Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [verb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | This man she 's married finally came to his senses , but he was refusing to marry her at one point . |
| 2 | At first it seemed that Francis was going to leave it at that , the ball in his court , but in fact he was trying to decide which would annoy her most : being kept in the dark about his conversation with Anna or knowing the truth . |
| 3 | The man was going to meet me at the bottom of Ber Street . |
| 4 | He was going to kiss me at his sister 's , Meredith thought . |
| 5 | She turned now and looked at her mother , adding , ‘ He … he was coming to see you at Christmas . ’ |
| 6 | She saw his hands curl into white-knuckled fists and knew he was fighting to keep them at his sides . |
| 7 | Merrill sensed that he was trying to put her at her ease , building a bridge over the rift that divided them , to get the evening off to a good start . |
| 8 | He maintained that Philip was trying to keep him at war in Scotland ‘ so that he might not pursue his rights elsewhere ’ . |