 39120 ] ; the Middle East Economic Digest on Oct. 30 quoted the Oil Minister , Gholamreza Agazadeh , as saying that Iranian output during October would average 3,800,000 bpd , but as denying that Iran was seeking to destabilize the international market . |
| 3 | Here they take an intransigent line , denying that Wittgenstein was at all impressed by such questions . |
| 4 | Then , noticing that Mark was still seated , gazing abstractedly at the screen , she sat down again . |
| 5 | Scott asked , noticing that Gregson was still gazing at Carol . |
| 6 | Martha paused with her , noticing that Hyacinth was sweating heavily and her skin , normally plump and smooth , looked oddly withered and sunken around her eyes . |
| 7 | ‘ Outlawing the defence of following superior orders , for one , ’ said David , noticing that Julia was beginning to look tired . |
| 8 | He presented Chester with a severely edited version of the truth , making no mention of Estabrook 's murder plot , but explaining that Jude was ill and had requested his presence . |
| 9 | Modern excavations are revealing that Mallia was a substantial city , extending all the way to the shore ( Figure 24 ) . |
| 10 | He offers everyone a serious comparison of Keaton and Charlie Chaplin ( with Harold Lloyd and Fatty Arbuckle trivia thrown in for good measure ) , revealing that Keaton was , for him , the true genius on account of his invention and comic daring . |
| 11 | Posi obliged , revealing that Fraxilly was a small human planet , a member of SenFed for less than three hundred years , remote and poor and backward . |
| 12 | ‘ Ginger ’ Hale was driving and Barnes was sitting between Robert Henley and myself in the back seat . |
| 13 | David was driving and Shaun was leaning over . |
| 14 | ‘ Very clever , ’ Lacuna said , without checking whether Britta was listening . |
| 15 | She stretched her arms out in front of her like a cat , proving that Springsteen was still behind on points . |
| 16 | L. MacNeill Weir , in his book The Tragedy of Ramsay MacDonald , was the main critic , suggesting that MacDonald was an opportunist , a liberal rather than a socialist , that he schemed to ditch the Labour government , and betrayed the Labour Party . |
| 17 | Screenwriter Hart moves the story into the 20th century by suggesting that Peter was an orphan taken to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in the mid-1960s by Wendy Darling , played by Maggie Smith , and then adopted by an American family . |
| 18 | When Awlad Amira took control of the popular committees a few months later , ousting Mannaia from office , Umar al-Abairsh and his supporters alleged that they could have done so only with Tibbu support ; they said only Awlad Amira , poor and unenterprising , would stoop so low to get their hands on the administration : Awlad Amira denied establish the truth of such allegations : Awlad Amira denied them , as they would ; Tibbu pointed to their political inactivity , their poverty and lack of numbers , and their peacefulness ( except under provocation ) , suggesting that Mannaia were scarcely dispassionate when they talked about the results of elections . |
| 19 | ‘ Are you suggesting that Mike was once a member of Delta ? ’ |
| 20 | Seeing that Hilary was n't taking it in , he added , ‘ Ryan and his partner thought they 'd easily get planning permission to build an estate on the land where your cottage stood . |
| 21 | Seth led Joey to the van , but the teenager , seeing that Seth was too drunk to drive , took the wheel himself . |
| 22 | ‘ No , Nina , I was n't in love with David Markham , ’ said Rachel firmly , then , seeing that Nina was still slightly bemused , she added , ‘ In fact , I think you could go so far as to say I detested him . ’ |
| 23 | Seeing that Alina was upset by the memory , she said , ‘ You do n't have to go on , ’ but now Alina was determined to be heard . |
| 24 | It had seemed to him a natural extension of his duties , and somehow consistent with Islamic notions of hospitality , to assume responsibility for seeing that Owen was properly supplied with coffee . |
| 25 | Seeing that Owen was having difficulties in getting used to the idea , she took him by the hand and pulled him down beside her on the divan . |
| 26 | Ven halted too , and , seeing that Fabia was interested , he went on to tell her of Mácha 's best known poem , called Maj . |
| 27 | Seeing that George was talking to one of the shepherds , he came forward to join them . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , ’ she said seeing that Luke was no longer on the phone , ‘ so it was Rob , after all . |
| 29 | ‘ Is something the matter , princess ? ’ he asked , seeing that Meredith was staring at the handkerchief in consternation . |
| 30 | ‘ Those were painted by my grandmother , ’ said Ianthe , seeing that Sophia was examining the watercolours of Italian scenes which hung in the hall . |