Example sentences of "[verb] she [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't there , ’ Maria confirmed , but she found she was having to force the resentment now , needing to remind herself — and him — of all the other lesser things she had lost as well . |
| 2 | Dexter guessed she was starting to share the same nagging sense of depression that had afflicted him since the end of the interview with Parkin . |
| 3 | But Jack knew she was trying to banish the car from her mind . |
| 4 | She said she thought she was beginning to get the hang of it . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought she was going to kill the lass ! ’ |
| 6 | If she thought she was going to escape the bitching this time round , on the movie , she was mistaken . |
| 7 | I 'm sure she wrote everything from the ‘ What 's On in Stoke Newington ’ column to the reports of the Council 's planning committee meetings with equal sincerity , convinced she was helping to change the world . |
| 8 | She loved Moorlake House , you know , and I think she was trying to ensure the safety of its future . |
| 9 | The Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said she was trying to defend the indefensible . |
| 10 | Viola said she was going to sell the house , because it was too big for her ( Hilary had just moved out ) , and she found the stairs difficult — so what was she to do with Walter 's manuscripts and stuff , which were legally Mam 's ? |
| 11 | She said she was going to shoot the fox that killed them . |
| 12 | Then when we had eaten tea she said she was going to play the harmonium . |
| 13 | She was getting her Literary Letter ready to post , though she denied this , and said she was hurrying to finish the Glass Coffin for the book of tales . |