Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their lot was to nuzzle their way across the sea bottom , sucking up mud and refuse through their simple circular mouths , filtering out the edible particles and expelling the rest through the slits on either side of their throats . |
| 2 | Ilse wore no bra , and was twirling her panties around her head in no time . |
| 3 | Lydia was twirling her sherry glass and peering into it thoughtfully . |
| 4 | Later he was to acquire his pleasure dome , his fabled mansion , his circular bed , his non-stop room service of food , drink , movies , closed circuit television and girls from the Bunnies ' dormitory , the Xanadu of the Middle West over which he presided as Chicago 's Kubla Khan . |
| 5 | THE shares of Quicks Group raced ahead 22 to 90p yesterday after the Manchester-based car distributor announced a return to the black in 1991 and that it was maintaining its dividend total at 3p , with a 2p final on July 10 . |
| 6 | Despite official claims to the contrary it was widely believed that China was maintaining its supplies to the Khmers Rouges and considerable stockpiles of arms were thought to have been accumulated . |
| 7 | Consecrated in Winchester by the legate Henry of Blois [ q.v. ] on 20 June , Bishop William excused himself from the consecration of Fitzherbert in late September because of difficulties in his bishopric , where Cumin was maintaining his position by force and guile . |
| 8 | She 'd had enough of the pettiness of living with parents and the irrelevance of school was smothering her head . |
| 9 | Her head resting on her knees , she tried to contain the pain that was clenching her stomach muscles into a tight knot . |
| 10 | With her right eye , she saw the staircase before her , and the landing above , but with the left side of her sight , she was seeing her past replayed . |
| 11 | It 's a surprise party , you see , and his first surprise was seeing your car blocking his garage . ’ |
| 12 | It was seeing his glasses that tore me apart . |
| 13 | It was seeing his picture of ‘ Mountain Silence ’ made me long to see the darksome mountain-girt lake in its weird lonesomeness with an intense longing . |
| 14 | While a court was being urged to hold Mr Tindell , 28 , in custody in May , detective Mr Weatherill was seeing his ex-wife . |
| 15 | Jenna did n't know if he meant that they had finally arrived after a long journey or if he was reliving his youth here , claiming his past again . |
| 16 | Soon after making The Public Enemy Cagney was to publicize his battle with Warner Bros over the roles he was being made to play and it became very evident that he was a shrewd and realistic businessman who perfectly understood his commercial and artistic value to the studios . |
| 17 | If it had n't been for the triumphant glitter in his eyes she would have been lost ; as it was , he had pulled her zip down and was easing her dress from her shoulders by the time she 'd steeled herself to thrust hard against his shoulders with both hands and roll off the bed . |
| 18 | Patiently , steadily , he was easing his way back into her life , seeing her regularly , but not too regularly , and taking pains to get to know Dickie and myself , which was sensible since we were both important to Margaret . |
| 19 | She had gone away to escape Lowell , but the cottage was part of both of them and it was demanding her presence . |
| 20 | So if the horse raised the note of the whinny when it was demanding its food , the message would change from ‘ I want my dinner ’ , to ( according to Blake ) : ‘ Where is my bloody breakfast , you fool , I 'm starving . ’ |
| 21 | The Italian was demanding his money back . |
| 22 | They had this in common : each knew what it was to kill their father : knew the reality of it in their bones . |
| 23 | The man who was to kill her mother rode calmly up the drive of the great house . |
| 24 | The claim that with his coming God was inaugurating his rule on earth laid him open to a charge of blasphemy , which was without difficulty transformed into a plea to the prefect Pontius Pilate that Jesus was instigating sedition . |
| 25 | For the lady — accompanied by red admirals , peacocks and common blues — was fluttering her wings in the new butterfly centre . |
| 26 | His first intention was to continue his philosophy studies in London University , combined with reading for the Bar : but this was soon abandoned because of his ever-growing fascination with pan-African politics . |
| 27 | The intention was to continue his career in the USA , and he was shipped to California , where , trained by Tommy Woodcock , his first target was the Agua Caliente Handicap , originally billed as the world 's richest horse race and run just over the Mexican border in Tanforan , out of reach of California 's restrictive betting legislation . |
| 28 | The Public Prosecution Office was completing its investigations . |
| 29 | The shock news came as Roker manager Malcolm Crosby was completing his preparations for tonight 's visit of Second Dvision leaders Ipswich Town the first of four crucial games in seven days . |
| 30 | Chorus numbers were sung in full , and the Hoflin girl 's little solo in Act Two was performed from beginning to end , but Ingrid , who was singing Lisa — not such a heavy role , but she still had a couple of solos — was resting her voice again , and the rest just walked and hummed their roles . |