Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [v-ing] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , this man who was hanging on the cross beside Jesus he had not been christened , he had n't been dedicated , he had never been to a confirmation class in his life , he had never been baptized , he had never been received into church membership he had never even gathered around the Lord 's table ! |
| 2 | The woman who was filling in the form said : ‘ I ca n't put that down — you must remember you are a refugee . ’ |
| 3 | Then she turned , willing Miss Harker , who was holding out the duster , to look at the board . |
| 4 | ‘ The wiseacres of the village ’ , so Joseph Cottle heard from Coleridge , ‘ had … made Mr. W. the subject of their serious conversation ’ and concluded that a man so given to wandering the hills at late hours ‘ like a partridge ’ , and looking strangely at the moon , must either be a conjuror , a smuggler , or worst of all ‘ a desperd French jacobin ’ who was spying out the ground for a French invasion . |
| 5 | She turned to Amy , who was clearing up the dressing trolley . |
| 6 | For reasons which baffle me , the referee thought that it was Gimbert who was pulling down the scrum . |
| 7 | She opened the heavy oak doors and the dogs swept past her bounding across the drive to their master who was opening up the car boot to remove his luggage . |
| 8 | Here he studied under Otto Wallach , who was opening up the chemistry of terpenes natural products important as flavours and fragrances . |
| 9 | And , using all his force , he ran and crashed into the second assassin , who was winching back the arbalest for another bolt . |
| 10 | Elinor asked Buzz , who was adding up the Scrabble score . |
| 11 | The CID sergeant thanked her gravely and went to stand beside Jamie who was peering down the embankment , looking pinched . |