Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Len was thumping him on the arm now with his fist . |
| 2 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 3 | Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey . |
| 4 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 5 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 6 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 7 | He was seeing it all so differently from Gabriel ; he was seeing it from the other side of the mirror . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the Chancellor was bracing himself for a furious political storm when he unveils his autumn package on Thursday , including a mystery ‘ fiscal package ’ ministers are remaining tight-lipped about . |
| 9 | The city was bracing itself for a party to beat them all , but the Spaniards decided to re-write the script . |
| 10 | Does it really matter that those were early days , when the joke on campus was that the only way to kill anyone with a laser was to hit them over the head with it ? |
| 11 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 12 | Erm and really the only way I thought that I could prevent myself from doing anything like that was to kill myself in a very violent way because I |
| 13 | Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them . |
| 14 | The thing to do , Caroline told herself , was lose herself in the beauty and lore of Rome , and she might have done that — if the guide had only let her . |
| 15 | He had no idea that I was prostituting myself in the cause of Jean-Claude 's success . |
| 16 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 17 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
| 18 | Erika was not too sure about the girl in Pankow , half suspecting that Fräulein Silber was using her as a means of putting pressure on herself . |
| 19 | As to whether this was an historically accurate account of American development is beside the point , since he was using it as a debating point . |
| 20 | It 's decreased traffic it 's decreased the traffic for what was using it as a commercial premises . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps he was using it as an office , ’ the agent suggested , kindly . |
| 22 | One day Judge Raymond Dean was reminding us of the perils of ignoring men 's bestial nature-— ‘ Men ca n't turn their emotions on and off like a tap as some women can ’ ; the next , Prince Edward was vehemently denying his alleged homosexuality by expressing outrage that such an insult should be levelled at him ; meanwhile , on TV the Audi driver screeched to a halt at the hospital where — with toddler in arms — he managed narrowly to miss his second child 's birth , and Good Housekeeping boasted a curious advert showing New Man ( Audi safely in the garage ? ) in boxer shorts , cradling new baby , sitting on a German washing machine . |
| 23 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 24 | The courage of Peter er after his denial is something that was given him by the Holy Spirit . |
| 25 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
| 26 | But by far the best gift was given me by a little red-haired girl , Betty , who gave me ( a virgin boy ) her body . |
| 27 | Our apparel was given us as a sign distinctive to discern betwixt sex and sex , and therefore for one to wear the apparel of another sex , is to participate with the same , and to adulterate the verity of his own kind . |
| 28 | I was given it at the end of a stormy course on race relations given to staff at Hen don Police College . |
| 29 | Simon Evans was hooked on his gameboy from the minute he was given it as a present . |
| 30 | ‘ They are based on a freelance design and one of the main things was make them with a view to easy maintenance , ’ explained Mr Blackhurst . |