Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , it came in the course of a remarkable postwar recovery , which was transforming France into a modern , prosperous , and dynamic society . |
| 2 | Nicky Wragg therefore was breaching etiquette . |
| 3 | Thus , when he explained his view of the campaign , and of the war as whole , to Cantalupo on 4 April , he claimed that he was waging war slowly , in order to avoid unnecessary destruction and to consolidate the " liberation " ( which , he said , was not the same as the mere " conquest " ) of one area before going on to the next . |
| 4 | In a television interview earlier yesterday Mr Shevardnadze angrily rejected charges from Gen Grachev that Georgia was waging war against its own people . |
| 5 | Her most valuable role , especially as the company grew , was maintaining image . |
| 6 | How simple and shining it all had looked when she was young and mama was preaching democracy and she went one better with her faith in Fabian Socialism . |
| 7 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |
| 8 | For Diana to become Patron of Relate was an exceptionally brave thing to do when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage |
| 9 | Against that there 'll be seventeen percent of this population was seeing home-helps , five percent was seeing social workers . |
| 10 | I was seeing trails and lights from the blue packet 's passing even after she brought it back down . |
| 11 | TV aerials : one of the drama groups did a sketch about James Logie Baird who invented the television , and the man who lodged in the room next door to him kept on seeing pictures flashing on his wall and they dragged him off to the lunatic asylum 'cos they thought he was seeing things , hallucinating . |
| 12 | She was as fearless as the Wooldridge boys who involved her in all their mischief , but sometimes Anna would stand and stare , as if she was seeing things that others could n't see . |
| 13 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 14 | As she was seeing things in the wake of her Paris win , she plans to compete for three or four more years before having a second child and giving up the tournament scene . |
| 15 | He was seeing things . |
| 16 | Well , yes , I mean I can remember having a friend in Oxford who was schizophrenic and to be quite frank he needed to be certified and we could not get him to go to the doctors , and when he did he told sufficient stories that the doctor home with eye drops because he was seeing things . |
| 17 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 18 | He was seeing Comrade Andrew , as Alice knew , for she , too , visited Comrade Andrew who seemed to want to talk about Bert , making no secret of his plan for him , which was that he should follow the path of job , flat , security and respectability . |
| 19 | ‘ If the Chief Constable knew that I was seeing Patrick , all hell would break loose . ’ |
| 20 | But as the week wore on and Damian made no attempt to see her at night , spend time with her or try to kiss her , she realised he was seeing Domino in the dark , humid hours when Rachel sat alone at home , tortured by jealousy , consumed with it , imagining them together and burning with impotent rage . |
| 21 | She was seeing mysteries where there were none , she told herself irritably . |
| 22 | She was seeing Yorke , you know , for a long time , sleeping with the guy , and Reid did n't … |
| 23 | Perhaps it was seeing signs advertising ‘ Blogg 's Beer ’ that led East Enders to immortalise the name Bloggs as the Cockney equivalent of Mr Everyman . |
| 24 | The Metropolitan , of course , complained — that was what Garvin was seeing Owen about . |
| 25 | At the time he was seeing Camilla , Diana had lunch with her sisters at Buckingham Palace and discussed her predicament with them . |
| 26 | The other pleasure of the first half was seeing Beeny perform competently in goal , and the defence doing likewise . |
| 27 | With every crack of the wood he was seeing Madra 's face , and the tears springing into it . |
| 28 | ‘ Sam found out that I was seeing Paula . |
| 29 | He was seeing Lauren Bacall sauntering across a room , shoulders high , slim hips moving . |
| 30 | My favourite moment of that visit was seeing Jennifer the donkey . |