Example sentences of "that was [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The night after Sandy won he was in the marquee that was holding his celebration dinner , with his apron on cleaning up and wishing everybody would go so he could get some peace and quiet . |
| 2 | This sheet slipped from the clip that was holding it . |
| 3 | Nothing mattered any more — except the truth that was breaking her heart . |
| 4 | That must be the thing that was plaguing him , riding him so hard . |
| 5 | The blood leakage that was clouding her vision had drained away now , and everyone was holding their breath that there would be no more episodes of the problem . |
| 6 | She glanced up with dread and peered into the sea of faces that was watching her with curiosity . |
| 7 | When I had a lock that was sticking what did I blow What powder I did I blow into the lock to make it work better ? |
| 8 | Her head resting on her knees , she tried to contain the pain that was clenching her stomach muscles into a tight knot . |
| 9 | Backache , despondent and everything else but the comfort of the chappie that was training me , he said , Come on lad , you 'll be alright . |
| 10 | That was the first time he let me see the extent of the bitterness that was poisoning him . |
| 11 | It would be nice if you could leave the fax modem in Auto-answer mode and it could distinguish between a fax machine or another modem that was calling it , and act appropriately . |
| 12 | But worst of all these tactical disabilities was the flanking fire that was crippling their frontal assaults the moment they debouched into open ground . |
| 13 | He kissed her again , lightly this time , conscious of the crowd and the cold dread that was touching him . |
| 14 | Was it just the rising wind that was chilling her , making her tremble ? |
| 15 | If Zen had survived more or less intact all this time it was thanks to the instinct that was telling him to leave now . |
| 16 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 17 | the bloke that was organizing it , he was obviously a rip off |
| 18 | But that was n't the main thing that was bothering her … |
| 19 | That was precisely the worry that was bothering her so much . |
| 20 | It was my femaleness that was stopping me do it . |
| 21 | Because it was York that was stopping her listing was n't it ? |
| 22 | Those first six dancers had come to celebrate the newly awakened school of English classical dance that was establishing itself with the coming of peace . |
| 23 | Finally I managed to get out of the harness and , luckily for me , the parachute that was dragging me along got tangled in a camel thorn bush . |
| 24 | He raised his wings and pulled them back a little , bent his head forward , slightly opened his beak , and lunged forward and down at the white flesh of the hand that was pushing itself with a piece of sandwich through the front bars of his cage . |
| 25 | He said simply that he had known where to go for it , and moved on to explain that when Hal MacQuillan made a bid for the paper it was supposed to be his personal fortune that was financing it . |
| 26 | I became really depressed because no matter how much I loved my children or tried to take care of them , I could neither keep the doctor at bay or the fungus that was destroying everything that it came into contact with . |
| 27 | Half an hour later , Rosie was dreamily humming the same tune in the back of the taxi-cab that was taking her and Ernest home to Poplar ; they had slipped quietly away from the party , leaving the pub by the side door . |
| 28 | She felt him naked between her thighs , felt the throb of his manhood against her slippery skin , and his long , expert fingers were still on the pulse that was taking her over , making her mad , driving her into wild darkness , and his voice said thickly , ‘ Rachel … |
| 29 | He climbed into the bus that was taking him and the company 's guests back to the hotel and he sat next to someone he did not recognise in the only seat left vacant . |
| 30 | And as soon as the the first ones forefeet touch the deck of the boat , the boat just disappeared and it was the trolls that was taking him home . |