Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence . |
| 32 | Her lungs heaving , she fell against a tree , then slowly slid down the trunk to sit at its foot , her arms wrapped tight round her updrawn knees in an effort to hold in the pain and shock that was robbing her of coherent thought . |
| 33 | Guy Sterne was eyeing her with amused curiosity . |
| 34 | However Germany was short of helium and the major industrial producer — the USA , who was extracting it from natural gas — did n't want to supply it so soon after the war . |
| 35 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 36 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 37 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 38 | The man was regarding her with natural surprise . |
| 39 | She looked at him warily to find that he was regarding her with unprecedented tenderness . |
| 40 | There was a white line around his mouth and he was watching her with undisguised lust , as if he wanted her and hated himself for being so human . |
| 41 | Survivals include the Cambrian Coast , radio signalled in 1988 , where Barmouth viaduct was after all repaired , the Central Wales where a decision was taken to rebuild the bridge which collapsed while a train was crossing it in high flood , and the Settle & Carlisle where the government perhaps surprisingly refused closure . |