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 .
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