Example sentences of "[adv] and [was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before she was aware of what he was doing , he had lifted her up and was carrying her to the bed , where he deposited her gently , like some priceless , fragile object . |
| 2 | Luke had stood up too now and was watching her with glittering eyes , either unaware of or unperturbed by the disarray of his own garments . |
| 3 | He kept on , and it was worse because he 'd got hold of the helmet now and was smashing it against the toilet . |
| 4 | It was all she was capable of saying for quite some time , for he had captured her lips again and was kissing her with a deeper intensity . |
| 5 | A couple of them had produced flaming torches from nowhere and were brandishing them with all the zeal of a party of drunken Transylvanian peasants storming Castle Frankenstein during an electrical storm . |
| 6 | A uniformed policeman had stepped out from the kerb up ahead and was waving them into a side road . |