Example sentences of "[was/were] [pers pn] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Were they on speaking terms ? ’ |
| 2 | The whole route was lined by men of the Cent-Gardes , whose immobility was such that according to one guest ‘ they might have been statues ’ , but she felt unable to study them in detail , so terrified was she of slipping on the highly polished parquet that her whole mind was fixed on arriving safely at the dining room . |
| 3 | So intent was she on making a good impression , she failed to see a crane coming towards her . |
| 4 | He made sure I knew it was him by flicking on his interior light and waving me towards him . |
| 5 | Corbett forgot about those around him so intent was he on watching the water . |
| 6 | He had used her Christian name without even realising it , so intent was he on pinning down the details of his own remembrance . |
| 7 | Max Beerbohm described Irving as having ‘ an incomparable power for eeriness , for stirring a dim sense of mystery ; and not less masterly was he in invoking a dim sense of horror ’ . |
| 8 | Was it worth watching the race , or was it a foregone conclusion ? |
| 9 | Was it worth aiming for this position ? |
| 10 | Insofar as the film was held together , Burton held it together : was it worth holding ? |
| 11 | Was it was it worth going then with the boys not being there ? |
| 12 | It was mid-January 1990 and the members of the Commons ' Energy Committee were plodding towards the ever-receding horizons that contained the answer to their question : was it worth continuing to fund the fast breeder reactor ( FBR ) ? |
| 13 | What was it like doing the Freddie Mercury Tribute gig ? |
| 14 | What was it like climbing somewhere no-one had ever explored before ? |
| 15 | ‘ Tell me , what was it like going to medical school ? ’ |
| 16 | Fair enough , so what was it like working with the big guy ? |
| 17 | But what was it like working with Blixa Bargeld , The Bad Seeds ' legendarily perverse guitarist ? |
| 18 | What was it like working with the late John Huston ? |
| 19 | And what was it like working for stockbroker ? |