Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] was [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we had become very curious about why none of the drains had fallen out , it transpired that she was diligently cutting an inch a day off the other end ! ’ |
| 2 | I mentioned this to no one for two practical reasons : one was that I loathed swimming , and if I pretended that I was still menstruating , signing the little red book every four weeks , I should be able to evade an unpleasant experience for at least one week out of four ; the other was that I feared further reprisals might be taken against me . |
| 3 | ‘ How ? ’ she asked , disappointed that he was n't confiding in her . |
| 4 | They never changed the booth they sat in and they found that nobody was ever sitting in it as if it had an invisible reserved sign hanging above it . |
| 5 | When we were reading it I found that I was just reading it as a book and the and that all the coming about you forget who 's in , who 's there and who 's not there . |
| 6 | On returning from Spring Harvest ( and back to work ) I found that I was constantly thinking about God , Jesus , being a Christian . |
| 7 | Rincewind found that he was now hanging onto the end of a tongue of bark and fibre , lengthening as it peeled away from the tree . |
| 8 | Then to her final and total humiliation Phoebe found that she was actually having a good time ; she was enjoying her mother and her mother 's easy authority and charm . |
| 9 | It niggled away at her for about perhaps another two seconds , then , apropos of nothing , almost without her own volition , she found that she was suddenly bursting out , ‘ The only time your name was mentioned at lunchtime was when I stated that I was here , in Czechoslovakia , to interview you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Not while , Preston , ’ said his aunt , in the tone of voice she used when she was n't going to take any nonsense . |
| 11 | Then he saw the look on Lucie 's face , the long strip of sweat down the centre of his shirt , and realized that he was not enjoying himself , and that Garvey was . |
| 12 | But I think you realized that I was never using the words seriously . ’ |
| 13 | Her first instinct was to cover her ears , but she soon realized that it was not going to get any quieter , and let her hands fall to her sides . |
| 14 | She realized that she was n't walking in a straight line and was unsteady on her feet . |
| 15 | I realized that she was n't going to tell him about events on Vadinamia so that he would n't jump to any conclusions and complicate things . |
| 16 | As our eyes met in the glass , I realized that she was not admiring the flaking stone blocks opposite but using the window as a mirror . |
| 17 | Yet when Carr realised that everything was not going quite his way , he came out and declared that ‘ the GAA had made an enemy in him . ’ |
| 18 | And she began to laugh , her temper draining away , and for the first time she realised that he was frequently doing something which no one else had ever succeeded in doing before — he was defusing her rage . |
| 19 | Bobo was reaching out with her begging gesture again , and he realised that he was still holding the bananas . |
| 20 | She realised that he was still speaking , and she answered vaguely , ‘ Do ? |
| 21 | Samuel Pipkin glared at her , then realised that she was not addressing him . |
| 22 | Lucy looked down and realised that she was still carrying the switchblade . |
| 23 | At lunchtime the aid started going off and I suddenly realised that I was n't going to get through the afternoon — ’ |
| 24 | I realised that I was still blaming you for what Cherith did to me . |
| 25 | For a second I was mesmerised by the chasm before me but as the only way I was going to fall was it I made the effort to jump , I realised that I was actually enjoying the thrill of imagined danger . |
| 26 | Then I realised that I was actually contemplating accepting the senator 's offer , and I told myself that the last thing I needed this summer was to babysit two spoilt rich-kid junkies . |
| 27 | ‘ I was even taken to hospital at one point thinking I had a hypo coming on , but then we realised that I was actually having panic attacks — a delayed reaction to losing my sight . |
| 28 | Separately yesterday , the Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was not referring the proposed acquisition by EFM Dragon Trust of Drayton Asia Trust . |
| 29 | Apple Computer Inc says it is still on target for mid-1994 launch of its first RISC-based Macintosh after IBM Corp announced that it was now shipping the first PowerPC chips to Apple . |
| 30 | Her mother announced that she was now going to her lady friend and put grandfather 's money in her bag . |