Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had granted her permission to move tents once she 'd heard that an unconscious soldier named Trumper was lying down the line . |
| 2 | Working at the top end of the market as he did , Roche was taking on the most difficult assignments , but they were also the most remunerative and had the greatest publicity value . |
| 3 | Radio Bangladesh quoted an official spokesman as saying on Aug. 10 that the independent Mecca-based Islamic body , Rabitah , had agreed to fund half the estimated US$50,000,000 cost of repatriation and rehousing , and Pakistan was to make up the rest . |
| 4 | G-GWYN was pulled out the hangar , topped up with fuel and taken skyward . |
| 5 | She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . |
| 6 | David was walking up the garden path , half an hour earlier than expected . |
| 7 | As Hennessy was opening up the grey lockers at the end of the room , Donaldson spelt Bobo again . |
| 8 | Folkestone was a pocket borough of the Rothschilds , Southend was falling under the control of the Guinness family , Plymouth was learning to love the Astors , and Samuel Roberts was building up the influence in Sheffield that was to provide a seat for his family until 1966 . |
| 9 | EVIL Tom Courtney was thrown down a flight of stairs after being confronted by angry fellow prisoners , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 10 | Corbett was led down a maze of corridors and into a chamber where the Prince of Wales and Gaveston , both white-faced and sober , stood waiting to receive him . |
| 11 | Bourne was scooping up the soup of the day with precise , efficient movements — never a drop spilled , never a slurp . |
| 12 | Sebastian was looking out the window at the racehorses in the Curragh . |
| 13 | Reformist government ministers used the press revelations to support their claims that Khasbulatov was building up a power base . |
| 14 | As Carrie was pouring out the tea , Mr Carver came back into the room , followed by his wife , and he said to Mick , ‘ Stay out of that scullery from now on . |
| 15 | At last week 's Orbit trade show in Switzerland , Pinnacle was showing off the first in what will be a family of Mbus PDS-3 systems that 'll house Hypersparc and be followed by PDS-10 , Sparcstation 10-compatibles next year . |
| 16 | A moment later , having leapt the gate , Samuel Taylor Coleridge was bounding down a pathless field towards them . |
| 17 | When she turned round Penry was holding out a pair of unused white shoelaces . |
| 18 | She looked the place over while Josie was paying off the cab . |
| 19 | ‘ In terms of Colosseum , I was required to hold everything in its place , because Jon Hiseman was drumming up a storm , being very busy , as was Gary Moore on guitar and , to an extent , Don Airey on keyboards . |
| 20 | Reaching the end of the main corridor they climbed out of the cart and Endill was led down a shorter corridor where they turned left , then right , along another with squeaky floorboards . |
| 21 | I had wept back in the office after Mr Charles had told me the Scharnhorst was steaming up the channel unchallenged . |
| 22 | Inspector Miskin was walking down the aisle . |
| 23 | She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo . |
| 24 | Di was putting on a brave face today amidst speculation that their marriage is undergoing a serious rift is threatening to eclipse their visit to South Korea the first by members of the Royal Family . |
| 25 | The season came down to Montreal and Brabham was trying out the new version of the famous Cotsworth engine instead of its disastrous Alfa Romeos . |
| 26 | In a criminal hearing last August , Dale was put on a good behaviour bond over the incident . |
| 27 | Martha was building up a vast resource that was enabling her to ask and to tell , to hear and to enjoy . |
| 28 | The second reason for the dispatch of Dzerzhinsky to Siberia was to clear up the situation after the Civil War , and to deal with Siberian peasant revolts . |
| 29 | Jill was shaking down a thermometer as Lindsey walked on to the ward . |
| 30 | Calderpark Zoo in Broomhouse was building up a collection of small furry things and a few larger ones , and Easterhouse , Garthamlock and Ruchazie were still bramble-filled lanes between the Edinburgh Road and Stepps . |