Example sentences of "was [Wh adv] she [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her concern now was how she was going to cover the syllabus since she had used up so much time on these practical activities . |
| 2 | Fabia arose on Sunday morning , thought of Cara , of Barney , and of the man she had never yet met but , with guilty conscience , hoped to , and then attempted to shed her anxieties by remembering that , with Františkovy Láznë being less than twenty-five miles away , Františkovy Láznë was where she was heading for that day . |
| 3 | Of course Herman loves her whisperings — for he is always convinced that he will catch a word or two — but all he has ever heard was when she was going from the dining-room to the drawing-room after lunch with him , and she whispered : ‘ I hate sauces . |
| 4 | That was why she was reacting so badly to the news that he had left Taipei . |
| 5 | He 'd told her about Valldemosa too , which was why she was taking this route to the north of the island . |
| 6 | He must have been a stranger to the village , that was why she was telling him . |
| 7 | This was why she was wearing her Ralph Lauren silk crepe trousers and matching jacket with a white Armani shell underneath , and her favourite silver earrings . |
| 8 | And that was why she was allowing herself to become sucked into a whirlpool of corruption which could destroy her career , or worse . |
| 9 | Which was why she was checking and double-checking everything that landed on her desk . |
| 10 | That was why she was making the grade as a jockey . |
| 11 | That was why she was sueing now . |