Example sentences of "was making [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It did n't stop her lashing out at him with her teeth and back legs as he unsaddled her , but he felt he was making progress and , the next day , stick and balling her he found she was a natural . |
| 32 | His class teacher also felt that he was making progress . |
| 33 | It is undeniable that artillery was making progress , and that its development was one of the major changes associated with the conduct of war at this time . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Constable McLennan reported that the neighbourhood watch scheme for Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue was making progress and would probably be launched in January . |
| 36 | ( Minter and Kingdom within hours of each other : at last Harry was making progress . ) |
| 37 | Constable McLennan reported that the neighbourhood watch scheme for Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue was making progress and would probably be launched in January . |
| 38 | The country 's fifth national development plan , covering the period 1986-90 , was making progress at reducing economic dependence on revenues derived from petroleum and natural gas reserves and helping with the creation of new private-sector industries . |
| 39 | James Robson , of Barlborough Avenue , Stockton , was making progress after he was admitted for problems with his bladder before the fall on February 9 . |
| 40 | We were dismayed to learn that the new editor was making decisions without access to the full file on our paper . |
| 41 | James meanwhile was making decisions concerning his future . |
| 42 | He was making fun of me I know . |
| 43 | She did n't even notice he was making fun of her . |
| 44 | She stiffened , suspecting that he was making fun of her . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | Her face was blazing with amusement , she was making fun of him . |
| 47 | Blogg 's brewery was making ales in Roman Road , Barnsbury , in the East End of London around the turn of the century . |
| 48 | And suddenly it could be a story , a funny story that was making Hermione laugh . |
| 49 | I really did n't intend to join this regiment , in fact I was making efforts to rejoin the Yeomanry , who are out here [ his former regiment had landed in Algeria as part of the 6th Armoured Division in the First Army and had supported the 1st Guards Brigade in the battle for Tunis ] , but the C.O. of this regiment chose me by interview and I had to go , being only a very small cog in the wheels of war . |
| 50 | By mid-century , therefore , almost every European government was making efforts to control more effectively the recruitment and promotion of its diplomats . |
| 51 | And they needed the loan of extra pumps because she was making water . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | In addition , publicity was making benefit claimants aware of the impending changes and advising them to go to their CAB . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | We also had a modern electric one which ran off the mains and which was known as ‘ The Pay Cooker ’ , whose use was frowned upon except in cases of drought and when Nigel was making bread , for which the free oven did n't , to be honest , get quite hot enough . |
| 56 | Sometimes I used to practise shooting in the garden while she was making bread in the kitchen . |
| 57 | ‘ Maybe James was making allowance for the fact it was a private sale . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | So that cheered us up a bit as you can imagine but what really cheered us up was making contact with the Indians . |
| 60 | He did not want to die and yet his increasing depression was making existence intolerable . |