Example sentences of "was [adv] making [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was only making patterns with the spoons , you 've never minded before . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was only making conversation . |
| 3 | While on the voyage he read Lyell 's Principles of Geology and was soon making observations on the gradual elevation of the Andes , which converted him to uniformitarianism . |
| 4 | But after flying back from America with Lewis , he was already making contingency plans for his man being handed the title without throwing a punch . |
| 5 | Venturous was already making cutter history with her size , speed of sixteen knots and the latest electronic gadgetry such as radar , Decca Navigator and modern communication equipment . |
| 6 | While Yannick Noah and his players rightly basked in the glory of the remarkable victory for a few days , one of the men who masterminded the victory was already making plans to build upon the fantastic achievements of 1991 . |
| 7 | I was just making conversation , ’ she answered with dignity ; and he tried to look chastened . |
| 8 | ROS : I was just making conversation . |
| 9 | ‘ He was just making conversation . ’ |
| 10 | I was just making supper when that stupid eunuch came along making a great commotion . ’ |
| 11 | She brushed aside Mrs Singh 's assertions that her son was not making progress by telling her repeatedly that it was unreasonable to expect anything more ; she used phrases like ‘ He is well below average ’ , ‘ He is slow ’ , ‘ He is in the bottom set , you must accept that . |
| 12 | ‘ Because he was forever making dens in trees , ’ said his nan , who knew this was another , ‘ and one day a big crow flew up and scared him and he lost his hold and fell on to his head and stopped growing so let that be a lesson to you . ’ |
| 13 | At one time he was always making noises like a chicken . |
| 14 | James was always making drawings on every piece of paper he could lay hands on — even his father 's sermons were not safe . |
| 15 | He was still making corrections ; he was doing his best to keep it up to date . |
| 16 | She had regular treatment sessions for the next two years , and was still making progress . |
| 17 | In our depth interviews , for example ( Appendix II , section 5 ) , there was the man in trouble with the court already who could therefore not get HP — and who bought the settee he wanted with a trading check instead ( even costlier to repay ) , though he doubted his ability to pay it off and was still making payments through the court ; and the woman with so many debts to pay off , afraid of the ‘ loan man 's ’ visit because she finds it so hard to say no to his offers . |
| 18 | Terry was still making League appearances for us in 1968–69 when Palace again gained promotion , this time to the elite of the 1st Division but , to his disappointment and the chagrin of all Palace followers , he was never able to turn out for us in Division One . |
| 19 | But the full anthem was gradually making way for the verse anthem , of which Gibbons was the outstanding master . |
| 20 | She was flicked back against him , clamped closer with one powerful arm , and as he looked down at her , hard and intent , he made brief , rhythmic movements , flexing chest and thigh muscles to make her slide down his body , her heart hammering … he was practically making love to her on the dance-floor . |
| 21 | Yet by doing so she was also making difficulties for herself . |
| 22 | Many entries in his diaries describe dramatic storms over the mountains when he was out making sketches . |
| 23 | Still Forbes was n't making sense . |
| 24 | And when he was n't making threats he used the emergency line to discuss illegal drink driving offences in North Yorkshire . |
| 25 | Shorebury Park who had a wedding cake made and she kept phoning her up and Alison was n't making cakes at that particular time . |
| 26 | But now he was n't making excuses , stating facts that had been under the surface all the time . |
| 27 | The result is that if a Japanese firm was systematically making investments using its earnings yield as a measure of the cost of capital , it would soon be making a loss . |
| 28 | McIllvanney was certainly making money from somewhere . |
| 29 | These are people who were n't even alive when he was actually making music . |