Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] was [adv] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The afternoon sun on my back was gently warming and the light that it cast on Chola 's and Mina 's faces was as clear and richly brown as amber . |
| 2 | I remember one evening we went up to bed , and my head was just spinning because we 'd had about ten ten people had come in , some of them overlapping and some had you know but I 'd say at one stage we had about seven people in the flat together . |
| 3 | She was lying so still Carrie thought she was dead , but when she got up to run and call Hepzibah she saw that her chest was still moving and knew she was only asleep . |
| 4 | Her mind was still seething when she reached Maggie 's ; it took her two attempts to key the code into the computer-lock right-handed . |
| 5 | Her mouth was actually watering as she thought of Theresa 's cooking . |
| 6 | She felt guilty , but she could say with a clear conscience that her business was so demanding that she hardly had time to think of Northumberland although , in truth , as her successes and problems in Italy had increased , there seemed less and less reason to return to Nora . |
| 7 | Her body was still shaking but there was no tremor in her voice as she cried , ‘ I 'm marrying Richard … |
| 8 | Over a quarter of respondents claimed that their organisation was either implementing and operating an Open Systems strategy . |
| 9 | His revenue was slowly sinking and his subjects had shown themselves resistant to demands for aid . |
| 10 | His grin was so disarming that she blinked slightly . |
| 11 | His mother was still sobbing and now and again he heard the low rumble of his father 's voice , but no actual words . |