Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose was coughing in her sleep . |
| 2 | They married in 1910 and she came to live at West park , where Father was farming with his sister , Hannah . |
| 3 | As I reached the changing room again my heart was thumping inside my chest . |
| 4 | She was nineteen and choked by the immensity of her reaction to this man , unable to breathe or stir , and panicked by the conviction that Luke was seeing into her secret self , invading , bent on vandalising and stealing . |
| 5 | ‘ Is it ? ’ said Fael-Inis , the golden eyes glowing and piercing , so that Fergus felt as if Fael-Inis was seeing into his mind . |
| 6 | Because some of the volunteers subsequently joined my slimming and exercise classes which I hold weekly at the Holiday Inn in Leicester , I was able to hear first hand the kind of encouraging comments which only served to confirm what I was seeing with my eyes as each week passed . |
| 7 | Maurice looked hurt at the very suggestion and suddenly Charlotte felt she was seeing beyond what had once been opaque but was now transparent into the cogs and coils of her brother 's mind . |
| 8 | Here La Péri 's ports de bras were flowing and sensual yet almost innocent in order to express the magical vision Askender , the poet , was seeing in his dream . |
| 9 | Marek was fencing with her , keeping her at bed 's length . |
| 10 | Before she knew the decision was taken she was struggling into her clothes . |
| 11 | Not yet , ’ Moran said but the boy had already drawn free from the kneading hand and was struggling into his clothes . |
| 12 | Blackadder was struggling into his overcoat , a shabby British Warm . |
| 13 | Rex was struggling into his leather trousers . |
| 14 | Cobalt was struggling to his feet , muttering . |
| 15 | When I was finally called one wintry Monday by the neighbours , she looked quite dreadful ; her faced was bruised from several falls the previous night , she was struggling for her breath , her legs and thighs were painful and very swollen . |
| 16 | He was struggling with his second mouthful when Buddie came to his assistance . |
| 17 | The door rattled for some time : Marcus was struggling with his key . |
| 18 | She stood silent , not knowing that he was struggling with his love for her . |
| 19 | I was quite stunned , because in the beginning I was struggling with it — all those regions around top A — and in the end , in Resurrection , I got up to a D above that , without going into falsetto , which was quite a little crusade for me . |
| 20 | ‘ I was struggling on my serve at times , ’ admitted Wilkinson , ‘ but on the big points I was playing really well . |
| 21 | With one hand he was gripping the knuckles of the other and the look he was bestowing on his wife was one of concentrated hatred . |
| 22 | Bob was circling on his own horse , waiting for me . |
| 23 | I sat up and she was kneeling beside me , picking at herself disgustedly , trying to get rid of the fungi and moulds . |
| 24 | He was kneeling beside her now , looking into tear-stained eyes that reflected ice-blue in the torch light . |
| 25 | Lars was kneeling beside her , cradling the psychologist 's truncated left arm in his suit gauntlets . |
| 26 | Silas was kneeling beside her in an instant , his face pale as he muttered huskily , ‘ Damned rabbits — they wait till you 're almost upon them . |
| 27 | He felt the bed dip slightly under her weight , and he knew she was kneeling beside him . |
| 28 | The Frenchman 's bullet pierced the brain of the buffalo just behind its left ear , and the impact twisted its neck and threw the animal down in a swirl of dust only ten yards from where Joseph was kneeling beside his terrified mother . |
| 29 | One of them was knelt on my head , one was kneeling on my legs and one was knelt on the small of my back while the 4th one was putting the handcuffs on . |
| 30 | Mary was kneeling with her head and shoulders inside the dark cave of a box-bed . |