Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] another " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all he knew , Gwen was lying upstairs dead and the man in front of him was building up to another outburst . |
| 2 | The luxurious long black hair was caught up in another sleek French plait , exposing a smooth high forehead and expertly plucked eyebrows … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The case was turned over to another policeman with a mean , bony face and narrow eyes . |
| 5 | He thought these were helpful plans — something positive to get to grips with the habit and see an end to cash shortages in the housekeeping as money was siphoned off for another packet ; no more sandpaper taste in the mouth ; no clothes reeking of stale tobacco and an end to the shakes . |
| 6 | It was already past midnight when they got to see Dustin , who was playing pool by himself , while a huge party for the cast was going on in another suite . |
| 7 | ( For instance , one veteran listed a pair of jogging shoes left behind on the islands among his painful memories : another recalled a letter he wrote to his girlfriend from the trenches , asking her to tell me the truth , if she did n't love me any more or was going out with another boy ’ . ) ’ |
| 8 | Just a year ago one of the still-functioning reactors was closed down after another emergency released a small cloud of radioactive vapour into the air . |
| 9 | seemed that my chap was wrapped up in Another — An |
| 10 | I was going back to London the next day ; the actor was staying on for another week . |
| 11 | Kitingan , who described the election results as " heartening " , was sworn in for another term as Chief Minister on July 18 . |
| 12 | Almondsbury were back on level terms two minutes after the break when Storey was allowed to centre , and although Tony Price cleared off the line , it was followed up by another player to hammer in . |
| 13 | But they wo n't get the holder in ; course security was stepped up after another fraud 10 years ago . |
| 14 | The editor was detained along with another Kambona brother , Mattiya , and Ulimwengu never appeared again . |
| 15 | His pleading was cut off by another painful jab of the gun muzzle and by the snarling , thick voice from behind him . |
| 16 | Another man , a social worker got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |
| 17 | Another man , a social worker , got caught up in the melee and was forced out of another car , but police released him when they realized he was not connected . |
| 18 | There was not one ship permanently in command , the particular ship in most direct contact with the enemy was in command until the leading position was taken over by another ship which then assumed command as well as action . |
| 19 | I was taken out to another room , sat down and then heard that thick voice , full of soft , sickly fruit . |
| 20 | However , work on the War Time Operational Expert System was continued until it was passed over to another Branch and , of course , I have continued to sponsor the work on the Circuit Board Fault Diagnostic Aid since this was my own MSc project . |
| 21 | It 's just conceivable that one or other of those houses was passed on to another organisation … |
| 22 | The road was too rough for one thought to rest long in mind before it was cannoned out by another . |
| 23 | But Ratners was held back by another heavy interest bill and the costs of reorganising the group . |