Example sentences of "[coord] she [was/were] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My er my sister worked in the grenade shop and erm after she ca she 'd been working at , on the manor , do you know the manor at Willenhall and then er she decided to go on with the war work and she was courting the man named , John and his father was the timekeeper , later H & T Hornes , but erm it fizzled out and anyway the romance did but erm |
| 2 | An expensive handbag lay on the table , and she was reading the morning paper in a perfectly ordinary way . |
| 3 | For Lee everything was being spotlit and she was seeing the people around her as if for the first time . |
| 4 | Although Phil had been slightly reserved in his manner towards her ( Nancy ) , she knew that that was his way and she was enjoying the company of that wiry , small-boned , gently spoken citizen from Sacramento who almost invariably found himself at the back of every queue that ever formed itself . |
| 5 | We saw it on telly and the er what was it Crispen or er Crispen something typical vegetarian names and she was criticizing the television Top Of The Pops and how they could do better you know and they got an art |
| 6 | It was late in the day and she was taking the last of the sun . |
| 7 | He and Merlyn had planned to go somewhere else , and she was taking the box there . ’ |
| 8 | A final spray of expensive perfume and she was leaving the room . |
| 9 | And of course all the other little girls were singing ‘ The Stripper ’ — di da da da , di da , da da — and she was doing the full works . |
| 10 | The boy had his back to him but he could see Lily 's face and she was doing the talking . |
| 11 | and then she had a complica problem with her line and she was blaming the , blaming the phone . |
| 12 | And she was representing the interests of her constituency . |
| 13 | When she reappeared , her bald head gleaming dully , her arms were extended and she was making the mooing noise again . |
| 14 | His mother was bending over the baby in the basketwork cradle his father had made for the first Wooldridge child , and she was mopping the fevered little body with a damp cloth . |
| 15 | She 'd gone on into a book-lined room which appeared to be in use as an office , and she was placing the shotgun along with two others in a locking steel cabinet . |
| 16 | " I have n't seen her for several weeks then she came in about two hours ago — sort of staggered into the kitchen , and she was carrying the kitten in her mouth . |
| 17 | The next moment he was inside and she was closing the door behind him , then leading him along the narrow hallway towards the living-room . |
| 18 | ‘ In my sitting-room , ’ said Pam , ‘ and she was massaging the back of his neck , if anyone 's interested . |
| 19 | That 's right , and she was following the . |
| 20 | Her limbs felt disconcertingly light , and she was having the greatest difficulty wiping the smile from her face as Luke placed a cushion behind her shoulders . |
| 21 | She went on to Newcastle , where Goodwin was speaking on local TV about the Dwarf , and she was selling the paper at the local anarchist centre , giving it away along the roadside . |
| 22 | The summer evenings were getting shorter and she was lighting the wick of the lamp on her husband 's desk so that he could see to write his sermon . |
| 23 | For example Mrs Snell , who was looking after her husband said that she could still manage to look after him at home ; she was doing a little more for him than last year because he was physically frailer and more uncooperative , but she was getting the right amount of help and was quite satisfied . |
| 24 | But she was saying the exact same thing cos I was and he acts as my . |
| 25 | He 'd thrown the receiver off the hook , but she was haranguing the empty line , demanding he reply . |
| 26 | I did not know if she was aware of the fact , but she was treating the General like one of her patients . |
| 27 | Penny was usually a very bright and cheery Brownie , but she was finding the loss of her pet budgerigar very hard to bear . |
| 28 | Shelley Cameron could never be called strait-laced , but she was finding the atmosphere rather more lively than she was used to back in her little cottage on the sleepy borders between England and Scotland . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , we do n't want … ’ he began , but she was leading the way ; very tall , very thin , very old ; skinny old legs stiff as stilts . |