Example sentences of "and was [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nour had taken me by the shoulders and was pushing me towards the pool . |
| 2 | Steve looked across at Ruth who had gone deathly pale and was watching him with her mouth gaping open . |
| 3 | Luke had stood up too now and was watching her with glittering eyes , either unaware of or unperturbed by the disarray of his own garments . |
| 4 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 5 | She 'd washed her hair and was drying it on the hessian towel . |
| 6 | The meeting at the Presbytery after Benediction had dragged on far too long , but he had caught his bus , and was congratulating himself on being out of the rain , when the conductor had bawled |
| 7 | Constable Dale Buckingham had just collected the car from the scene of the raid , in Bristol , and was taking it to his police station when he saw two men he suspected of being involved in the raid , and stopped . |
| 8 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 9 | I 'd got an assortment of sarnies and some cans of Diet Coke and bottles of Perrier at a café behind Liverpool Street and was allowing plenty of time for the traffic to get back into the City . |
| 10 | It was all she was capable of saying for quite some time , for he had captured her lips again and was kissing her with a deeper intensity . |
| 11 | He stayed the week and was given lots of extra training , but he was still unsafe when he returned to the USA . |
| 12 | Bigwig had raised his head and was supporting himself on his fore-paws alone . |
| 13 | General Francis had risen from his chair by the examination couch and was supporting himself with his sticks . |
| 14 | At luncheon , Bradbury 's Alsatian dog was found to have retrieved a boot of a German airman and was chewing it under the table . |
| 15 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |
| 16 | Then , with a nod in the direction of the railwaymen — ‘ Thanks for your assistance , and for holding up the train' — he had grabbed Shiona unceremoniously by the wrist and was dragging her towards the door . |
| 17 | Looking round , he saw that the young accomplice had retrieved the knife and was pointing it at him like a gun , stammering : ‘ You 'd better let him go , d' you hear ? ’ |
| 18 | Raynor had fetched wine from a corner cupboard , and was heating it with a thin iron rod which had been resting in the fire 's embers . |
| 19 | She returned to the sitting room and struck Tam , who had knocked the bowl of biscuits from the table and was wolfing them off the carpet . |
| 20 | A uniformed policeman had stepped out from the kerb up ahead and was waving them into a side road . |
| 21 | On the steps of the stadium someone had erected a red hammer-and-sickle flag and was waving it towards the crowd and the few media people present . |
| 22 | He was sitting on the edge of the table and was regarding her with his steady blue gaze . |
| 23 | Lucenzo 's mother had emerged from the ballroom and was embracing her as if she was very precious . |
| 24 | For a time the eagles were speechless with surprise at what had happened and could only stare through the Cages to Woil who had now taken stance again on the branch where he had originally been and was grooming himself as if nothing had happened . |
| 25 | She 'd bought some fancy underwear and was showing it to Franca and I came in and made some remarks . |
| 26 | He 'd put some more money in the meter and was warming himself by the newly-lit fire . |
| 27 | The fourth man had abandoned their horses to his wounded companion and was launching himself into the fray . |
| 28 | Yanto grunted some inaudible remark and was introducing her to a goggle-eyed Billy as Nigger joined them . |
| 29 | She gave a little whimper of denial , her flat fists pushing against his chest , but he had moved his hand behind her head and was pressing her against him , forcing her lips apart so that he could savage her mouth with his tongue . |
| 30 | Her eyes opened and she saw that he had tugged a long strand of hair free and was playing it between his fingers . |