Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The Prince was perhaps showing him the sights ? ’ |
2 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
3 | He was already handing her the piece of paper which certified that she was in good health and not suffering from any infectious disease . |
4 | Arsenal 's mastery of the First Division was already making them the best-loved , best-hated club . |
5 | ‘ Barratt was just telling us the other night at the Goodys ' , ’ says Prue , as she pours coffee in the living-room , ‘ about how he had lunch with God the other day . ’ |
6 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
7 | ‘ As wholesalers we felt that Billingsgate was not offering us the facilities we needed , ’ he explains . |
8 | Morris suddenly felt tired ; the doctored wine was not giving him the uplift he needed . |
9 | Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter . |
10 | He was n't trying to give her false hope but was simply telling her the truth . |
11 | He was surely telling her the truth , surely , with that playful-sounding promise of a comedy about the Wall . |
12 | ‘ I was about to ask you the same question . ’ |
13 | ‘ I was about to ask you the same question . ’ |
14 | ‘ I was about to ask you the same question . ’ |
15 | Emmie saw , appalled , that he was about to tell him the truth . |
16 | Were were would you suggest that they have a lot of unresolved feelings about that , or maybe they had emotional scars because no-one was there to give them the kind of hope that might be available now ? |
17 | Its ears were erect and it was evidently giving them the full attention of sight , smell and hearing . |