Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was seeing him sideways on , all profile and flank , and she thought that this was much the pleasantest aspect of all people . |
| 2 | THE BBC was bracing itself yesterday for a Government onslaught over its election coverage , which many ministers believe was biased against the Conservatives . |
| 3 | Then , before she could answer , he had reached down to take hold of her and was drawing her firmly to her feet . |
| 4 | I was to get his job — and now I was to drive him home to Bristol . |
| 5 | She was packing his stuff and I was bringing him upstairs to his room like away from her like . |
| 6 | Mrs Phillips said today : ‘ I was bringing him home from my daughter 's house when he got out of his cage . |
| 7 | Nigel Powley ( 53 ) successfully defended his title , although William Speake ( 66 ) was catching him late in the race . |
| 8 | Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp . |
| 9 | A few weeks after their visit to the Peristrephic Panorama , her father was rowing her slowly across the serpentine lake on the neighbouring estate of Lord F- . |
| 10 | What a bloody fool I was to trust him even in this . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ As he was knocking me all around the ring , ’ said Holyfield , ‘ I thought he 'll miss soon and maybe I 'll get the chance to knock him out . ’ |
| 12 | All she succeeded in doing was knocking it farther over the slithering groundsheet . |
| 13 | He was basing it only on a recent knowledge of Trueman and the belief that his committee colleagues are capable of doing whatever it takes to preserve their ill-gotten privileges . ’ |
| 14 | She was tearing herself away from him and spinning round to face him , a storm in her eyes that was only part fury . |
| 15 | ‘ Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks . |
| 16 | Although this project failed to come to fruition even with Apple behind it — it was to lead us indirectly into more than a decade of adventuring in some of the most remote regions of Indonesia . |
| 17 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
| 18 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
| 19 | As he was speaking , he was pushing her relentlessly towards the bottom of the stairs . |
| 20 | In a flash he was pushing her away from the path they were making and into the cover of the undergrowth . |
| 21 | He had swum to the raft , put his head against it and was pushing it forward with heavy thrusts of his back legs . |
| 22 | The 1992 Coca-Cola International was awarded World Cup status for the second consecutive year , and organiser Desi McHenry was offered it again for this year if he could change the date , something he was unfortunately unable to do . |
| 23 | In a moment he had gripped her hand in his and was pulling her away from the bale on which she had been resting . |
| 24 | ‘ She never ceases to amaze me , ’ he said , Perrier water with lime clutched to his chest as he stood on the balcony above the stage where Kylie was ridding herself forever of her cutesy image . |
| 25 | it was scorching them right through . |
| 26 | ‘ Pumlumon was directing it straight at the giants , ’ said Caspar . |
| 27 | She had not killed him , she was leading him away from the open mouth of the cave and towards the distant city . |
| 28 | The elephants were n't swimming in the pond , they were floating on their backs , and one of them was balancing me gently on the flat tops of its upturned feet . |
| 29 | Like on this one , you did n't know what the resistance was exactly , but you worked it out , well it 's going to be less than , your first thought was add it together of course . |
| 30 | ‘ And I thought all would be well , if only I was to leave you both to yourselves ! ’ uttered Taggy crossly . |