Example sentences of "was [v-ing] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I know , I did n't think she se , she did n't realise that you know that she was seeing this |
| 2 | ‘ I was struggling this morning because there is a frightfully long speech it becomes a feat of memory and if memory was the only element involved in acting then Leslie Welch the memory man would have been the greatest actor in the world . |
| 3 | Hodge contended that if the Interim Committee failed to reach a satisfactory conclusion that it would be preferable to terminate UNTCOK , withdraw American troops ( even though the Soviet Union was demanding this ) , and press ahead with the establishment of a government in south Korea . |
| 4 | What was encouraging this year was that the overall calibre of entries far-outstripped last year 's submissions . |
| 5 | That was before he came to recognize that Karnstein was using this by-the-book method of criticism to show displeasure at the nature of their business . |
| 6 | Johnny was using this room , that much was obvious . |
| 7 | Someone was masterminding this whole operation . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Of course the poetry 's no good , ’ grumbled a friend to whom I was praising this volume . |
| 9 | He was cooking this food , not bringing it in pre-frozen packs . |
| 10 | As I was typing this on the computer ( my VDU is a television set ) , the screen went odd with flashing lines and all the words missing . |
| 11 | He was building this house and he did not know why . |
| 12 | Wow , I was enjoying this . |
| 13 | He was enjoying this . |
| 14 | I felt ashamed because I was enjoying this sensation . |
| 15 | I was enjoying this small social triumph , but then a girl sitting on the other side of the pool lowered her book , took off her sunglasses and looked at me . |
| 16 | Andrew Storey was enjoying this and rattled off ‘ the statistics . |
| 17 | For some reason Lizzy was enjoying this . |
| 18 | In fact he was enjoying this whole holiday . |
| 19 | He was enjoying this hugely . |
| 20 | He was enjoying this , she suspected . |
| 21 | I began to think she was enjoying this . |
| 22 | She was enjoying this , cooking a meal together . |
| 23 | She knew she was handling this badly , acting like a fool , making a scene because she could n't face the pretence , could n't face having to stifle her feelings , her crazy and immature hopes — hopes that would always be doomed to failure where a man like Luke Denner was concerned . |
| 24 | Ruth asked , surprised she was handling this so well . |
| 25 | A large Nubian slave — the Sultan had removed his tongue so he could not speak — was manhandling this fellow because he wanted to get on the roof . |
| 26 | I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly . |
| 27 | She was tackling this man on his own terms and at some time she would be doing it head-on . |
| 28 | Henry Calverley won the arrow at the first meeting at Scorton , but it was not held there again until 1754 , so it may be that he was keeping this promise . |
| 29 | All I could think about at the time was keeping this lady happy . |
| 30 | Kingsley Sam was driving this Scirocco to his girlfriend 's house in Cowley when he was ambushed . |