Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he was no stranger to the town , now that he was on a case he was seeing it with new eyes . |
| 2 | She was seeing it from Sabine Jourdain 's point of view : a young foreigner pursuing her and intending to latch on to her . |
| 3 | Also , this nomadic existence was bringing them into potential conflict with several different tax jurisdictions . |
| 4 | She was pressing it for dear life now as if she was in a panic , and she kept her finger on it until , through the glass door , she saw the flicker of a candle weaving its way down through the shop . |
| 5 | Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Guy Sterne was eyeing her with amused curiosity . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As he spoke , he had already turned abruptly on his heel and was leading her in swift strides across the wide hallway . |
| 10 | and the doctors was selling them to rich Romanians and things like that so there 's such a lot of corruption in the country . |
| 11 | He was kissing her with small caresses of his mouth , teasing her cheeks and nose , tempting her brows and the corners of her mouth , so that her breath grew shallow and her body leaned against his solid frame for support . |
| 12 | She was calling me from central London , having travelled there with her young son on the underground train . |
| 13 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 14 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 15 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 16 | The man was regarding her with natural surprise . |
| 17 | She looked at him warily to find that he was regarding her with unprecedented tenderness . |
| 18 | He noticed that Hari was watching him with dull eyes . |
| 19 | Beryl was watching him with suspicious eyes . |
| 20 | His lean and powerful body was relaxed in the black suit , long legs crossed towards her , chest turned towards her , and he was watching her with narrowed eyes , obviously rearranging his thoughts about her at a rate of knots . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Oswin was watching her with expressionless eyes . |
| 23 | Luke had stood up too now and was watching her with glittering eyes , either unaware of or unperturbed by the disarray of his own garments . |
| 24 | 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 . |