Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean was asking me the other day , and really , you 've told me next to nothing . |
| 2 | But like er , she took it sch to school and Scott was giving us a lift to school so did n't have to walk and she 's in the car and she 's going if this gets if this gets all smashed up Scott I hope you realise I 'm blaming you ! |
| 3 | Pat was showing him The True Path in stylish fashion . |
| 4 | When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look . |
| 5 | I can not quite remember the title of the Ballet , but Miss Margot Fonteyn was on her way up , we were quite sure , and that redhead Moira Shearer was running her a good second . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He had heard about the Funnell family and the old matriarch when Doctor Rice was giving him a lightning summary of the patients . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 9 | Bruno was offering him a sticky-looking liqueur from a tall thin bottle . |
| 10 | Josh Cornock was telling me the big tides of the last few days have brought the elvers down . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
| 12 | Peter was showing him the large white sheet that was fixed to the fence . |
| 13 | Bobbie looked surprised , because just for a moment she thought Peter was giving her the engine . |
| 14 | Michael Ryan was offering him a face saver and he knew it . |
| 15 | Big Cassie was telling me a story about a couple of riveters that worked together , a family , brothers or cousins or something , and er she says that the guy was a riveter , he used to Maybe if the guy was on the inside holding , on the riveter on the outside this I 'm sure she said they were brothers , he would shout one of them from outside you know , shout his name and the boy would look through the hole you know , and he 's he would spit on him he would spit through the hole . |
| 16 | Byers was offering him the bottle . |
| 17 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |
| 18 | And Jim was giving it a drink of water . |
| 19 | In the Ascot race Brown Windsor was giving him a stone and finished 5 ¾ lengths behind . |
| 20 | She sniffed and discovered that Mr Beckenham was offering her a pocket handkerchief . |
| 21 | Because Zeno was edgy , Carla was telling him a story . |
| 22 | Just over five minutes later she had taken the tablet and Felipe was pouring her a cup of tea , and Maggie looked at him in amusement . |