Example sentences of "[pron] was make [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was making runs at Leeds Graham Gooch came up and asked me how on earth I was batting so well on that pitch . |
| 2 | ‘ I know , I was making plans for my own wedding , but then you wo n't want to know about that . |
| 3 | Well I think I had more problems when I was making films as a pop singer , because I was still pop singing as well and it was difficult to disassociate the two . |
| 4 | Neither of us were attacked because of the Durances but because the local drug dealers knew I was making enquiries about trafficking and they thought you were working with me . |
| 5 | ‘ When I last saw her , she was making plans for the pub . |
| 6 | The story goes that a housewife , who was making pancakes before Lent , realised she was late for church … and rushed off , still clutching her pancake . |
| 7 | He looked down at Willie , who was making shapes with his finger on the misted window . |
| 8 | He subsequently went to law school and became a patent attorney , where he noticed how difficult and expensive it was to make copies of documents . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , he was making friends of working men and trade unionists , and devoting himself to educational work . |
| 10 | He was making signs at Philip , mouthing something . |
| 11 | He was making notes on other violations . |
| 12 | He explained that in 1886 he was making enquiries about the possibilities of opening up the canal routes to the south and was put in touch with a syndicate in London which was proposing to improve and develop these navigations . |
| 13 | De Gaulle was able to be flexible in meeting the demands for democratic participation because he could feel that he was making concessions on his own terms . |