Example sentences of "[pron] was [v-ing] [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Larry Cummins recollected , ‘ I was looking out of the window while seated at my navigator 's table , and I saw a sizeable hole suddenly appear in the left wing . |
| 2 | One Sunday morning , when I was looking out of the window , I saw Mme Guérigny leave church and walk from the rue de Fleuve along the rue Victorie towards Bluot 's , and return with a box nicely wrapped and tied with gold string . |
| 3 | I appreciate that in that respect I was drifting out of order . |
| 4 | The strangers ' faces were barely visible , but from ground level ( where I was leaning out of the tent ) I could see that three of them were wearing football boots . |
| 5 | For some unknown reason I thought my chute must have been torn off me while I was getting out of my kite , and almost gave up making any further efforts to save myself . |
| 6 | I realized early on how much I was getting out of the callers and the fact that some of them seemed to get something out of me too increased my confidence in other areas of my life . |
| 7 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 8 | ‘ When we reached here , ’ he said , ‘ I was getting out of the cart and my hat fell to the ground . |
| 9 | The prints were n't too bad , considering that I was hanging out of the back window of the plane with just a thin safety belt between me and the farm land 200ft below . |
| 10 | Let me tell you I was playing out of my skin . |
| 11 | ‘ I was running out of time to do anything else , ’ said Ms Hinchliffe , who has heard the safety bumps could be in place by spring . |
| 12 | So I hereby declare that in saying ZZAP ! was inferior , I was talking out of my bottom . |
| 13 | I remember leaving a ledge to abseil down Scafell 's East Buttress once only to realise I was falling out of control ; I had forgotten to clip my figure of eight descendeur into my harness . |
| 14 | I did all the usual stuff — I gave her some money and stuck her on a tube train to a night shelter , but while I was walking out of the tube station , I thought to myself , ‘ you complacent bitch ’ ’ you know . |
| 15 | He asked me when I wanted to do the interview , I was going out of the hotel and so we 'd do it when I got back . |
| 16 | And I thought he was a nightmare or that I was going out of my mind . |
| 17 | I was going out of the home more often and people had begun to comment on this . |
| 18 | I met him last year , when I was coming out of Bazyliszek and needed a ride . |
| 19 | ‘ I passed one just as I was coming out of Blakemere . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I was feeling that was a pity when some hours later I was coming out of a supermarket and just happened to bump into Sheena again , and we arranged to make contact again , ’ says Betty . |
| 21 | While he was fitting it , while I was coming out of door to stop my test to start |
| 22 | ‘ I have to admit we let him down over the gearbox which was slipping out of sixth gear and we have apologised for that . |
| 23 | Grace 's mother was in the room now , and she was looking out of the window with her husband and daughter . |
| 24 | She 'd reclined the seat again but she was n't sleeping ; her head was turned aside and she was looking out of the window , not really seeing anything . |
| 25 | She was looking out of a window towards a view of the park . |
| 26 | Then she was bounding out of the room , heading for the front door and rushing outside into the garden . |
| 27 | He felt she was stepping out of her class , in a sense . |
| 28 | He thought suddenly of how she must look , seen from inside the kitchen she was leaning out of ; an ugly sexual idea occurred to him , and he looked about for the big black BMW bike , but it was n't there . |
| 29 | It appears that the marchioness meant she was bailing out of answering the question , rather than bailing out of her marriage . |
| 30 | David came back as she was getting out of the bath . |