Example sentences of "was leaving " in BNC.
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| 1 | These had gone down rather well , and as our Baroque painting specialist was leaving at the same time as Youngman , voices were raised to say here was perhaps both the lecturer and the administrator we were looking for . |
| 2 | When the news did become public , colleagues who had avoided speaking to me when the going got tough reappeared and said how sorry they were that I was leaving . |
| 3 | Only she said something as she was leaving — ’ |
| 4 | An English writer who went into self-exile just when Pound and Lawrence did , Ford Madox Ford , had always been denied serious consideration ( as he is denied it still ) , in part for having , in No More Parades at the end of a previous war , envisaged the England he was leaving in just such manorial terms : and if the Englishman could not be forgiven , how forgive the American ? |
| 5 | ‘ Now it is they who are trying to manipulate us , ’ one reformist said in disgust as he was leaving a caucus meeting . |
| 6 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 7 | As I was leaving the house Pat shouted after me , ‘ Piper , your friend Taff who shares the trench with you in the orchard has been transferred to one of the Commando units around the village . |
| 8 | As I was leaving the front of the house two jeeps arrived with wounded aboard , one of whom I recognised straight away . |
| 9 | She was relieved , for the sake of the parish , when he rang her up in 1940 to say that he was leaving . |
| 10 | As I was leaving I made a big show of asking to see the guitar one more time . |
| 11 | She said goodbye to Maggie and then , just as she was leaving the kitchen , she looked directly at Phoebe and added , |
| 12 | Soon she was leaving and it was easy for him to be charming . |
| 13 | Then in September , Sue announced that she was leaving the BBC after 20 years to join Granada Television which , she said , was fully prepared to give her the freedom necessary to put together the type of programme she truly wanted to make . |
| 14 | At a press conference confirming his promotion to regional inspector of constabulary from April 1 , Mr Dear denied he was leaving at an inappropriate time . |
| 15 | She opened her mouth to argue further , being plainly in the mood to announce she was leaving her job rather than allow any arrangement to succeed , but something about McLeish 's expression checked her and she agreed meekly . |
| 16 | Vicky searched the house for Seth , to break the news that she was leaving . |
| 17 | Whenever the secretary was leaving , Agnes ran to the window to watch her inconspicuously . |
| 18 | At the same time the press had been tipped off that the Health Minister was leaving the country on holiday from Heathrow and half a dozen photographers had literally chased on to the runway to photograph him . |
| 19 | It had been just as he was leaving on a Sunday evening . |
| 20 | He did n't know whether to leave them here with all the other stuff that he was leaving behind or take them with him . |
| 21 | He very rarely spoke about business matters to Georgina and decided on reflection against recounting the day 's events except to say that he was leaving for Istanbul in the morning , and would be away for three or four days . |
| 22 | He often asked if she was leaving . |
| 23 | Once when I was leaving for Europe , he came to see me off at the airport , bringing a parting gift . |
| 24 | He was leaving on the early morning train for Zaragoza , then on to Barcelona . |
| 25 | ft informed us that he was leaving Salamanca for England on his motor bike , via Cherbourg , and that we could expect him in Bath on a certain day . |
| 26 | Just as he was leaving , Paisley arrived and the meeting broke into cheering and clapping . |
| 27 | He had not yet told Zambia he was leaving . |
| 28 | Lamond was talking to some people and then as he was leaving he came by me and said , ‘ But , you know , it was n't all as beautiful as you might imagine ! ’ |
| 29 | Back at Reckweilerhof in time for dinner , an old man was leaving the restaurant with a couple who were probably his son and daughter-in-law . |
| 30 | At the last festival , Ib Anderson was the undoubted star , and we were told he was leaving immediately after the festival to join New York City ballet . |