Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ilse wore no bra , and was twirling her panties around her head in no time . |
| 2 | Lydia was twirling her sherry glass and peering into it thoughtfully . |
| 3 | Whichever way her life was goin' she would never have it soft again , not as she saw it at this present moment . |
| 4 | As for Sparta , perhaps her first vote was merely a warning shot , and her second was for peace ; she was publicizing her own resolve to abide scrupulously by the terms of the Thirty Years Peace : Samos was ‘ possessed ’ by Athens in 446 and so she had a right to keep it . |
| 5 | She was trusting me not to do that , putting that power in my hands . |
| 6 | She trusted him , for her own part , without reserve or doubt ; but she was trusting him for those who crossed the river and took the risks . |
| 7 | It was obvious that someone had robbed the company of a great deal of money and Craig was trusting her to find out who . |
| 8 | The , the that she was under , and Pearl did , Pearl was trusting her and , and knew , and so the Denise was saying the right thing , she was staying in the bedroom , never knew what was going on down there . |
| 9 | Len was thumping him on the arm now with his fist . |
| 10 | THE shares of Quicks Group raced ahead 22 to 90p yesterday after the Manchester-based car distributor announced a return to the black in 1991 and that it was maintaining its dividend total at 3p , with a 2p final on July 10 . |
| 11 | Whilst Hooker defended the Church 's beliefs and practices in the name of reason , Andrewes went further and boldly asserted that the Anglican Church was part of a Catholic and Universal Church and was maintaining its true traditions which had been corrupted by Rome . |
| 12 | Despite official claims to the contrary it was widely believed that China was maintaining its supplies to the Khmers Rouges and considerable stockpiles of arms were thought to have been accumulated . |
| 13 | One afternoon she was maintaining her usual bedside vigil when , with the strains of Madam Butterfly playing in the background , he opened his eyes ‘ and was back ’ . |
| 14 | Lineker became incensed when Taylor went public , not only questioning whether Lineker should remain as captain , but whether his form justified a place in the side — even though he was maintaining his phenomenal strike rate . |
| 15 | Consecrated in Winchester by the legate Henry of Blois [ q.v. ] on 20 June , Bishop William excused himself from the consecration of Fitzherbert in late September because of difficulties in his bishopric , where Cumin was maintaining his position by force and guile . |
| 16 | She was impressing herself with her ability to inject a casual calm into her voice , to compose her features in the darkness of the car . |
| 17 | The snow was smothering everything in whiteness , deadening all sound . |
| 18 | She 'd had enough of the pettiness of living with parents and the irrelevance of school was smothering her head . |
| 19 | If she had neutered the quick of mystery in platitude before , she was smothering it with symbols now . |
| 20 | Her head resting on her knees , she tried to contain the pain that was clenching her stomach muscles into a tight knot . |
| 21 | With her right eye , she saw the staircase before her , and the landing above , but with the left side of her sight , she was seeing her past replayed . |
| 22 | But it was seeing her waving — standing there and seeming to wave for ever as she backed away from me . |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't have said she was seeing him . ’ |
| 24 | She was seeing him sideways on , all profile and flank , and she thought that this was much the pleasantest aspect of all people . |
| 25 | But when I was seeing him he offered to write me a check for five million pound , I said , I could n't take a check for five million pound because I was a to me . |
| 26 | He had known Eliot since the First World War , and at that time and until the poet 's death in 1965 , he was seeing him frequently . |
| 27 | You were n't supposed to know I was seeing him . |
| 28 | She was seeing him out when Jill appeared , smiling and attractive in her white dress . |
| 29 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 30 | Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey . |