Example sentences of "that something was [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt that something was waiting out there , that to venture beyond the lights ' pale embrace for whatever reason — necessity , whim or duty — was to take one 's life in one 's hands . |
| 2 | We knew that something was going on , because it was in this week that Madame changed her name . |
| 3 | It did n't take Matron long to realize that something was going on and put a stop to it . ’ |
| 4 | And then Wayne climbed out onto the cruiser 's deck , and they let the subject drop , and Wayne was left standing there glancing from one to the other , damned sure that something was going on here , and equally damned if he could tell what it was . |
| 5 | I 'd been in this business long enough to know he was lying and that something was going on . ’ |
| 6 | Her feeling of insecurity had started some time before her father 's death with a suspicion , soon amounting to certainty , that something was going on behind her back . |