Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impact of this work was to bring him the support of the social democrats and thus to extend the appeal of his Bonapartist message . |
| 2 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 3 | Joe Meek 's last big hit was Have I the Right by the Honeycombs . |
| 4 | Her father was reading her the story , a long time ago . |
| 5 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 6 | This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress . |
| 7 | My own advertising was giving them the the service and the quality . |
| 8 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 9 | The navigator was giving me the countdown ; as soon as the needles on the oil-temperature gauge started moving I would be off , making sure I took-off on time as this would be vital for the rest of the squadron . |
| 10 | If she wanted Lori gone then the quickest way was to give her the coffee she 'd asked for . |
| 11 | Stepney in the late 18th century was becoming what the Northern Heights — Highgate and Hampstead — became later , namely , an early form of London suburbia . |
| 12 | This problem was to make it the most accident-prone routine in Tiller history . |
| 13 | The idea was to teach us the beauty of the English language . |
| 14 | The progress of this story was to show me the essential solitariness of other people , people whom I had not thought of as being solitary before . |
| 15 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 16 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |