Example sentences of "she [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She twisted in the seat to peer at every building , her eyes seeking the upper windows above shops rather than the goods on display , as if she were looking for someone . |
| 2 | But at the sight of Bob 's expression she got up , blushing again , and walked about the room as if she were looking for something . |
| 3 | But there was more than that — it was almost as if she were looking for something . |
| 4 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 5 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 6 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 7 | Her expression was one of utter distaste , as though she were looking at something a dog had done in the middle of the floor . |
| 8 | The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens . |
| 9 | Mrs Gray sounded as though she were trying to be fair . |
| 10 | She was anxious not to make a noise , but even though her feet fell softly into the leaves strewing the path the wood was so still and silent that she really felt as if she were thudding through the wood . |
| 11 | Seated in the tube train , she felt as if she were thundering through the earth in a time-capsule , guided by a power greater than herself , without real roots or destination . |
| 12 | ‘ You looked wonderful , ’ she said , as if she were speaking to a ten-year-old after a school play . |
| 13 | She looked as if she were drowning in a goldfish tank . |
| 14 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
| 15 | Folly felt as if she were struggling against a tide . |
| 16 | As she spoke she felt as if she were stepping into Jake 's craziness , becoming part of it . |
| 17 | Fand looked stranger than ever , her face fixed and old as if she were withering in this icy fire . |
| 18 | And she were living in the parks . |
| 19 | And er , it went wrong so she took her daughter 's out of her bedroom and using hers and when our John came down she were telling about it so he said oh I 'll take it this Sunday and I 'll fix it for you , of course with John working away he took the television |
| 20 | Mentally , Mrs Stych felt as if she were writhing in her death agonies . |
| 21 | You know , what she were wearing in the book ? |
| 22 | She felt almost naked , as if she were parading in her chemise . |
| 23 | She felt as if she were operating on auto-pilot . |
| 24 | She were coughing like mad ! |
| 25 | She felt as though she were treading on thin ice and any false move might plunge her once more into the dark depths of despair . |
| 26 | Lee felt as if she were fighting for her life . |
| 27 | Her tiredness seemed to soak away from her , as though she were lying in warm water ; she felt not only welcome , but positively needed . |
| 28 | It was almost as if she were pleading with them . |
| 29 | Almost at once Ruth felt as if she were sliding into a dream ; the glade vanished behind them , and soon she seemed to have been walking this path all her life , through the vista of trees , with the tip of Fand 's spear faintly gleaming , and Adam ahead of her , treading like a king . |
| 30 | Wincing involuntarily , feeling as if she were groping in a dark quicksand , she said quickly , ‘ Business … ’ |