Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [adv] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last , just as Hazel was about to run down the slope to Blackberry 's burrow , he saw him come out of his hole , followed by no less than three rabbits . |
| 2 | But Mr Malik was always bringing up the subject . |
| 3 | Maxim was about to explain when the lieutenant obviously came to a snap judgment on his military value and slammed out again . |
| 4 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
| 5 | Some heavy medicine was required if Eric was n't to wreck single-handedly the entire Scottish telephone network and decimate the country 's canine population . |
| 6 | Then , while Leith was again holding down the urge to hit him , and seeing that he 'd prefer not to sack her without just cause — thereby deeply offending his cousin — he had bent and picked up his briefcase . |
| 7 | Mrs Maybury was now holding out the baby to her , and it was stroking her face . |
| 8 | Indeed , Fabia was still wondering how the deuce he had got her talking about music when they transferred to an equally gracious and charming dining-room . |
| 9 | In 1958 , Eliot was still pointing out the horror of a civilization whose materialism is ‘ simply boredom ’ . |