Example sentences of "was [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going out with a man who , according to Dawn , was using her in order to achieve his own ends . |
| 2 | Who do you imagine it was using you for target practice this afternoon ? ’ |
| 3 | Okay , is n't it interesting , is n't depressing , that absolutely none of these things was taught you at school , except possibly the sport ? |
| 4 | If I was phoning you from Publishing and I phoned up G A |
| 5 | Addressing a special session of the Cortes ( parliament ) on Feb. 1 , Alfonso Guerra , who at no time condoned his brother 's alleged activities , acknowledged that Juan had used the government office but said that this was because he was helping him as deputy secretary of the PSOE , and he denied that private activities had been carried out in the office in his presence or with his knowledge . |
| 6 | Now she was accusing me in front of a stranger . |
| 7 | His first and continuing urge was to drive him towards crisis and clarity , which involved , one might almost say which meant , finding a podvig that would satisfy his idea of Stavrogin . |
| 8 | It was decided that he was bringing them into disrepute and should be dismissed summarily . |
| 9 | He looked at her with his blue eyes that made you feel you were in the far distance and he was bringing you into focus gradually , like a ball magnetised to drop into his outstretched hand , be clasped by his fingers . |
| 10 | The emphasis that Calvinists placed upon the majesty of God led them to condemn as blasphemous any attempts to tinker with the supernatural , and thus their reaction to calamities was to accept them as part of God 's inscrutable purpose — the working out of a divine providence which governed all human affairs . |
| 11 | On the contrary , given the formidable powers he had shown to me , I rather suspected that even during his absence he was keeping me under observation . |
| 12 | Halfords , one the country 's leading independent after-sales parts suppliers , said it was ‘ keenly aware of the EC move ’ and was keeping it under review . |
| 13 | He said to me once , when he was driving me to school , that there was nothing left to believe in these days . |
| 14 | MUM-TO-BE Lynne Adams , 36 , gave birth to a girl on the M5 yesterday as husband Phil was driving her to hospital in Taunton , Somerset . |
| 15 | Helen was driving her to suicide , I could see that . |
| 16 | His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction . |
| 17 | It had suddenly borne in upon her that it was almost midnight and that she was in a strange flat in a strange city , with a strange man who was plying her with champagne . |
| 18 | No you we , you was relating it to power in this country to any country and saying |
| 19 | A scattered crowd of locals was eyeing them in silence . |
| 20 | This can happen if , for example , the sub-purchaser bought the goods from someone who was hiring them on hire purchase terms . |
| 21 | He was listening to Dinah Asshe , who was addressing him with laughter in her voice ; the voice that had charmed half London . |
| 22 | She was showering him in pleasure , did he understand ? |
| 23 | Fine er what we 're , what we 're saying to you basically is , right , and , and another thing you 're doing is proving that you 're capable of doing it , now if I was training you from cold , right , and you had n't done it |
| 24 | When Smith was recommending it on television he said , ‘ I wish we could get beyond colour as the criterion and choose to be governed by the best men for the job . ’ |
| 25 | His ulcer had finally blown up and the doctor was rushing him to hospital . |
| 26 | It is believed Stavridis told the judge in a behind-closed-doors grilling that the pilot was directing him from shore . |
| 27 | The chief executive of Merseytravel , which operates the service , emerged from a crisis meeting and conceded a crippling financial burden was forcing it to back closure plans . |
| 28 | He must n't touch her or she would shatter to pieces , fall on him and ask him why he was ignoring her in favour of her sister . |
| 29 | ‘ You can go and see Mrs M , ’ said my mother and I wondered whether her sense of grievance towards me was inclining her to spite . |
| 30 | Ian said he was fetching her at lunchtime . ’ |