Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 2 | The next thing she knew James Halden was carrying her out through the yard in strong , muscular arms . |
| 3 | Leith broke off , suddenly appalled that he must think that his cousin Travis was helping her out with her mortgage repayments . |
| 4 | And wished he had n't because , two weeks later , Donald was holding him up with a sawn-off shotgun for an hour and a half . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll have to see her again , Bruce — if Yeo was having it off with Angela Morgan , both he and his missis have to be in the frame . |
| 6 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 7 | He was a nice man , and she quite liked him , but where Ven 's charm came naturally , Lubor was laying it on with a trowel . |
| 8 | Mike was holding it up for Mr. Rowbotham to see . |
| 9 | As they were knocking them down , Corman was following me around with the camera directing my speaking parts . |