Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scarlet , though not reassured by her words , was touched by her gesture until she saw that Camille was merely reaching for the crisp packet and had patted her in passing . |
| 2 | At 15 she had once to be carted from the links of Gullane having had too much to drink , but she will tell you that that had nothing to do with the pressures of competition , rather that she was merely going through a rebellious streak . |
| 3 | No-one in the England camp was prepared to say whether there was less longing for the next tour of the Caribbean or to Pakistan , where the proposed 1996–97 series seems safely enough into the future . |
| 4 | Jeff was obviously calling from a public place . |
| 5 | When she failed to respond the French cutter opened fire with her bow chaser , hitting the superstructure of Sea Rover which by then was obviously making for the English coast . |
| 6 | She was enjoying the effect she was obviously having on the local population . |
| 7 | ‘ She had a terrified look in her eyes , and was obviously going through a very , very bad trip . |
| 8 | The driver was obviously preparing for a grand-prix start . |
| 9 | Jamila said nothing and Helen was eager to talk about Charlie , a subject on which she was obviously preparing for an advanced degree . |
| 10 | Equally if one lived in a society where everybody was constantly protesting against the smallest governmental peccadillo life would become intolerable . |
| 11 | John Heminges said they were dark , cruel plays , and that Will was only looking at the black side of people . |
| 12 | ‘ I was only aiming for the British record , ’ Wooderson declared in a state of shock which caused him sleepless nights for a week . |
| 13 | The 1901 President of the National Free Church Council was only pointing to the obvious when he told his audience that there was throughout the country and Empire ‘ an irresistible movement towards co-operation , combination , collectivism , solidarity , centralisation … |
| 14 | ( This exchange system enabled some universities to establish very large collections of theses , but it was very costly , since it depended on the production of multiple copies of theses , and the practise was only operating in a small number of American universities by the start of Worl War II . |
| 15 | I was very shaken I was only sitting on the other side of the wall . |
| 16 | Annabel , who always excited more by her appearance than her standard of play , knew she would soon be going to the ball as Cinderella and she was only playing in the National Championships on a whim . |
| 17 | Grandfather was only suffering from a nagging cough and mild flu but he was , after all , somewhat of a grandee in the town because of his wealth . |
| 18 | They dreamed together their first dream of life : of its glories and its fame , of the life that lay beyond the prison walls of this school and beyond this miserable town , which to despise was their delight , of the life that must open up soon before them , that was only waiting for the two of them in order to receive them and shower them with its infinite gifts ! |
| 19 | I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable . |
| 20 | When last heard of — in the early Seventies — he had returned to the United States and was apparently working in a fast food restaurant . |
| 21 | My detachment was not allowed to last , I was soon chatting to the ex-Lady Mayor of Portsmouth and later made friends with the Commanding Officer of one of the Army supply boats stationed on Benbecula with whom I was able to swap experiences in the Outer Hebrides . |
| 22 | He was soon working on a valuable theory of the Crown as above party politics . |
| 23 | Our leader was soon grunting in a semi layback posture , and as I had the appropriate page open , I could not resist reading out loud : ‘ … |
| 24 | ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says . |
| 25 | Still shy and overweight , she was nevertheless developing into a popular character . |
| 26 | Nearby was the base camp for the New Zealand Division that was away fighting in the front line . |
| 27 | The cold was like weasels biting and the strong strange musky smell of the fo'c'sle played on her stomach that was already protesting over the gobbled bread . |
| 28 | In the refectory a queue was already forming alongside the hissing Espresso machines and perspex lids of the snack counter , so he sent Diane off to find a table . |
| 29 | Shelley was already reaching for the suturing packs . |
| 30 | The plentiful records in Edinburgh provide a unique example of the way this classic restructuring of the work process was already operating in the book-printing houses , before the introduction of composing machines . |