Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [noun] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What if everybody was demanding lull portions for their children ? |
| 2 | Most of the neighbours were craftsmen of one sort or another — a shoemaker , a signwriter and a builder appear in the commercial directories for 1881 — though at least one master mariner was using Cumberland Street as his land-base at the time . |
| 3 | Janet had come in and was assisting aunt Emily to her feet . |
| 4 | Dalgliesh was helping Meg Dennison into her jacket when the telephone rang , sounding unnaturally strident in the quiet room . |
| 5 | Castle , who was attending Buckingham Palace with his wife Fiona and two of his four children , said the OBE for services to charity was ‘ marvellous — it 's what it says : the Old Boy 's Ego ’ . |
| 6 | On the other hand , Gina had assured him that he was doing publicity photographs for her . |
| 7 | I was in the bar at the theatre and everyone famous was there — Pauline from ‘ EastEnders ’ and the Queen ( she was dragging Princess Anne behind her in a pushchair ) and Meryl Streep and Samantha Fox and Rowan Atkinson and Paul McCartney looking like Lady Macbeth — his hands were dripping with blood . |
| 8 | Kalchu was carrying Lāla Bahādur on his back in a shawl and gently coaxing Hārkini along by the hand . |
| 9 | ‘ When I started I was carrying flour sacks on my back , digging fat out of boxes , syrup out of barrels , that sort of thing . |
| 10 | We got a small table near the orchestra , which was faking jazz music from their memories and short-wave radio . |
| 11 | At the far end of the hall , Quigley was showing Mrs Danby to what looked like a comfortable chair . |
| 12 | Er , it started in eighteen fifty six , had been currying leather for the saddlery trade all those years and it was then a subsidiary to and was making saddlery leather for them , but in addition , quite a large production of fancy leather for the local light leather goods trade . |
| 13 | On Merseyside , the plant had split into two factions over the strike ; those who supported Clasper in his demand that the strike be continued until the sacked shop steward had been reinstated , and those who took the view that Clasper was playing power politics with their jobs at stake . |
| 14 | There is little doubt that in his reference to ‘ people ’ he was excluding Professor Barker for whom he had a high regard . |
| 15 | I was discussing business contracts with my husband and waiting for a call from my own children who would rock with laughter if I prescribed a dose of warm camels ' milk and clove for a poor stomach and headache . |
| 16 | He told Kreymborg that he was planning puppet plays of his own . |