Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] something [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was there a bit because I was hiding something from my mother . |
| 2 | I was expecting something like that . ’ |
| 3 | I was putting something in … something alive ! |
| 4 | " Now , I was saying something about the fish-shop on Lyons Dock . |
| 5 | Oh I was saying something about that |
| 6 | I felt relieved once I 'd started because at last I felt I was doing something about my life . |
| 7 | My family was very very supportive my mum was very happy that I was doing something for myself later on in my life it will help me very much and my husband was very very good . |
| 8 | However , one afternoon perhaps two weeks after our conversation in my pantry , I was doing something in the library when Miss Kenton came in and said : |
| 9 | She was clutching something in her right hand , something covered in white powder , as she weaved towards us and sat down heavily and out of breath . |
| 10 | She already felt that she was learning something about art . |
| 11 | She was babbling something about helicopters . |
| 12 | For one who was convinced of the merits of control , both control of self and regulation of one 's environment , she was discovering something beyond her range of command ; her children . |
| 13 | Defries realized that she was holding something in her right hand . |
| 14 | She was shredding something by holding the tip of the blade and moving the handle of the knife around in an arc , her head on one side . |
| 15 | She was asking something from him , this stranger whose job was to shoot the IRA assassins if they came . |
| 16 | She had had no experience of domestic affairs , but she managed well enough , and had the satisfaction of knowing that she was doing something for Susan , after all . |
| 17 | For the first time in her life she was doing something for herself ; doing it without help from anyone , and what was more , she was getting it right . |
| 18 | But Tom said she was saying something about , you know , she liked coloured men or |
| 19 | She was saying something to him , and he was glancing around and nodding . |
| 20 | In fact , as I saw them she was saying something to Gharr , making him smile . |
| 21 | Oh cos we was doing something about yous and Billy . |
| 22 | Tufnell was still there to wheel away , but after his earlier successes , he was enduring something of a lean spell . |
| 23 | He was learning something of the dead man 's background , admittedly from a biased witness , but any policeman knows that all witnesses are biased in some degree . |
| 24 | He was demanding something of Meredith , that much was evident . |
| 25 | He was writing something in longhand , the paper turned sideways , the pen flying along the lines away from him at great speed . |
| 26 | He was constructing something from a foil ash tray when she approached . |
| 27 | He was waving something in the air and laughing . |
| 28 | She knew he was hiding something from her about the cat , something nasty , that should not be spoken of , she was sure . |
| 29 | There were no words in the experience , but he became aware of the fact that he was keeping something at bay ; or another way of looking at it would be that he was wearing some rigid outer clothing , like corsets or a suit of armour . |
| 30 | He was burning something in a small crucible , watching it bubble . |