Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was just clearing up a few points with Dr Blake . ’ |
| 2 | I was then put on a waiting list to see the back specialist at the local hospital . |
| 3 | At first , I was only going out a coupla days a week . |
| 4 | I was once chuntering down a slope in the peaty Mount Keen country above the Angus glens and leapt off the top of an eroded peat hag . |
| 5 | He took a handkerchief from the pocket of his trousers which were still hanging on a hook behind him . |
| 6 | He ordered a cloak to be draped and tied round the body which was then slung over a horse and they continued on their way to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 7 | It was not suggested that either the solicitors , who were simply carrying out a straightforward conveyancing transaction , or Mrs G herself , had any criminal or quasi-criminal intent or were aware of the suspected intent of the alleged drug trafficker . |
| 8 | But behind closed doors , only months after she charmed New York , she was allegedly pouring out a mixture of misery and banal chat on the phone to a male admirer . |
| 9 | Robbie found that instead of sobs she was now fighting back a hysterical desire to laugh . |
| 10 | Yes , she was undoubtedly holding down a real job , in a man 's world ; and where she had gone , other women would follow . |
| 11 | LONG BEFORE Negativland got right up U2 's collective nose , they were busily cranking out a different kind of musical anarchy . |
| 12 | The F T Associates which is er includes the Economist in Spain was up a lot and Westminster Press was er was down , but of course Westminster Press took a major redundancy charge , they were also bringing on a new plant at Brighton and therefore running two plants simultaneously which is very costly er and they launched on Sunday . |
| 13 | They were now proceeding up a driveway bordered on each side by shrubs : and then quite suddenly they emerged into an open area . |
| 14 | They were now gathered around a large rock , on which stood a rather ordinary looking , dark haired , middle-aged man . |
| 15 | They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track . |
| 16 | So , so that 's been a great improvement I think , erm in recent years and , and in the erm early seventies we , we also went into the business of providing equipment that could be left at rescues , on site , you know it was always tying up a fire engine by taking it there and , and being tied up so we provided these things which we call demountable equipment , which we commonly call the pods and erm |
| 17 | But now it was all opening up a little . |
| 18 | As they glided around in a wide circle towards the Wyrmberg it was definitely taking on a more solid form , as if the creature 's body was filling with a gold mist . |
| 19 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , he was also building up a store of resentment which might be inconvenient in a crisis . |
| 21 | More orthodox critics feared that he was only stoking up a consumer boom which would reap the whirlwind in a vast price inflation . |
| 22 | He said the Law Society already had a working party reviewing the criminal justice system and he was now setting up a similar group to identify areas which needed radical change in the civil field . |
| 23 | He was there to hand over a cheque to the charity . |
| 24 | Even if he was still paying off a mortgage , he had to be making at least £2,500 a year out of us , not counting the fact that the property had quadrupled in value . |