Example sentences of "guy was " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first he treated Lennie as a joke , ordering him around ; as he says , ‘ … a bunch of guys was standing around on the Sacramento River . |
| 2 | you 've got ta think er think , it was like erm one of the guys was saying oh I 've got a real problem getting the names , I said well how do you ask and he said well look I 'm in the people business John but I do n't suppose you know anybody do you |
| 3 | Sir Guy was a great and unsung country house architect , a staunch traditionalist and one who loved the Cotswold style the best . |
| 4 | Aged sixteen , Guy was riding a borrowed motorbike when he fell off and hit his head . |
| 5 | In returning to a full and active life , Guy was helped very greatly by his family . |
| 6 | Guy was always very close to his older sister , and after his accident she treated him consistently in the same way as she had before , which helped him to regain his normal social skills very quickly . |
| 7 | Guy was himself captured , and every surviving member of the two great military orders of the Templars and Hospitallers were executed . |
| 8 | Major the Nice Guy was a myth . |
| 9 | The young Guy was introduced to the perfumer 's skills by six months in Grasse with first hand experience of the magical ingredients of perfume . |
| 10 | And Guy was uneasily aware of another fact . |
| 11 | Her little hand trembled in his much larger one , but Guy was too stunned to notice that she did n't pull away , although he continued to hold her as though she were as fragile as glass . |
| 12 | The tone of voice was gently musing , but Guy was n't fooled for a minute . |
| 13 | I ca n't , ’ Isabel stammered , not wanting to leave the hall while Guy was there . |
| 14 | But the lonely sound of her own voice in the emptiness of the hut immediately made Isabel wonder why Guy was taking so long . |
| 15 | Guy was now sleeping more naturally , and his skin felt only slightly warm . |
| 16 | After ensuring that the fire was safe and that Guy was still deeply asleep , she crossed to the door and slipped quietly outside . |
| 17 | Somehow it seemed easier to dress while Guy was absent . |
| 18 | Guy was out of the saddle instantly , backing the grey out of the river and examining its hoofs . |
| 19 | Guy was gazing down at her , an expression of such tenderness in his face that Isabel felt her heart shake . |
| 20 | Guy was casually detached again . |
| 21 | After a while it grew apparent that Tara 's verdict on Guy was fairly accurate . |
| 22 | Was it knowing Guy was capable of wielding ruthless power over Sarah Chester 's ? |
| 23 | Guy was sitting at the pool 's edge as she swam back to the shallow end . |
| 24 | Words of warning were lurking somewhere in the darkest recesses of her mind , but the physical longing was n't so easy to abruptly cancel out , and besides Guy was already peeling the rest of the gold swimsuit down to her waist , then straddling her to place strategic kisses along the path of exposed skin as he lifted her hips to ease the costume down to her thighs . |
| 25 | What if Guy was really trying to help Chester 's ? |
| 26 | Catching sight of herself in the long wall-mirror as she pulled a peach-coloured , button-necked nightshirt over her head , she found herself wondering what Guy was doing . |
| 27 | This was the woman Guy was rumoured to have casually ditched on the reject heap ? |
| 28 | Guy was greedy , amoral , obsessed with power and self-gratification . |
| 29 | Did he and Nicola Schreider fancy the rural life for a change , while Guy was temporarily involved with carving up Chesters ? |
| 30 | The announcement that Guy was to be godfather to the new baby brought her to her senses with a sharp jolt . |