Example sentences of "she was [v-ing] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally-Anne was very conscious that she was wearing only a nightgown and a light shawl , and the fear which she sometimes felt these days in the company of men , and had felt ever since — no , forget that — was threatening to overwhelm her . |
| 2 | And she 'd , she 'd even get her girlfriend 's mother to ring up to say she was staying there the night , the mothers used to s ring up Joan tell them that it was al alright for er for er Andrea to stay there the night and she was never , she was camping out in the fields with a crowd of them oh |
| 3 | And suddenly she was hearing again the doctor 's words , ‘ and you had no … sisters , ’ and feeling the shock she had experienced then . |
| 4 | Mm , it 's alright I 've just seen a , a woman er passing a three wheeler on the pavement here , wheel chair and she was doing quite a bit of a speed , I was just gon na get my , my my speed checker |
| 5 | The very notion , now that she was sitting just a matter of inches away from him , was ludicrous . |
| 6 | Although she was sitting only a foot or two away from him in the opposite corner of the seat and had frequently tried to smile at him , he felt inexplicably betrayed . |