Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord knows how long I 'd have been stuck in here before they finally realised I was telling the truth . |
| 2 | And , contrary to her belief , she found she was enjoying the atmosphere at Parkwood . |
| 3 | My friend in Holborn rang a friend who rang the Chelsea police and found they were taking the accusation very seriously . |
| 4 | Around 65% of people with meters found they were paying the same as or less than they did under the old system . |
| 5 | But though they no longer imported some categories of finished products , many Third World manufacturers found they were importing the components , materials and technology for these products instead . |
| 6 | With his ostrich outfit , make-up and deliberately not playing the synthesizer in order to question playing the synthesizer , Brain soon found he was stealing the scenery from Bryan , the suave debonair bloke who led Roxy music … |
| 7 | Husband said : ‘ It went wrong , badly wrong , ’ then lit a match and Sims found he was holding the ball again . |
| 8 | But Preston found he was scanning the crowd at about the right height for an eight-year-old child , and it was only after a while that he realised he was looking for Uncle Titch . |
| 9 | The thing that really motivated me was seeing the 1968 Olympics ; I saw Thommie Smith and thought , ‘ God , that 's it ! ’ |
| 10 | One of the bigger problems was that Fergie believed I was taking the mickey out of him by either cheating or going soft and feigning injury . |
| 11 | Charles was n't sure whether Jacqui believed she was telling the truth or not . |
| 12 | Since then he had tried to stay away from her , and it seemed she was doing the same , which did nothing to cool his interest . |
| 13 | But at the same time many , like Cobbett in Rural Rides , believed they were tackling the wrong problem in the wrong way . |
| 14 | And now what pleased her was loving the doll , and sewing and embroidering baby clothes , and looking after Dr Neil — particularly looking after Dr Neil — and what would Mama say to that ? |
| 15 | Quite frequently a certain plant was reordered under a different name from the correct one and consequently the nurseryman , who honestly believed he was fulfilling the order , was dubbed a ‘ knave or a blockhead ’ , whereas the fault lay with ‘ too much dependence upon careless naming by an unexperienced author ’ . |
| 16 | On the day on which Saad Rashid had received the confirmation of the transaction from Switzerland , he had tidied his desk at the back of the Iraqi Airlines office , taken what few personal possessions he kept there and placed them in his briefcase , locked his door , pocketed his key , and told his assistant manager that he believed he was showing the first symptoms of the ‘ flu that was sweeping London . |
| 17 | On a ship the size of the Ocean Empress it was surprisingly easy , especially when it seemed he was adopting the same principle . |
| 18 | The house had been built on the Heath by an enterprising man who was said to have kept a tethered goat there , then to have put a wall round the goat and then to have built the house before anyone noticed he was purloining the land . |
| 19 | He was castigated by a teacher and told he was letting the school down . |
| 20 | My mind began to play tricks , and I just assumed he was examining the snow structure for some reason . |
| 21 | They adopted what was becoming the catch-phrase of the moment — ‘ if you knew what we know ’ — but , as even the Convener of Orkney Islands Council , Jackie Tait , said he did not know the full details , how did some of the other councillors purport to know ? |
| 22 | She felt a wire wool of beard on her chin , and realised she was seeing the world two-dimensionally . |
| 23 | She realised she was gripping the gun with two hands and had trained it on his chest , as if she expected him to leap up at any moment and lunge at her . |
| 24 | Now she was cautious , and Edouard — to his surprise — realised she was weighing the risk of offending him . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
| 26 | We surfed that channel in half the time it normally takes and then towards the end of our Connemara trip , even after a couple of longer crossings where she admitted she was cursing the disappearing stern of my glassfibres boat , she wanted to buy the Seayak . |
| 27 | Last night police confirmed they were investigating the accident . |
| 28 | Mr Cotton claimed they were breaking the organisation 's rules by displaying partiality on what was , he said , a news story . |
| 29 | The Stock Exchange confirmed it was investigating the rumours and the share price movement . |
| 30 | He was only gone a moment or two and when he returned he was holding the complete clasp . |