Example sentences of "was [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start he was preaching that assurance was essential for salvation ; that is , you could know within you that you were well and truly saved . |
| 2 | He was preaching that evening at a chapel a couple of miles beyond Burford . |
| 3 | ‘ He was seeing some woman , like mother said . ’ |
| 4 | We were engaged , within weeks of marriage , when I discovered she was seeing another man . |
| 5 | Juliet felt she was seeing another side to her mother , sensitive , vulnerable , and brave . |
| 6 | He was altogether in a parlous state : the weather was bad , there was no water in the flat ; he did not care to go out at nights and was seeing fewer people . |
| 7 | All that was in my mind was to abort this mission . |
| 8 | It was intended that assessment was made through observation , practical work and discussion during normal lessons . |
| 9 | It is very unlikely it was intended that way . |
| 10 | ‘ I was struggling this morning because there is a frightfully long speech it becomes a feat of memory and if memory was the only element involved in acting then Leslie Welch the memory man would have been the greatest actor in the world . |
| 11 | It had at last been able to start building a hall of residence which had been in abeyance for six years , and the Director was underlining that student accommodation was in short supply in Teesside , and ‘ unless something is done by the provision of fiats , hostels , etc. , to supplement the supply of digs , I can see this being a factor which could really inhibit our development ’ . |
| 12 | I could see my sister being nourished as I had been nourished , and I was demanding some sort of parity . |
| 13 | Björling was drunk , according to Culshaw , Nilsson was demanding more money and the whole thing fell apart . |
| 14 | He went on to regard the presence of more than two rows to be an indication of adult growth , but , whilst this may sometimes occur it is just as likely that the unfortunate whelk was checked several times during its immature life . |
| 15 | Her sole purpose in being here was to kill some time . |
| 16 | HERCULES ' second task was to kill this monster . |
| 17 | The public 's response was so overwhelming that the procession of cars , which each carried two team members , was halted several times as fans surged around the cars asking for autographs , shaking hands and giving the occasional kiss . |
| 18 | The London Transport Executive ( L.T.E. ) was to implement these policies . |
| 19 | This was followed by White Shops , next to the Duchess of Kent 's Military Hospital , where there were also bus stops and two schools but no crossing patrol , which was withdrawn several years ago . |
| 20 | The evidence is that when free concessionary travel was withdrawn fewer trips were made and there were fewer elderly bus passenger casualties . |
| 21 | Thing is , he was christened that way , and he hates the whole moviestar bit . |
| 22 | What was encouraging this year was that the overall calibre of entries far-outstripped last year 's submissions . |
| 23 | He felt that Cromwell was encouraging these changes . |
| 24 | By 1800 Spain was producing more wheat at steadier prices than at any time since the sixteenth century . |
| 25 | One of the things we had been told was to carry any valuables we had around with us so that they could n't go astray . |
| 26 | I have here a copy of the committee which was formed that night , and also a copy of the minutes , I 'll give each Councillor one , and then they can read it at their leisure , instead of me taking up the whole meeting . |
| 27 | An international committee of experts was formed this group was later reduced to three specialists to supervise the Brussels-based Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage , which conducted the actual work . |
| 28 | New journal : The Institute of Management , which was formed this week by the merger of two previous management bodies , has launched Professional Manager , a bi-monthly journal for its 75,000 members . |
| 29 | Belfast is the only area who run a first year league which was formed several seasons ago and this year 15 teams have entered with the finals before Easter . |
| 30 | The congregation here was formed some time after 1690 though the present church building only dates from 1879 . |