Example sentences of "she was [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She was clutching one in her hand ; its edge dug into her palm . |
| 3 | She already felt that she was learning something about art . |
| 4 | Gaston , the committee man , who had been eyeing Ingrid the entire evening , trying to discern if she was wearing anything at all under the gold waistcoat , hurried over and pulled her to her feet . |
| 5 | She was babbling something about helicopters . |
| 6 | She hated watching sport normally , but Jack guessed that she was taking none of it in . |
| 7 | She opened her mouth to suggest that perhaps she could give him dinner at her hotel — and thereby eliminate any possibility of him putting his arm around her in his car — then found that she was suggesting nothing of the sort , but was asking , ‘ Did Mr Gajdusek ask you to invite me out ? ’ and was at once appalled that , Ven all too clearly not far away in her head , she had asked such a thing ! |
| 8 | I do n't think she was expecting anything like that . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Defries realized that she was holding something in her right hand . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | When Rebecca Kraemer remarked , as the last murmurs of the slow movement died away , that it was such a pity the conductor was still following the now-discredited Haas edition , she was telling everyone within earshot — which included half the audience — everything that Alison could have wanted them to know but naturally would n't have dreamt of mentioning herself . |
| 13 | Her portrayal was so convincing that she was offered nothing but bitch characters . |
| 14 | She was asking something from him , this stranger whose job was to shoot the IRA assassins if they came . |
| 15 | ‘ She was doing nothing at all to help this baby in such distress . |
| 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 | The young Canadian took it upon himself in too domineering a fashion to explain about their religion , but she was having none of it . |
| 19 | But she was having none of it . |
| 20 | But Tom said she was saying something about , you know , she liked coloured men or |
| 21 | She was saying something to him , and he was glancing around and nodding . |
| 22 | In fact , as I saw them she was saying something to Gharr , making him smile . |