Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He even tried sneaking back to the library at night , thinking the Bookman might appear after dark , but had to stop this when he backed into Mr Crangle , who was up to the same thing . |
| 2 | The boys lined up in the corridor by the glass office and looked in to see who was up against the rod . |
| 3 | Rocastle was the only player who was up by the halfway line when we broke away , all too frequently and any long punt by the defence fell to the feet of Blackburn players . |
| 4 | No one who was around in the late 1960s can have avoided the flood of changes which swept through the dress , sexual codes , language , food styles , cinema , literature , music , and other generative aspects of the new counter-culture . |
| 5 | ‘ My spirits , too , ’ agreed the old lady , throwing a wry glance at Theda , who was over by the windows . |
| 6 | I waved to the toddling girl who was over by the window again , banging a fist on the pane and watching the rain drizzle down . |
| 7 | Well there 's no logic to that there because the the lack of cover and er whatever applies the minute the last person leaves , and that erm it lies that the the concern is that if somebody who was in on the building , in the building on their own has an accident , |
| 8 | Pilkington talked to Dr Richard Newman , who was out on an early morning call , on the Thursday . |
| 9 | He decided to feature John , who was out of a job at the time . |
| 10 | From 1832 he replaced William Holmes [ q.v. ] , who was out of the House of Commons from 1832 to 1837 , as the Conservative party 's chief electoral expert . |
| 11 | Then she went to look for Alice who was out of the bathroom and sitting on the edge of their bed , brushing her hair . |
| 12 | On the way home she made a detour to pick wild flowers for her mother , who was down at the harbour gutting pilchards and would be late back . |
| 13 | So who was down at the bus on her own ? |