Example sentences of "was [v-ing] some [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no words in the experience , but he became aware of the fact that he was keeping something at bay ; or another way of looking at it would be that he was wearing some rigid outer clothing , like corsets or a suit of armour . |
| 2 | I was doing some swift mental arithmetic , and the result was so crazy that I paused to rework the sums in my head . |
| 3 | Aside from its last-minute agreement with Unix System Labs ( see front ) , SCO was strengthening some other key relationships in preparation for the highly-competitive months ahead for those in the operating system software business . |
| 4 | I knew I was taking some rare old stick mentally , though . |
| 5 | At first Jennifer remained silent , as if she was fighting some immense inner struggle , then quietly she began to explain . |
| 6 | At a period when Residents had no clerks and were lucky if they possessed a typewriter , Lugard was listing some thirty different sets of records which either had to be kept or sent in , dealing with every conceivable aspect of a fully developed civil administration from postal matters to canoe registration . |
| 7 | It was as if it was harbouring some great consuming sadness and had lost the urge to live . |