Example sentences of "who was [v-ing] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence sought to discredit Gravano as a " serial killer " and habitual liar who was seeking to evade life imprisonment by striking a deal with the authorities . |
| 2 | Wiping them might have been enough for most people — but not for somebody who was trying to do card tricks . ’ |
| 3 | They talked about a project together with director Hal Ashby , who was trying to raise finance for a film based upon a remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice ( which Nicholson later made with Jessica Lange ) , but MGM pulled out because they did not think Michelle Phillips was a big enough name , not apparently appreciating that she was once a starring member of a world-famous singing quartet . |
| 4 | It was Ryan who was trying to get permission — and yet Gwen had just said … and had n't Leo run out of the shop after Ryan ? |
| 5 | Then the paper that had published the earlier report recognised her name as that of the rather hysterical women 's libber who was planning to expose PopCon as the enemy of women … and this seemed to clear the matter up . |
| 6 | Spink quickly moved around the leader , who was fighting to retain control , and drew steadily away . |
| 7 | ‘ But quite honestly from the way she shone in the semi-finals , Sally was always the one who was going to win gold . ’ |