Example sentences of "[noun] she was [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellie wondered to herself what new department she was being taken to now . |
| 2 | Kate found it difficult to keep her colour from rising under the enthusiastic appreciation she was being subjected to , and , to try and break the dangerous spell , she broke into provocative speech . |
| 3 | This afternoon she was being cared for by police and relatives . |
| 4 | From a perspective in anthropology where social systems were all equally valid , I teased her about cultural police rigidities which caused this rejection of the alternative views she was being asked to examine , to the point where she refused to lunch with me in the Students ' Union , because , ‘ you 're one of those bloody communists I have to listen to ’ . |
| 5 | A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland . |
| 6 | ‘ And it was a job she was being paid to do — that 's the way she looked at it . |
| 7 | ‘ I could hear the assistant quickly telling her about the person she was being introduced to . |
| 8 | A minute later , as they left Mariánské Láznë behind , Fabia suddenly started to wonder why the blazes she was being so assertive . |
| 9 | YOUTH TV chief Janet Street-Porter yesterday won substantial libel damages over claims she was being demoted after a rift with BBC bosses . |
| 10 | ‘ She acted in a very calm manner — remarkably so considering the trauma she was being put through . |