Example sentences of "was making [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert was fairly sure he was making headway . |
| 2 | We discuss subliminal manipulation , such as the allegation that , when that now-discredited US President was making campaign speeches in the early '70s , clandestine projectors would flash rapid slide images of John F Kennedy , Franklin D Roosevelt , Abraham Lincoln and George Washington behind him , sending out the subliminal message that Nixon was a great President . |
| 3 | We discuss subliminal manipulation , such as the allegation that , when that now-discredited US President was making campaign speeches in the early '70s , clandestine projectors would flash rapid slide images of John F Kennedy , Franklin D Roosevelt , Abraham Lincoln and George Washington behind him , sending out the subliminal message that Nixon was a great President . |
| 4 | Unfortunately it was making Charity feel like a stranger in her own skin . |
| 5 | Because where I was making boxes it was pulling the skin and was torn apart was n't it ? |
| 6 | Er , it started in eighteen fifty six , had been currying leather for the saddlery trade all those years and it was then a subsidiary to and was making saddlery leather for them , but in addition , quite a large production of fancy leather for the local light leather goods trade . |
| 7 | Police said ice was making roads dangerous in Avon , Somerset , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire . |
| 8 | They laugh about the time when Colin was making love with a girlfriend and Bella , in the room next door , heard her moan that her feet were cold . |
| 9 | It was mikva night , and the last thing in the world that she felt like doing was making love to her husband — she could have quite cheerfully strangled him ! |
| 10 | In order to keep an erection long enough to fake orgasm , I had to imagine that I was making love to Karen . |
| 11 | ‘ Everyone seemed to think Benjamin was a virgin , but I never thought of him as that , but that it was the first time he was making love to a woman who was old enough to be his mother , and who was his mother 's friend . ’ |
| 12 | The general loved watching her ; she was totally insatiable , yet capable of multi-orgasms that lasted as long as she was making love . |
| 13 | ‘ He was making love to my foot , ’ explained Lili . |
| 14 | Second point : although you obviously have such a low opinion of me that it does n't strain your credulity to believe that I was making love to two women at once , one of them married , I ca n't believe that even you could see me in the role of toy-boy . |
| 15 | Oh , God , his girlfriend had actually been in the house while he was making love to her . |
| 16 | ‘ You think he was making love to a lady ? ’ |
| 17 | Just like girls were there , I was there and it was making love , that 's all I saw it as . |
| 18 | ‘ She used to give me a piece of the dough when she was making pastry . |
| 19 | There would be potato scones for tea , split down the middle , butter melting in their golden hearts , and probably jam tarts , for Aunt Margaret was making pastry . |
| 20 | ‘ It was about 5.30pm , pouring with rain outside and I was making Sophie 's tea when a preacher came to the door and broke the news , but like everyone in that situation you just do n't believe it . |
| 21 | Through the window the wind was making noises in the stripped trees . |
| 22 | Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder , RAF commander in Egypt , wrote that ‘ the cloven hoof of Pan American [ is ] now well to the fore ’ , and called BOAC 's attitude ‘ hopelessly defeatist ’ , Pan American was making inroads in Africa and the Middle East that BOAC might never be able to match . |
| 23 | She was making necklaces , which was a form of meditation for her , a method of forgetting . |
| 24 | ‘ I know , I was making plans for my own wedding , but then you wo n't want to know about that . |
| 25 | The question of the proper age of transfer was referred to it , as the West Riding was making plans for a series of middle schools spanning the age range nine to thirteen . |
| 26 | A. In 1840 a great engineer , Isambard Kingdom Brunel , was making plans for the route of the main railway into South West England . |
| 27 | As Anne headed back to Britain last night , Keith 's dad was making plans to collect his son 's body . |
| 28 | ‘ When I last saw her , she was making plans for the pub . |
| 29 | Margaret had started driving lessons , was making progress with the solicitor , and spending the occasional evening with friends . |
| 30 | Wherever you looked at the French giant , Renault was making progress in 1992 where other manufacturers were struggling to stand still . |