Example sentences of "was [v-ing] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was seeing some woman , like mother said . ’ |
| 2 | I could see my sister being nourished as I had been nourished , and I was demanding some sort of parity . |
| 3 | He in the meantime had taken off in his Jungmann and , together with a visiting Jodel , was enjoying some circuit-bashing at Breighton whilst awaiting my return . |
| 4 | About the most exciting thing that happened to me was knocking some ink over . |
| 5 | He took no special notice of her , but she felt welcome , and when he was explaining some method of or reason for the cultivation of certain trees , she sensed he was talking to her as much as to the boys and girls around them . |
| 6 | Meanwhile there was Keelan Lambert with whom he was developing some hind of tentative relationship . |
| 7 | Instinct told him he was passing some kind of test . |
| 8 | He looked as if he was reciting some charm to ward off evil spirits . |
| 9 | Jack took the piece of paper , his gaze not leaving Chrissie 's , as if he was seeking some confirmation that the note was harmless . |
| 10 | At the same time as I was writing some correspondence ( including the note to you ) , I was attempting to organise the hand-over of certain severely disturbed patients to various colleagues who were to assume responsibility for them during the long vacation . |
| 11 | This could prevent BIE members from embalming in France and was causing some concern . |
| 12 | The prospect of Gen Noriega being brought to the US to face trial on drugs charges , one purported object of the US invasion , was causing some alarm among US Intelligence officials yesterday , who feared that Gen Noriega 's former links with the CIA could prove embarrassing in open court . |
| 13 | When he returned to the room , having left the child in the kitchen , Aggie was pouring some milk into a mug , and she said to him , ‘ Look at that ! |
| 14 | We met when I was researching some material on community care , and her great good humour and flawless memory for fascinating aspects of social history turned a one-off interview into an intermittently enjoyed friendship . |
| 15 | He was wearing some kind of rock ‘ n ’ roll suit , the sort of thing that Jerry Lee Lewis might have worn — or more likely the duds you 'd see on a young country buck in one of those dreadful fifties US musicals like Carousel or County Fair . |
| 16 | He was wearing some sort of outlandish costume and his lips were rouged . |
| 17 | He was wearing some sort of brown caftan . |
| 18 | cos I mean , that 's what prompted all this cos I was getting some information from my |
| 19 | He was real glad that he was getting some acceptance . |
| 20 | I was getting some drawing prep once and what I was actually told to draw was a towel hanging over a chair . |
| 21 | I was getting some strength back in my voice . |
| 22 | She did n't respond to allopathic painkillers , developed vomiting and diarrhoea and then had a good response to Arsenicum Album LM4 but having recovered from the acute was experiencing some return of anxiety symptoms . |
| 23 | However this body was experiencing some role ambiguity and since it possessed no formal power to ensure that its professional judgement was heeded , it tended to define its function as advisory rather than inspectorial . |
| 24 | His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said . |
| 26 | She was expecting some supper . |
| 27 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
| 28 | ‘ Nicky was attending some sort of state banquet . |
| 29 | Neighbour Kathy Burn said : ‘ We heard a bang and thought someone was doing some DIY work . |
| 30 | I know Michael said Laura was doing some cookery , what was it he said ? |