Example sentences of "[was/were] showing [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In proposing such unpalatable measures , albeit with reluctance , the Big Five were showing both realism and courage . |
| 2 | The wound was swollen and livid : the colours of bruising were showing already and a triangle of loose flesh shrouded a gaping red wound . |
| 3 | It was equally baffling how , over the past three or four years , when the various markets were showing extremely poor returns , that with-profit plans were increasing their standard and terminal bonuses . |
| 4 | By giving me a little he was showing both concern for me and his determination that I should pay materially for what I had done to him . |
| 5 | ‘ What is the name of this cinema and what was showing there at Easter week-end ? ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps I was showing too many teeth which could make me appear roguish and untrustworthy . |
| 7 | A very new register was showing only two or three voters on stairs that ought to accommodate ten or 12 . |
| 8 | Only the old man got through to Matthew , and even though David argued his stepfather was showing only kindness , and ‘ had the boy 's interests at heart ’ , Beth was not convinced . |
| 9 | He did n't listen to the sales talk , he wandered slowly through the rooms , aware that Mary Rose was showing far too much enthusiasm if he was going to knock the price down . |