Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While other newspapers were wrongly calling it a second honeymoon , TODAY revealed that virtually the only time the couple acknowledged each other was when Diana intercepted a phone call from Charles to Mrs Parker-Bowles and a screaming row erupted . |
| 2 | The words were merely describing what the book was about . |
| 3 | The Baptists of Amersham were only doing what the universal Church had done for centuries in insisting on partaking in the Communion as a sign of being ‘ in communion ’ with the church . |
| 4 | The Wall Street Journal has called their bluff and finds that 12 of the 31 analysts that track IBM had buy recommendations on the stock on September 1 — and even after details of all the new cuts came out , only three had an outright sell recommendation on the stock , and last Tuesday morning , some were still rating it a buy . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ As is whether you were actually telling me the truth , or lying . |
| 8 | While she was ponderously explaining what an LOA presentation was , they could n't probe at him . |
| 9 | I was merely quoting what the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside said and I have said that I am willing to give way to him . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , far be it from me to pry , ’ Rob said loftily , ‘ I was merely paying you an indirect compliment . ’ |
| 11 | Erm so I c I could n't buy any of what you were telling me and it 's all like a , it was all a smokescreen I was putting up , the accountant , basically I , I was not erm buying anything er and the compressed funding was just blowing my mind because I could n't understa er it was basically giving me an easy option to say I do n't need to do anything cos I can compress my funding at forty five wo n't I , when my business has taken off . |
| 12 | ‘ The Prince was perhaps showing him the sights ? ’ |
| 13 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
| 14 | He knew that Alain was a fair fighter and that he was only doing what every driver does , taking advantage of his superiority in performance . |
| 15 | I was only giving you an example . |
| 16 | Her Higher Self was literally giving her a ‘ kick up the backside ’ , encouraging her to move in any direction , but to move ! |
| 17 | He was posted first to Reading , and was soon proving himself a soldier and horseman of rare incompetence . |
| 18 | erm fucking indoor murder ball , the seat , cushion and stuff like that , its fucking well out of order piss up games oh that 's right I think we played in , I think we played , you know that British bull dog thing ? , we managed to clear all the fucking the nappy chair this and the chairs out the way , we were playing this British bull dog sort of thing and the only thing , the only , the only difference was when you got caught , got , everybody was fucking giving you a few thumps in the arm , for good measure like , and we played about four of this and every time this cocky little son of a bitch did n't get caught , he was always the last person , so we fucking said , we said , me and this other guy 's that are in our troop and that er , we said right we 'll get him , so when , when everybody sort of go for it right just after the one person in the middle , said fucking just get this guy and fucking pin him down and do something to him right , we did n't , I think we said we 'd just get him , yeah that 's a good idea , so he 's gone right go and his mate he 's fucking took off two steps and there 's eight of us fucking dived on top of him , what the fucking , he 's struggling , get off you cunt so we pinned him down and at first we was just going to de-bag him in front of the women , we 've taken his boots off and his trousers and that and shave his bollocks , yeah the whole fucking yeah , it was like an audience , all that they sort of gathered up the chairs and the tables fuck have his bollocks shaved . |
| 19 | He was already handing her the piece of paper which certified that she was in good health and not suffering from any infectious disease . |
| 20 | The weight of the matching necklace was already giving her a headache . |
| 21 | Arsenal 's mastery of the First Division was already making them the best-loved , best-hated club . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I was just thinking what a pity it is that all good-looking men are such beasts , ’ she said , with more real feeling than she intended . |
| 24 | I was just thinking what a dozen would look like hanging on my tree . |
| 25 | I was just thinking what an intriguing colour they were . |
| 26 | It was just costing them a lot of money in phone calls and train tickets to London . |
| 27 | My separatist friends said I was selling out , and taking on the role of mother was just doing what the patriarchy had trained me for . |
| 28 | It was sadder still when People magazine was still calling him a ‘ bimboy ’ at 28 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Celia felt that Dr Shalcross was probably thinking what a dismal time she must have had . |