Example sentences of "she [was/were] [v-ing] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she felt , though comfortable in bed , as if she were standing with the rain sluicing all over her , streaming soothing over her breasts and down her thighs , warm and comforting and she hoped that he was not in difficulties on the road and that he was thinking about the rain . |
| 2 | They had returned to the Operations Room , where Bernice was surprised to hear Ace 's voice — as far as anyone knew she was recovering with the rest of her party on Moloch — and even more surprised to hear it raised in anger and directed at — of all people — the Doctor . |
| 3 | She was speaking with the usual tone of insincere humility that she puts on when talking about human qualities that Intelloids lack . |
| 4 | Fidelma should have left the room some five minutes before , but she was fiddling with the silver milk jug and sugar basin so that she did n't miss anything . |
| 5 | ‘ Leave them alone , ’ he said , for now she was fiddling with the crochet mats of green wool , flipping them over like pancakes . |
| 6 | She was staying with the owners ; their shepherd , their smoother-of-the-way , their information booth . |
| 7 | She was staying with the tech was n't she ? |
| 8 | She was toying with the sand , scooping it up and letting it trail through her fingers , and she did n't see the expression in his eyes when he next spoke . |
| 9 | And she was toying with the idea whether to go and do her midwifery cos that 's what she wanted to do |
| 10 | She was kneeling on the steps next to the old iron railings that ran along the front of the terrace , her arms supporting the naked body of her little boy , and she was trembling with the effort of holding him still . |
| 11 | Lucy grabbed for it ; she was choking with the grip on her throat . |
| 12 | She had recently found that she was waking with the dawn — or even slightly earlier — and she used the opportunity either to keep up with her journal or to rough out a column for J. D. O'Connor who grew increasingly pleased with her work . |
| 13 | She was talking with the ease of total emotional exhaustion . |
| 14 | She was shaking with the cold , but the fire in the den had been irritating and overbearing . |
| 15 | I 'm sure somebody told me that she was working with the trainee at er |
| 16 | And now she was saying with the same delight , about someone else , ‘ Absolutely . ’ |