Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She never ceases to amaze me , ’ he said , Perrier water with lime clutched to his chest as he stood on the balcony above the stage where Kylie was ridding herself forever of her cutesy image . |
| 2 | The jeep was bouncing them about mercilessly as the Brigadier tried to get back to the village in time for the Captain and the Substitute to go back to Florence and eat . |
| 3 | Stopped , just for five minutes , just to have a quick look , and now here you are , in charge of the stall of a woman you do n't know , a woman you 've never seen before in your life , and all because someone called Harry was n't to get away with something — And that man with blue eyes was watching her again . |
| 4 | Sitting there , above him , watching him slowly keel over and close his eyes , Marie was remembering something else : ‘ Our Mam said Simon 's Dad was up the factory on Friday , did n't she ? |
| 5 | The lady who ran Ruane 's office said the dispenser was giving them better coffee , better chocolate , than any time in the last nine years . |
| 6 | Eventually an equilibrium was reached , and although the Troll flesh was still there Grom was digesting it as fast as it was regrowing . |
| 7 | We passed under an arch of branches which still bore a few autumn leaves and stopped as one man , but the corporal was waving us on . |
| 8 | They found that the swamp was forcing them back and that they could no longer keep even an erratic southward course but were withdrawing towards the east , away from where they believed the Outlaws ' Camp lay . |
| 9 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 10 | The next thing she knew James Halden was carrying her out through the yard in strong , muscular arms . |
| 11 | Grandson Richard was watching him intently . |
| 12 | No , Im used to defending Fairclough , my girlfriend was slagging him off last season . |
| 13 | I bet Andy was slagging him off again . |
| 14 | ‘ Ruggiero was driving her back from Rome late one night , and somehow the car left the road and ended up against a tree . |
| 15 | But now Josie was gradually coming to realise that Lucy was treating it not as a metaphor for anything , but as the literal truth . |
| 16 | ‘ Maire was telling me how much she liked the party , Mother . |
| 17 | But 48 hours later John Boylan was digging them out again — for the singer with the daft name was Queen star Freddie Mercury before he became famous . |
| 18 | Danquah 's evidence was somewhat defensive , even apologetic : Nkrumah felt that their intention was to distance themselves as far as possible from his pronouncements and actions . |
| 19 | ‘ After Anthony caught the cod he returned to the car park because his car was blocking somebody in , ’ explained a colleague at Sizewell B. ‘ One of his mates then stuffed the watch down the cod 's throat with a stick — I can imagine Anthony 's surprise when he started to fillet the fish back home . |
| 20 | The 1992 Coca-Cola International was awarded World Cup status for the second consecutive year , and organiser Desi McHenry was offered it again for this year if he could change the date , something he was unfortunately unable to do . |
| 21 | WHILE Nick Faldo was stirring himself back to life again in the Freeport-McMoran Classic with a second round of 69 , Sandy Lyle was left contemplating what he felt was likely to be another missed cut in his final preparation for next week 's Masters . |
| 22 | After his father 's sudden death in 1820 , his mother and elder brother Henry moved to Italy , where Edward was to join them in about 1825 after leaving the army . |
| 23 | The growing mistrust with which the nuclear industry was surrounding itself now had a clear target . |
| 24 | But if every man here used his vote as he should and put a Labour government not only in the State of New South Wales but throughout the dominion , not only throughout the dominion but the Commonwealth , not only in the Commonwealth but throughout the world — ’ Bobby was enjoying himself now and so were most of his audience , standing under the afternoon sun. ’ — then the working man will have his true voice and he will make it heard in the corridors of power , for we will be the new power then — and we will use it for the greater good of all . |
| 25 | The war between desire and fear was consuming her utterly . |
| 26 | Creggan could see that he was afraid and that his fear was making him terribly uncertain . |
| 27 | What they were doing , the old vixen was walking them higher up into the mountain for safety . |
| 28 | ‘ But Ken was making it very clear to me from the very beginning that I was not going to get away with anything , ’ Pertwee told me . |
| 29 | Johnny was stroking her back , and as she moved slightly , he slid his hands round under her arms to hold her breasts . |
| 30 | Johnny was regarding her now with a singularly unpleasant smile . |