Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had demolished Leeds in such a pyschologically damaging fashion on Saturday at Maine Road that Howard Wilkinson 's side were steeling themselves for disappointment . |
| 2 | As far as the programme itself was concerned , she felt it was a ‘ classic example of the way in which the BBC , with its penchant for ‘ South Bank ’ religion was allowing itself to be used as a launching platform for the ‘ new morality ’ ’ . |
| 3 | Its irresistible force was pushing everything before it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 7 | There is no notable deceleration , but I do n't know that my mind was recording anything but fear , nor is there any particular screech or roll , but suddenly we 're around the corner and accelerating down towards the tunnel and Jackie 's saying , ‘ You can relax now , Keith . ’ |
| 8 | Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke . |
| 9 | The snow was smothering everything in whiteness , deadening all sound . |
| 10 | ‘ What do you mean , ma'am ? ’ the sergeant grunted suspiciously , over-sensitive in his present mood , and fearful the superintendent was blaming him for some unknown misdemeanour . |
| 11 | He took them through the cavernous littered kitchen , where an old woman in a grey shawl was mixing something in a basin on the table , and down the dark passage to the studio . |
| 12 | Arthur and Geoff were already there and the ARP organist was surpassing himself with appropriate music . |
| 13 | So we put them all into bin bags and we was trying to carry these bin bags so the wind was taking them like balloons ! |
| 14 | A fresh north wind was carrying us into another Nile where the desert pressed close upon the riverbanks . |
| 15 | But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud . |
| 16 | The girl 's distress was doing something to Cardiff . |
| 17 | All over the burrow , both the newcomers and those who were at home were accustoming themselves to each other in their own way and their own time ; getting to know what the strangers smelt like , how they moved , how they breathed , how they scratched , the feel of their rhythms and pulses . |
| 18 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 19 | And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark . |
| 20 | The black cat was eyeing her from upstairs . |
| 21 | Twenty years ago the same testy attitude was asserting itself in Parliament , prompting one MP to urge Mr Butler not to give in to ‘ the wild men of the Conservative Party ’ . |
| 22 | The lady was holding it like that I run up , I go ooh bang and it goes . |
| 23 | Even as the BeSHT delighted his listeners with his pearls of wisdom , his stunning turns-of-phrase , his aphoristic acuity , so Leonard was learning his own , parallel metier ; the butterfly was following him down the hill . |
| 24 | The Fat Controller was helping me to my feet . |
| 25 | I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) . |
| 26 | It was Saturday morning and suburbia was busying itself with the tasks it likes so much . |
| 27 | Warden was enjoying himself in the background : it was a new experience to see someone else tackling Buchanan rather than the other way round . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the Chancellor was bracing himself for a furious political storm when he unveils his autumn package on Thursday , including a mystery ‘ fiscal package ’ ministers are remaining tight-lipped about . |
| 29 | The girl was studying her as if she was an amusing spectacle and Jenna assumed that she was . |
| 30 | The Indian was telling him about this little fish that lives in the river and — you can guess the rest ! ! ! |