Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv prt] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the aircraft carrier made the battleship obsolete , Phil Lowe established that the lumbering forward was about to join the mastodons in extinction . |
| 2 | Stanley also told the Committee that Scott was about to rebuild the Foreign Office and he would suggest ‘ that as unity of design is essential , Mr. Scott should be appointed to undertake the work ’ . |
| 3 | Dr. Gillespie was about to examine the dead man when P.C. Clifford got back . |
| 4 | A routine check as the vehicle was about to cross the Bavarian frontier ; insofar as one can speak of frontiers in this part of the world nowadays . |
| 5 | Theodora was about to shut the list when her eye lit upon the final sentence in the entry . |
| 6 | Bridhe stood still , afraid to move , half-certain that the girl was about to harm the baby ; but when she saw Luch lay the little boy back in his cradle and tuck the coverlet round him , rock him for a moment , and then turn lovingly to pick up her own child again , the old lady felt tears come to her eyes . |
| 7 | Nahum was about to close the ledger when his attention was caught by the entry above the one he had been reading . |
| 8 | At the end of the passage , just as Raine was about to descend the short flight of stairs to the landing , Diana shot forward . |
| 9 | Thinking Senor Gomorro was about to leave the country without returning to Suffolk they got in touch with colleagues in Oxfordshire . |
| 10 | She who had long since learned the necessary control to hide her feelings was about to suffer the greatest humiliation of all , the fall of angry tears which would betray her sensitivity , leaving her naked and vulnerable before this man whom she had begun to trust … åd his friends … |
| 11 | He knew his friend was about to win the National . |
| 12 | Laughing , Jill turned away , and Lindsey was about to close the door when Niall appeared in the corridor . |
| 13 | Then , just as the executioner was about to pull the handle he yelled out : |
| 14 | Ludens was about to pursue the matter further when Marcus said , ‘ I wish I could write poetry . ’ |
| 15 | Amanda Witton was about to join the police when she suffered head injuries in a motorbike crash . |
| 16 | But as the Portadown man was about to leave the jail he was told that his mother had died and ordered back to his cell . |
| 17 | An old man was out feeding the gulls in his carpet slippers . |
| 18 | Nathan was about to free the man from his illusion when the man braked and , leaning across Nathan , opened the door for him . |
| 19 | A disciplined , regular army was about to drive the gunmen from streets which had for so long been ruled by rival guerrillas exacting their own terrible day-to-day justice . |
| 20 | Merv was about to kick the ball out , Vinnie was there waving his hands like a lunatic … calling for the ball on his head ( for his first touch ) , merv obliged with an accurate kick … |
| 21 | Morton said the Princess 's astrologer , Penny Thornton of TODAY , revealed to him recently that she believed Diana was about to leave the Royal Family then . |
| 22 | With his credibility already on a knife-edge in tomorrow 's vote on Maastricht , Whitehall suggested the Prime Minister was about to ease the brakes off public spending to speed Britain 's recovery from recession . |
| 23 | It appeared , to Joshua 's surprise , that a Cabinet Minister was about to announce the break-up of his marriage in favour of life in France with another man . |
| 24 | But no-one at the Australian Cricket Board was about to apply the letter of the law and find Border . |
| 25 | The Scum 's photographer was out harassing the royal family , so when a big assignment came in the editor had a problem — who could he send ? |
| 26 | Sukarno was about to become the storm-centre of his country 's affairs after several years of standing above the battle . |
| 27 | Altman was about to direct The Player . |
| 28 | Ken himself would have gone along with Michael Codron 's judgement of being the finest revue actor of the day — not realizing that revue was about to go the way of music hall . |
| 29 | When the housekeeper had gone Luce was about to push the tray aside when the appetising smell of beef and peppers and tomatoes stayed her hand . |
| 30 | After a few polite words , Sophie was about to do the same when Giles said , ‘ Do n't go . |