Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] was [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his memoirs , O'Neill offers an unconvincing explanation for this major concession ; ‘ I was fully aware of the advantage I was giving the Republicans as all the votes would take place well within the new president 's honeymoon period . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course I was telling the truth . ’ |
| 3 | By pushing down on the boom I was keeping the rig more upright , hence providing more power whilst also keeping the board more level and stopping the back of the board digging in too much . |
| 4 | The crew of a police patrol car which was passing the scene near Higher Road , Halewood , at the time also helped treat him . |
| 5 | But it did not bring an end to the speculation and confusion which was rending the civilized world . |
| 6 | Its aim was to provide a convivial meeting place where the enlightened could help formulate a programme to teach the uninitiated the nature of the enemy which was undermining the country . |
| 7 | So he wrote to George Thurstan , an ex-marine who was running the Drake Fellowship ; this was a scheme set up by the Prince in the wake of the inner-city riots , to give young people from those areas adventure training . |
| 8 | The villain was a worthless character from the old home neighbourhood who was blackmailing the innocent but helpless wife . |
| 9 | The government were not reassured to learn that Branson had been in consultation with Robert Beckman , the New York lawyer who was fighting the anti-trust action on Laker 's behalf . |
| 10 | I had a similar experience in the vestibule of the BBC with an interviewee from the Festival of Light who was declaiming the sins of magazines with open-crotch poses so loudly that I had to pretend I was n't with him . |
| 11 | The story is told of a professor who was giving the first lecture of the year to a group of new medical students . |
| 12 | At a stroke he was lifting the ban on radios and newspapers . |
| 13 | I suppose that in some recess of his mind he was recalling the old cliché about honours being handed out like lollipops , but the more I look at the sentence the less I understand what he was on about or why it was considered worthy of preserving in print . |
| 14 | Also , he realised that as he was reaching the end of his search he was reaching the end of his time in Naples as well . |
| 15 | The defences were at that time concerned with 59 Squadron which was bombing the docks . |
| 16 | The vote has disappointed the anti-hunting lobby which was hoping the groundswell of public opinion would sway MPs . |
| 17 | The same critical and questioning attitude which was forming the new approach to the Bible was at the same time stimulating scientific study and experiment and discovering the regularities in the natural order — what were and commonly still are called ‘ the laws of nature ’ . |
| 18 | And er I always remember the lawyer who was acting on behalf of the union er said to these blacklegs , How would it be possible for you to see it though your window who was throwing the bricks seeing that the windows are so black and filthy you ca n't see the curtains that 's hanging up from the outside ? |
| 19 | As they gossiped noisily I followed Granny who was pulling the reluctant animal towards our house . |
| 20 | The funny thing was , I find this really amusing , the bloke who was running the disco , he was putting loads of records on , then going dancing . |
| 21 | ‘ You 'll manage , ’ Tamar replied airily , as she collared a boy who was crossing the yard and slipped him a penny . |
| 22 | The corollary to that sad case actually was when after we 'd moved them we got another phone call six months lad er later from this very lady who was leaving the house and moving out . |
| 23 | Yet she asked again , and this time , though his mind was stewed in bliss , the tiny voice of reason murmured that it was n't his lady who was asking the question at all , but the woman on the telephone . |
| 24 | The figure was mentioned to me by the manager of a gay bar who was justifying the role of the establishment , but added , ‘ some of them are not angels you know . |
| 25 | your worships Mrs appears before the court today as a result of an accident which occurred on the twenty fifth of July at about four thirty in the afternoon it was on King Street at Worley and there was only her vehicle involved and a young girl who was using the pedestrian crossing . |
| 26 | And how the blue dances from sea-thistle to sapphire , she burns azure , how she winks , as if the sun herself was kissing the swirling ultramarine mouth of Ocean . |
| 27 | being of course , is first of all find your home and while he was n't in a home he was driving the neighbours mad because he 's beginning to get confused and wander about and maintain that he has n't had his dinner when two people have already taken him in lunch , you know and the other problem is erm er er having found him a very nice home , he did n't want to go ! |
| 28 | In the first circuit he was leading the field and looking good . |
| 29 | It was also reported that a new chapter in Andrew Morton 's controversial biography of the Princess would include details of a letter from the Duke warning her of the damage she was causing the Royal Family . |
| 30 | The courts have stated that the driver who was driving the vehicle with the consent of the owner does not become guilty of s.12 if he makes a reasonable deviation , e.g. to go to the toilet . |