Example sentences of "she [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Ruth arrived at the Rope Walk on Monday morning , she felt as if she were stepping back in time . |
| 2 | She was looking up into Aggie 's face now . |
| 3 | She was looking down on Millie now , and Millie answered , ‘ Yes , that is my name … |
| 4 | She was looking directly at Coffin now , but was not seeing him . |
| 5 | To check his wandering thoughts he started to ask her to resume her labours elsewhere and finish the surgery when he had completed his own tasks in it — Only to find that she was hopping gently from foot to foot , and was bursting to ask him a question . |
| 6 | He must be made to realise that she was speaking up for Kirsty 's sake , that she was not motivated by personal spite . |
| 7 | ‘ Miss Jarman ai n't going to like it if he chokes , ’ but she was thinking only of Midnight . |
| 8 | She was moving back on board Wavebreaker in preparation for the next day 's early departure . |
| 9 | Maggie 's outrage at this callous remark was somewhat offset by the fact that he had rescued her , and in any case she was moving off to Ana who was sitting looking very shaky . |
| 10 | She was weeping now in earnest . |
| 11 | It was Carmella and she was screaming vituperatively in Italian . |
| 12 | She was chatting away to Roger Beeding and to Roger de Mornay . |
| 13 | Seeing she was getting nowhere with Paul , he had taken over and saved her from having to cope with a great deal of harassment . |
| 14 | She was getting on in years , and I was very fond of her . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't know , she said she was leaving here at quarter to five |
| 16 | She was swinging slowly from side to side , like a pendulum . |
| 17 | She was clinging desperately to normality and self-respect . |
| 18 | She was earning up to £180 an hour from rich clients . |
| 19 | She was trembling now from head to foot . |
| 20 | The next moment , stiff as a beanpole but smiling , actually smiling ! she was pivoting round with Willi , stumbling , tripping , but nevertheless dancing . |
| 21 | No the woman was n't in the shop you see and young girl another girl in there Julie and that and she was running on to Pam . |
| 22 | She was running away from home . |
| 23 | You say you met my daughter on the train to Boston , that she was running away from home , that she ended up on your doorstep when her brother refused to house her ? ’ |
| 24 | She was running out of time and courage as it was , she admitted as she leaned into the wardrobe , searching for a pair of navy espadrilles . |
| 25 | She was going round in circles . |
| 26 | Bella appeared to be unperturbed : ‘ I wondered why she was going on about Mr Bishop and Madge just now . |
| 27 | Mrs Bradshaw did n't want a drink because she was going over to Mrs Warburton 's flat to play bridge . |
| 28 | Maybe if she told him she was going out to Australia . |
| 29 | She was going out of Thirkett on the Atherton Road . |
| 30 | And she said no , she could not make tomorrow , she was going back to England tomorrow , which was not true , but true enough . |