Example sentences of "she [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment she was too surprised to speak and simply stared as if she were looking down on an apparition . |
| 2 | When Ruth arrived at the Rope Walk on Monday morning , she felt as if she were stepping back in time . |
| 3 | to finish this tape because she were coming tomorrow for it ! |
| 4 | The only thing you had to watch out was that she did n't start to stagger and put one of them feet down on you a bit sharp , or fell on you as she were a-swaying about with her jink-back . |
| 5 | Madra 's forehead shone in the heat , and with those dark eyebrows she looked as though she were concentrating hard on not spilling the wine . |
| 6 | She felt solitary and isolated , as though she were missing out on something very necessary , while the others discussed their families , raising their eyes to heaven , complaining about the circumstances of their lives in that particular way women do when they do n't really want to change a thing . |
| 7 | He became aware that she was breaking away from the window . |
| 8 | Every time she got a bump or a knock off one of the others , she was howling instead of clouting them back . |
| 9 | She was sifting desultorily through her work schedule when Adam rang her from the office . |
| 10 | Jezrael 's body arched languorously ; her dream-self believed she was nestling closer to the Magyar . |
| 11 | She was sinking slowly into it . |
| 12 | She was sinking down into a dream , aware only of the warmth of his body wrapped intimately against her own . |
| 13 | She was nodding politely on the fringes of a group listening to their host talking about himself when she heard a familiar voice behind her . |
| 14 | He asked if she was looking forward to the sea voyage . |
| 15 | It was not a meeting she was looking forward to , but Celia thought she could hardly get out of it . |
| 16 | She was looking forward to seeing Patrick Kelly . |
| 17 | She was looking forward to making a late entrance — the cast would cluster round her , expressing their admiration at her fortitude . |
| 18 | She was looking forward to getting a flat of her own and was about to go to court in an attempt to regain custody of her daughter . |
| 19 | She was looking forward to it — and to seeing Martin again . |
| 20 | Although she was looking forward to leaving the home , she felt she was n't ready to go quite yet , and her baby son had been harder to cope with than she 'd expected . |
| 21 | Early check-ups in England had shown a normal pregnancy and she was looking forward to being able to indulge in her favourite French foods . |
| 22 | She noticed her own brusqueness , but could not help herself ; she was looking forward to the army clearing him out of Rupe . |
| 23 | In true Burrows ' fashion she was looking forward to it and convinced that this was what God wanted her to do . |
| 24 | She was looking forward to standing on dry land once more . |
| 25 | She was n't sure whether she was looking forward to the evening or not . |
| 26 | Either way , she was looking forward to putting their plans into action with a relish she had n't felt since the first heady moment of signing the lease . |
| 27 | She was looking forward to getting home again , back to her flat and out of Luke 's orbit after office hours . |
| 28 | In fact , stimulated by the prospect ahead , she found that she was looking forward to the evening . |
| 29 | Naturally she was looking forward to seeing Anna again , and it would be pleasant to have her company on Sunday . |
| 30 | McAllister thought that when it was cooler , in the early evening , she might walk towards St Paul 's to see the sights there , and was content to sit , her feet on a tapestry-covered tuffet , finishing off her embroidery for the bazaar ; she was astonished to find how much she was looking forward to it . |