Example sentences of "[pron] was making [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to keep an erection long enough to fake orgasm , I had to imagine that I was making love to Karen . |
| 2 | Second point : although you obviously have such a low opinion of me that it does n't strain your credulity to believe that I was making love to two women at once , one of them married , I ca n't believe that even you could see me in the role of toy-boy . |
| 3 | When I was making runs at Leeds Graham Gooch came up and asked me how on earth I was batting so well on that pitch . |
| 4 | He looked suddenly suspicious that I was making fun of him , which I was n't , and grabbed me to look down the front of my dress . |
| 5 | ‘ I know , I was making plans for my own wedding , but then you wo n't want to know about that . |
| 6 | Well I think I had more problems when I was making films as a pop singer , because I was still pop singing as well and it was difficult to disassociate the two . |
| 7 | Last night , we went round to Josh — I was making supper for the boys , and your father came with me . |
| 8 | One was that all people knew about me was that I was making trouble about the caravan site and a lot of them assumed that because it was at the bottom of my own garden , I must naturally be on ‘ their side ’ , whatever my political colour : that is , I wanted the site disbanded . |
| 9 | Neither of us were attacked because of the Durances but because the local drug dealers knew I was making enquiries about trafficking and they thought you were working with me . |
| 10 | She was making peace with herself and with her father and suddenly she wanted to tell Alain , to thank him for forcing this on her . |
| 11 | ‘ When I last saw her , she was making plans for the pub . |
| 12 | Sometimes I used to practise shooting in the garden while she was making bread in the kitchen . |
| 13 | Her face was blazing with amusement , she was making fun of him . |
| 14 | She could even forgive him the talk about having her committed , now that that possibility was safely in the past and she was making progress on her own . |
| 15 | The story goes that a housewife , who was making pancakes before Lent , realised she was late for church … and rushed off , still clutching her pancake . |
| 16 | He looked down at Willie , who was making shapes with his finger on the misted window . |
| 17 | Not that Melissa cared two hoots whether it was making money for Bonard or not — whatever Iris might claim , he was certainly not strapped for cash — but it was essential for Iris 's self-esteem that it should go well . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , he was making friends of working men and trade unionists , and devoting himself to educational work . |
| 19 | I knew he loved and needed me , but the fact that while I washed up , scrubbed , cleaned and tidied for us both he was making contact with people I had never met , would never meet , and whose names I did not know , formed a cloud over my days . |
| 20 | At the same time Linkworth mentioned to everyone how he was making money from his little shop . |
| 21 | He was making signs at Philip , mouthing something . |
| 22 | He was making fun of me I know . |
| 23 | She did n't even notice he was making fun of her . |
| 24 | She stiffened , suspecting that he was making fun of her . |
| 25 | He was making notes on other violations . |
| 26 | Dustin never forgot the importance of Henry Livings 's play in his career , and many years later , when he was making Agatha in England , he sought the modest playwright out and took him to lunch at a smart restaurant . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , I think I 'll have one , ’ said Brian , and Scarlet saw that things were even worse than they seemed , for now his tone was artificial : he was making conversation about something so trivial as pouring himself a drink . |
| 28 | ‘ Everyone seemed to think Benjamin was a virgin , but I never thought of him as that , but that it was the first time he was making love to a woman who was old enough to be his mother , and who was his mother 's friend . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He was making love to my foot , ’ explained Lili . |
| 30 | Oh , God , his girlfriend had actually been in the house while he was making love to her . |