Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is all very well but the only men my light was shining upon by the end of last week were Swotty Cyril and a few disgruntled Teachers . |
| 2 | The noises were coming from behind the dark brown door on the first-floor landing . |
| 3 | Matters are complicated by Compeyson , an enemy of Magwitch ( he was the convict Magwitch was fighting with on the marshes many years ago ) , he was also the lover of Miss Havisham . |
| 4 | I know the lady , oh yes first War , I know the lady was going to after the War , the man could have been . |
| 5 | The breeze was blowing from behind the buffalo , and if they remained quiet the animals would have no inkling of their presence . |
| 6 | And Jesus was going across to the other side to look for this man . |
| 7 | The neighbours would be interested in whom that nice Major Maxim was talking to on the doorstep , too . |
| 8 | Now the authority of the community was carried by the Sanhedrin they brought him to what is what they accepted as a trial erm they 'd assessed that something was going against their structures , and as I 've already said religious life was the most important thing he 'd broken it seems a religious law and the council the court the gathering together of the seventy members of the Sanhedrin were going to in a serious sort of way check this out , check this accusation out . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , by this time the violence provoked by the new anti-Semitic wave and incited by propaganda had put the ‘ Jewish Question ’ back in a high place on the agenda , and pressure was mounting from within the Party for anti-Semitic legislation to fulfil the aims of the Party programme , and from the public for regulations to put an end to the ‘ individual actions ’ which had characterized the summer of violence . |
| 10 | Perspicacious as ever I asked the council 's marketing director , John Howard , if he had then researched what consumers were looking for during the 60 seconds that were being removed from their lives for ever . |
| 11 | Randy Hansen 's stage show is an extension of what Jimi Hendrix was doing at around the time of Woodstock and the Isle Of Wight festivals . |