Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of control it caused dreadful havoc , but when it ran smoothly and sweetly it not only modified life 's aridity but added a pleasing dimension to the view , while Lydia , at present , was using it only to make mud pies . |
| 2 | It was tearing her apart to know how much he must love the pale , blank-eyed girl . |
| 3 | and used steel cans and that it was costing them less to use that than it was to use |
| 4 | She was wondering what else to try when her fingernail slid into a tiny groove on the inside edge of the uppermost star . |
| 5 | ‘ There was no way I was paying them just to change money . |
| 6 | Sounds as if he was doing it deliberately to get back at her , does n't it ? |
| 7 | Only the tightly clenched line of her jawbone revealed the enormous effort it was taking her just to stand upright . |
| 8 | Bathsheba was watching them carefully to make sure that the sheep were not injured , and that all the wool was cut off . |
| 9 | I did ring Agnes away back in January and thanked her for having you ; I was ringing her partly to tell her that , strangely , one of her Hungarian friends from Southampton ( called ) is now the computer expert at Chambers , whose services I 've been using recently to accomplish the final formatting of my questionnaire and piece of sample text . |