Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pron] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One afternoon she was maintaining her usual bedside vigil when , with the strains of Madam Butterfly playing in the background , he opened his eyes ‘ and was back ’ . |
| 2 | Lineker became incensed when Taylor went public , not only questioning whether Lineker should remain as captain , but whether his form justified a place in the side — even though he was maintaining his phenomenal strike rate . |
| 3 | It was amazing really and even , she was eighty two when she died and even then she was knitting her own jumper suits . |
| 4 | Erm and that was using their own U S A er catapult . |
| 5 | Even as he greeted Dalgliesh he was taking off his jacket and was drawing his fine latex gloves over stubby-fingered hands which looked unnaturally white , almost bloodless . |
| 6 | I was work la last week and I erm I got ta scrub my nails after done everything anyway like every , like after I made the sandwiches , I scrub my nails after I 've been washing up , scrub my nails so I was scrubbing them all day Saturday , last week and it still did n't come out . |
| 7 | He signalled the first clear signs of disillusionment with Taylor when he revealed he was canvassing his fellow Council members about the events of the past six weeks . |
| 8 | People who had travelled to find a vantage point near RAF Marham , where the air force was enjoying its 75th anniversary celebrations , were forced to make their way home again . |
| 9 | Just a few weeks ago , Sefton was enjoying his thirtieth birthday party . |
| 10 | He was opening his celebrated King Lear on Broadway . |
| 11 | One of my main preoccupations that particular evening was keeping my right bra strap out of sight , underneath my skimpy top . |
| 12 | ‘ You poor young things , ’ said Corbett Farraday ( Physics , Chemistry , and anything vaguely in that line ) who was flapping his overgrown boy scout 's body along with the mass of teachers , and now looked around at them with his unnaturally innocent expression . |
| 13 | Don Cribb from Systems and Equipment Engineering Department , was attempting his first London Marathon . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Bates was turning his 270-acre Grange Farm , Bucks , into a fortress to keep newsmen at bay . |
| 15 | She looked very young , as if she was wearing her first evening dress ; and in this photo she looked less heavy-featured ; rather piquant , a touch of mischief , almost a shy delectation in being queen of a cabinet of curiosa . |
| 16 | He was wearing his blue police shirt and the strap of his truncheon hung from his left trouser pocket . |
| 17 | Tessa was n't even dressed — she was wearing his old tweed overcoat over her pyjamas . |
| 18 | Another early memory was getting my first train set . |
| 19 | With the dismissal of the Iranian initiative , remaining hopes of settling the conflict without a land war focused on Soviet mediation efforts , President Gorbachev having announced on Feb. 9 that he was sending his personal envoy Yevgeny Primakov to Baghdad . |
| 20 | Berkeley Eastoak Investment , the jointly-owned commercial property arm set up 18 months ago , announced yesterday it was doubling its original £100m investment in the market . |
| 21 | He was coaching his local swimming team when police told him his car was being broken into . |
| 22 | He was removing his thick leather belt with one hand and struggling with one of her buttons . |
| 23 | On the evening of 1 December 1851 the Prince President was holding his usual Monday reception at the Elysée palace . |
| 24 | Sharpe was holding his own sword low beside his stirrup , almost as if he could not be bothered to fight . |
| 25 | BRITAIN was facing its worst flooding crisis for 22 years as torrential rain and gale-force winds swept the country last night . |
| 26 | The Red Barrell company was losing its own Stag brewery , near Victoria Station , to redevelopment , and decided it was easier to buy another London brewery than build one . |
| 27 | They had country and western night on there , now I think I was doing nowt one Saturday night and Sue and Steven were going to hear her dad . |
| 28 | A year ago a man tried to abduct him while he was doing his early morning paper round . |
| 29 | Jeffrey was doing his customary book signing . |
| 30 | It was therefore with mixed feelings that Alice managed to give a welcoming smile to the couple who now entered the room and gracefully acknowledged the compliments of the wife of the Belgian ambassador , who was admiring her unique Verveine gown . |