Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Len was thumping him on the arm now with his fist . |
| 2 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 3 | Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey . |
| 4 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 5 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 6 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 7 | He was seeing it all so differently from Gabriel ; he was seeing it from the other side of the mirror . |
| 8 | Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them . |
| 9 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
| 10 | One day Judge Raymond Dean was reminding us of the perils of ignoring men 's bestial nature-— ‘ Men ca n't turn their emotions on and off like a tap as some women can ’ ; the next , Prince Edward was vehemently denying his alleged homosexuality by expressing outrage that such an insult should be levelled at him ; meanwhile , on TV the Audi driver screeched to a halt at the hospital where — with toddler in arms — he managed narrowly to miss his second child 's birth , and Good Housekeeping boasted a curious advert showing New Man ( Audi safely in the garage ? ) in boxer shorts , cradling new baby , sitting on a German washing machine . |
| 11 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 12 | Ten miles away on that December evening , Walter Schellenberg lit a cigarette in the back of the Mercedes which was speeding him towards the castle . |
| 13 | She was helping me with the french . |
| 14 | ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’ |
| 15 | And then the music was drawing him into the fire and the light , and he could see the massive shape of the Chariot limned against the forest now , bathed in its own radiance , hung with silk , lined with satin … |
| 16 | She was pursuing him like the Fury pursuing the crime . |
| 17 | Flowers looked at fault , but the happy Town fans chanted ‘ Goddard for England ’ while the band was serenading them during the interval . |
| 18 | As they returned to Swinbrook on Grye , the gipsy horse , the trees of Wychwood closed in about them and Carrie imagined the sadly diminished yet still proud forest was protecting them from the rest of the world . |
| 19 | The monetarist line is the populist line and to prove it , Sir Rhodes Boyson was peddling it around the Winter Gardens yesterday . |
| 20 | When it was dry , I edged around the unpainted border bands with masking tape very carefully , because now I was applying it onto the painted surface . |
| 21 | Dyson swung the wheel to the left , then swung it sharply to the right again to avoid a lorry which was overtaking him on the inside . |
| 22 | Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke . |
| 23 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 24 | The best man was driving them to the airport for their flight to Greece , and Ellie made sure she was right in the middle of the crowd as they all surged down the front path to wish them bon voyage . |
| 25 | Juan quickly established that Avila was nowhere near the rescue base ( had we followed the consul 's directions we would have ended up three hours away ) and within an hour he was driving us into the heart of the Sierra de Gredos . |
| 26 | Yes , when they was fitting them on the H M S Gothic they sent , they Birkenhead and I asked if they , so I stopped work , all Saturday and this , this er big er were it ? |
| 27 | But Michele was urging her down the steps , and the gondolier had reached up to assist her into the gently rocking craft . |
| 28 | I was in a shop once , buying scented candles , and on the radio came Steve Wright with a collage of Smiths ’ songs , and I got a distinct chill , almost as though the hand of death was tapping me on the shoulder , saying : ‘ put yer candles down , it 's time to go ! ’ ’ |
| 29 | One time I did and he was tapping me on the shoulder saying , ‘ I 've broken a string ’ . |
| 30 | Fabia got out , then found that before she could say a word , Ven was escorting her inside the hotel and waiting with her while she collected her room key . |