Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were mostly sympathising with her loss of form and her problems . |
| 2 | She did not actually remember herself as talking the whole of the time — could there have been silent passages when the words were only reeling through her mind ? |
| 3 | She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment after his callous dismissal of her father 's death , but now the biblical phrases Luke had employed earlier were suddenly hammering at her brain and heightening her agitation , although she suspected that she was playing into his hands by allowing them to do so . |
| 4 | Folly took that in , while trying to ignore the fact that Luke 's lips were now nuzzling at her ear . |
| 5 | She stared at her reflection and saw a woman whom the gods were now punishing for her temerity in declaring she would never be in the grip of uncontrollable emotion , and here she was … here she was … |
| 6 | He was constantly interfering in her life , lecturing her , ordering her about . |
| 7 | She did n't hear what Marc said to her because she was already hearing in her mind Peter 's cry of betrayal . |
| 8 | Lindsey was already reaching for her pad . |
| 9 | She heard the man in the mask sliding down slowly and knew she should try and make a run for it but her ankle was already swelling inside her Reebok . |
| 10 | The tip of the envelope was just protruding from her bag . |
| 11 | Nine-year-old fights for life A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl was yesterday fighting for her life after being knocked unconscious in a road smash . |
| 12 | She saw the shadowy movement out of the corner of her eye and she was still reaching for her Beretta when she was struck heavily on the shoulder , knocking the Geiger-Muller counter from her hand . |
| 13 | Creeping to the windows of the married quarters in which she was still living since her husband 's sudden and secret posting , she looked up to see a mass of twinkling red , green and white lights , as wave after wave of aircraft passed overhead with unceasing regularity , making the earth shake beneath them as they roared southwards to the English Channel . |
| 14 | At a party at 9 Apollo Place , Norman Bowler had spent much of the evening dancing with Henrietta Law who was still living with her husband Michael in Kensington though their marriage was by then over . |
| 15 | For Melanie , at fifteen , it had been her first sexual relationship , she now had a baby daughter and was still living with her family . |
| 16 | She had never spent so long taking her clothes off , but when she finally stood alluringly naked she saw that he was still looking at her mouth . |
| 17 | Now she tidied herself up , arranged her shawl on her forehead , and soothed the baby , who was still nuzzling for her breast . |
| 18 | Juliet herself had not long arrived home , and was still changing into her chambray shirt-waister and high leather boots when the doorbell went . |
| 19 | She was still sitting with her head partly averted , so her face was hidden . |
| 20 | It seemed bizarre to select a washing machine and an electric cooker for the use of some prospective young maid who was still sitting with her family in a Karachi or Lahore back street . |
| 21 | He was still lying on her bed , his head propped up on one hand . |
| 22 | Yes , Phyllis Henley , the tough professional , would tell him when she had hard information , so he could only conclude she was still working on her lead . |
| 23 | Indoors Mum was still crying into her apron and Dad was pacing back and forth , fuming . |
| 24 | A business student at Jordanstown , Julieanne said she loved every minute of the work but that she was glad she was also continuing with her education . |
| 25 | Leith was busily sorting through her wardrobe , finding unexpectedly that , while she had always had an ability to make decisions , she was dithering over what to take with her to Parkwood tomorrow . |
| 26 | we , you see , and she of was often pottering in her garden |
| 27 | Her own mother was now living with her son who had married a Polish girl from Hoboken . |
| 28 | He had known the writer Hope Mirrlees for some years , at first through her friendship with the Woolfs ( the Hogarth Press had published her long poem , Paris , three years before The Waste Land ) , and she was now living with her mother and spinster aunt . |
| 29 | Her mother announced that she was now going to her lady friend and put grandfather 's money in her bag . |
| 30 | Alyssia narrowed her eyes , wondering whether this was an unexpected wisecrack from the other woman , but she realised that Nicole had merely taken her literally and was now rummaging in her bag for the tablets . |