Example sentences of "[adv] she [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 Now she was acting out the ill-fitting role of a protective mother , and protective of what ?
2 She was still shivering and her head felt muzzy , but now she was lying down the boat did n't seem to be doing quite so much heaving and rolling .
3 Maybe she was warming up the showers .
4 She had a computer actually on the it was on the side of a surveying instrument , so she was probably working out how far down she 'd actually dug by looking through the sights and reading the numbers and then she was entering up the numbers on the computer .
5 She was flown immediately by helicopter to Hillsborough Castle in County Down where she was carrying out the only engagements of the visit , a lunch party and a garden party for 1,200 people on a day Ulster was swept by torrential rain .
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