Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most infants ( 92% ) excreting cotinine at three weeks were excreting it also at one year ; moreover , 61% of infants not excreting cotinine at three months were excreting it at one year . |
| 2 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 3 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 4 | But as I went on reading I found that was n't what Clem was telling me at all . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Matthew Epstein was managing me at Harold Shaw at the time , ’ he recalls . |
| 6 | The one , the thing that I actually picked up on is tt erm in the greeting part of it you , you started very well and then Martin seemed to take control and you almost felt as if Martin was interviewing you at one point and erm you tried to get the control back and that 's when you went straight into the statement of purpose , because Martin was taking control . |
| 7 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 8 | This I 'm pleased to say is being done , a meeting has been arranged with British Aerospace , it should have taken place on Monday er Mike was deputizing me at that meeting and I 'm waiting to see what the outcome of that meeting is . |
| 9 | A shower unit caught fire while a woman was using it at her home in Weston Crescent , Norton . |
| 10 | The Aztecs were using it at the time of the Spanish Conquest in the form of mosaic applied to wooden masks of their gods , combined with shell inlays for eyes and teeth ( Plate E ) . |
| 11 | Leeds were annoying me at their sudden inability to keep the ball on the pitch , either kicking it off , or playing stupid passes up front ( down the middle ) straight to their keeper/defenders . |