Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pron] [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she knew she was annoying them whenever she questioned their assumptions . |
| 2 | When he was driving her home he said , ‘ I do n't intend to lose touch with you , Kate . ’ |
| 3 | Cos I was passing it so she gave me a couple of tablets . |
| 4 | But as he was passing it across he paused halfway , holding the precious piece of paper up by three fingers . |
| 5 | I was doing something all I heard was the sound of this chair . |
| 6 | Let me try I was wondering why he was doing it then I realized on the tape she done that in n it . |
| 7 | And there was a question in her voice ; it was asking me why I 'd asked such a thing . |
| 8 | As I was putting them down I saw a piece of paper leaning against the spice-rack . |
| 9 | and er D er er Dave was showing me how it works and he went out and the little one was saying I 'll do it for you granddad , look this is how you do it , and she starts typing away , and she 's four ! |
| 10 | they 'd got it in right , cos she was showing my how it worked and that , all |
| 11 | Robert merely had to drop a few bon mots from Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi 's handbook into the conversation and Maisie 's eyes widened the way they did when you offered to take her out for a meal or when she was telling you how someone had told someone that she had a beautiful mouth . |