Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if anyone said that Christianity was n't going to cost you anything , they were not telling you the full story . |
| 2 | His Quaker wife , the famous prison reformer Elizabeth Fry , felt members of her own family were also giving him the cold shoulder when they heard he was being ‘ investigated ’ by the Ratcliff and Barking monthly meeting . |
| 3 | It was with tears of joy in his eyes , that Felix went forward to meet the torchbearers , who by their chants were evidently proclaiming him the hero of the hour . |
| 4 | ‘ As is whether you were actually telling me the truth , or lying . |
| 5 | ‘ The Prince was perhaps showing him the sights ? ’ |
| 6 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
| 7 | He was already handing her the piece of paper which certified that she was in good health and not suffering from any infectious disease . |
| 8 | Arsenal 's mastery of the First Division was already making them the best-loved , best-hated club . |
| 9 | ‘ Barratt was just telling us the other night at the Goodys ' , ’ says Prue , as she pours coffee in the living-room , ‘ about how he had lunch with God the other day . ’ |
| 10 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
| 11 | ‘ As wholesalers we felt that Billingsgate was not offering us the facilities we needed , ’ he explains . |
| 12 | Morris suddenly felt tired ; the doctored wine was not giving him the uplift he needed . |
| 13 | Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter . |
| 14 | He was n't trying to give her false hope but was simply telling her the truth . |
| 15 | He was surely telling her the truth , surely , with that playful-sounding promise of a comedy about the Wall . |
| 16 | Its ears were erect and it was evidently giving them the full attention of sight , smell and hearing . |