Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of nothing else but his compelling , mesmeric eyes , which were rooting her to the spot , setting a torch to her , the shooting flames searing her insides . |
| 2 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 3 | He went in acting very worried , looking at people as though ashamed that they were seeing him in a cinema . |
| 4 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 5 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 6 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 7 | They were using me as a guinea-pig to investigate the hourly variation in mental efficiency of those with irregular sleeping patterns , such as airline pilots or globe-trotting diplomats . |
| 8 | ‘ So you were using me as a stud , min kaere . |
| 9 | The Aztecs were using it at the time of the Spanish Conquest in the form of mosaic applied to wooden masks of their gods , combined with shell inlays for eyes and teeth ( Plate E ) . |
| 10 | Well have they withdrawn one of their submissions to South Oxfordshire that they 've tried to claim that they were using it over the last twelve years and it has now been withdrawn because they know very well that their claim to South Oxfordshire can not be justified about the use . |
| 11 | ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice . |
| 12 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 13 | Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall ! |
| 14 | ‘ Good morning , ’ said the tailor , to this company , for he believed in good manners , and the creatures were surveying him in a judging and intelligent way . |
| 15 | But he might not always meet her calling or her waiting , for men , too , were bidding him to the sound of axe and plough and sword . ’ |
| 16 | Cos they were replacing it with a radial , they 're transferred that stock onto the other end product number . |
| 17 | He pulled out a burnet leaf and ate it slowly , concealing his fear as best he could ; for all his instincts were warning him of the dangers in the unknown country beyond the warren . |
| 18 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 19 | I remember sitting helping to write the cards the night before and we were writing them off a typewritten sheet . |
| 20 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 21 | IWAS looking at them uncomprehendingly ; they were eyeing me like a cat watches a captured mouse that might yet try to make a dash for freedom . |
| 22 | He drove through the backstreets , and the quieter residential boulevards , where people had either ignored the date and retired to sleep , or were celebrating it in the privacy of their homes . |
| 23 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 24 | The bastards were kicking him like a fucking dog . |
| 25 | And you got the odd look but it was n't too severe because at least though they had no clothes on at least you were holding them by the waist . |
| 26 | But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go . |
| 27 | Their parents were sending them to the Wimbledon Islamic Day Independent Boys ' School because they wanted them to grow up English . |
| 28 | Talk was intense among the youngsters , and the young actors and actresses roaming Sunset Strip were no different to the youth of America , if not the world , in that they too were a disoriented bunch in search of idols ; Clift , Brando and Dean were providing them with a whole new repertoire of sayings , postures , stances and gestures . |
| 29 | But , if you were buying it at a garage you were probably gon na pay at least four |
| 30 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |