Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] was [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was weathering the winter and believed that if there was anything in my lung , then at the very worst I was holding it at bay . |
| 2 | But now he was cuddling me and whispering in my ear with helpless pleading , " Hold me — hold me — " Suddenly I was hugging him with all my strength ; our bodies were strung tight together and we were kissing each other 's cheeks with little frantic kisses — we could n't bear to draw apart even enough to find each other 's lips . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps she was saving it for you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps he was using it as an office , ’ the agent suggested , kindly . |
| 5 | So he was taking it for granted or or chancing his hand that this Monday for this year was going to be another good day . |
| 6 | Soon he was showing them to the leading head-hunters in employment agencies . |
| 7 | She sought oblivion , and one tablet a night quickly escalated to two , then three , then a couple in the morning , then four , until eventually she was taking them like sweeties . |
| 8 | Always I was comparing myself to others , watching other husbands , fathers and sons and invariably finding myself wanting . |
| 9 | Do you know , yesterday he was telling me about his past . |
| 10 | I could see at once he was working himself into a panic about it all . |
| 11 | A few seconds later I was despising myself for having been in any doubt . |
| 12 | Everyone said I was playing when I got out the clay or plasticine , but really I was training myself without knowing it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | When it was dry , I edged around the unpainted border bands with masking tape very carefully , because now I was applying it onto the painted surface . |
| 15 | Now she was accusing me in front of a stranger . |
| 16 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 17 | Now he was turning her into a stammering schoolgirl ! |
| 18 | He had loved Arianna and she had run away from him , and now he was judging her by what Arianna had done . |
| 19 | At least when he was condemning her he was reacting to her , personally and subjectively ; now he was treating her as if she were a stranger . |
| 20 | She told Cathy she would pass on the eggs but would like croissants and coffee , and presently I was bringing them to her as she sat with eyes demurely downwards , studiously ignoring my existence . |
| 21 | Well I was expecting th Well I was expecting it to be the church hall you see . |
| 22 | Erm I 'm not , well I was boiling it for this |
| 23 | PS Stoke just won thier first game under Joe Jordan … so what ? well I was watching it on telly , had to come to work , & had to find something to do ! |
| 24 | How could she feel so physically drawn to him , when intellectually she was detesting him for this arrogant charade ? |
| 25 | Well he was poking me in the groin . |
| 26 | There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle , when I was suddenly struck down without warning . |
| 27 | And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph . |
| 28 | then he was watching him like this then he ran |
| 29 | Her eyes fell irresistibly to the firm , broad chest , the gleam of hard , taut muscle and then he was pulling her to him , kissing her mouth , her neck , the base of her throat , finding the clasp of her bra , discarding it , so that her breasts hung heavy and exposed , aching with longing and desire . |
| 30 | Then he was leading her across the terrace and through the open doors of the villa , across the drawing-room and out into the hall . |