Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] was [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angie Bowie : ‘ With the Arts Lab in full swing , Ken Pitt was ironing out the finer points of a new record deal with Mercury Records and in his own way was very lucid about David because he never actually saw him rooted in England or rooted only in rock and roll . |
| 2 | As a result , Frank Bates was taken on the strength . |
| 3 | Folkestone was a pocket borough of the Rothschilds , Southend was falling under the control of the Guinness family , Plymouth was learning to love the Astors , and Samuel Roberts was building up the influence in Sheffield that was to provide a seat for his family until 1966 . |
| 4 | As Laura Davies was struggling with a right hand injured in a cricketing accident on the eve of the tournament , registering a 79 in the first round , Pam Wright was putting together the most meticulous of level-par 73s . |
| 5 | Uncle Albert was struggling down the garden path carrying a heavy shopping bag . |
| 6 | Ten years later Professor Marsh was asked why the faculty refused to elect Ramsey to a lectureship . |
| 7 | When we were all sat down and Mrs F was serving out the stew , I ignored Vern and decided to take the situation into my own hands . |
| 8 | There is some evidence of the pope 's personal position on several issues — his reluctance to declare the count of Toulouse excommunicate , his care to see that Simon de Montfort was given only the wardship of the count 's lands , and his snubbing of Archbishop Siegfried of Mainz for his inopportune intervention , three times ordering him to sit down . |
| 9 | Wpc Jones was keeping back the crowd and he called to her , ‘ Send for the ambulance ! ’ |
| 10 | Lord Aldington was asked why the Yugoslavs had not been told their destination before repatriation . |
| 11 | Inspector Miskin was walking down the aisle . |
| 12 | Lord Deverill was standing down the far end of the room , staring out of a window across the estate . |
| 13 | Christian political sources had warned that unless Major Serhal was freed immediately the incident would be a severe blow to Arab-sponsored peace efforts . |
| 14 | Victory by 92 runs meant that Clive Lloyd was holding aloft the Prudential World Cup for the second time . |
| 15 | Nick Frazer was locking up the shop when she came along at one . |
| 16 | Lady Maude was looking down the hall , obviously looking out for her husband . |
| 17 | Now a TODAY investigation shows that Phillip Levy was doing exactly the same . |