Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean was asking me the other day , and really , you 've told me next to nothing . |
| 2 | Pat was showing him The True Path in stylish fashion . |
| 3 | By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 5 | Josh Cornock was telling me the big tides of the last few days have brought the elvers down . |
| 6 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
| 7 | Peter was showing him the large white sheet that was fixed to the fence . |
| 8 | Bobbie looked surprised , because just for a moment she thought Peter was giving her the engine . |
| 9 | Byers was offering him the bottle . |
| 10 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |