Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nastase had sublime skills but was careering around without much discipline and direction … a powderkeg temperament … an adorable , off-the-wall rogue . |
| 2 | Fire is all animals ' natural enemy , no animal is gon na go through fire of its own volition , erm and again the point , just moving away from the cats , which I 'd agree , the cat was hanging on to that platform , looking very stressed , signs of its tail , course it 's not gon na jump . |
| 3 | I could n't trust the boots , and was hanging on to any hold . |
| 4 | He looked wild-eyed , and his hair was sticking up at all angles . |
| 5 | Well erm it , oh well I mean it is better in as much as it was sticking out like that |
| 6 | For all he knew , Gwen was lying upstairs dead and the man in front of him was building up to another outburst . |
| 7 | He was darting up to each of the dogs in turn , ears pricked , eyes blazing with devilment , dabbing a paw at them then streaking away . |
| 8 | The start was delayed by over half an hour because one of the health visitors had been busy through the day , and things went downhill from there . |
| 9 | But this figure can mislead , as was pointed out by many people as soon as the Fleischmann and Pons paper saw the light of day , and by some , at least , of those who had sight of their DOE application . |
| 10 | He had to make his way past people converging on the church and was pointed out by several . |
| 11 | Within minutes of being given the treatment his walking was much improved , and the following day he was walking around without any sticks and was also able to climb up and down stairs unaided — a thing he had been unable to do for at least two years . |
| 12 | And because she wanted to know more , she wanted to find out all there was to find out about this dark , ancient stronghold that her ancestors had known , at times she stole out from her bedchamber after nightfall and stood listening to the night rustlings and the soft settling of the old , old timbers ( and the footsteps ? did n't she still hear the footsteps every night ? ) and thought that if only she knew the right words , or if only she had the power , she could summon the enchantments and lay bare the secrets and understand this place . |
| 13 | There was scaffolding up outside this particular one and a pair of rugged , manly types were bolting a large sign into place . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose I read too many thrillers but in the end I 'd convinced myself you 'd got too tough and killed somebody and George was mixed up in that ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why else could they think that father was mixed up in this ? ’ |
| 16 | Few other landowners could afford to wait a generation for the return of their money , if it was to come back at all . |
| 17 | Great skill would have to be exercised , Lavender told herself , and great secrecy observed if she was to come out of this exploit alive . |
| 18 | The luxurious long black hair was caught up in another sleek French plait , exposing a smooth high forehead and expertly plucked eyebrows … |
| 19 | Much ill-feeling was vented out on former collaborators , many of whom faced summary execution before government authority was fully established . |
| 20 | The ladies ' K4 500m was slotted in at this point and although Dallaway/Davey/Eastwood/Thorogood were 8th in their heat they went into a semi final which acted as a repêchage . |
| 21 | In 1991 the previous year 's ceiling of 23.65 million b/d was rolled over for another year , but no country quotas were set . |
| 22 | The nursemaid felt a withdrawal of affection and was hurt , not noticing that the child was shrinking back from all emotional expression ; the hugs and kisses once lavished on Marie had not been transferred to Pamela . |
| 23 | He was carried up to that garret , probably in a state of stupor , drunk or drugged . |
| 24 | Three operations did not succeed in curing his glaucoma , and he had to give up his business in 1878 , although it was carried on for some years by his daughters , Eleanor , Elizabeth , and Catherine , as E. E. Dancer & Company . |
| 25 | it is significant that this first civil rights march , unaccompanied by any provocative display of weapons , banners or symbol was carried out without any breach of the peace . |
| 26 | Much research and development was carried out into this problem during the 1970s ( e.g. McAlpine and Cook 1971 ; Goodchild 1978 ) . |
| 27 | Analysis of covariance for possible factors affecting mean hearing thresholds was carried out for each of the four different types of ear . |
| 28 | The original base mapping was carried out for most of Scotland between 1865 and the start of the First World War . |
| 29 | In its earliest history the building housed the guardian of the eastern gate , but it was taken over by the Fontana family and completely remodelled , a reshaping that was carried out with all the grace of Renaissance art . |
| 30 | A complementary body of work was carried out at this time by Flavell and his colleagues ( 1981 ) . |