Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] was be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised I was being deceived , ’ he told the General Medical Council 's professional conduct committee . |
| 2 | ‘ When I put my hand down to feel what was wrong I realised she was being attacked — but I did n't know by what . |
| 3 | I found I was being sent to some ghastly hole , miles from civilisation , on top of the Lincolnshire wolds , and as I trekked sullenly north , little did I know how the course of my life was about to be permanently changed . |
| 4 | I believed I was being useful to my country and conserving the monarchical system against republicanism . ’ |
| 5 | I felt I was being pushed around and lost some enthusiasm . ’ |
| 6 | and I felt I was being spread in so many directions erm , that erm I wanted to get rid of the Glasgow coordination |
| 7 | Sometimes I felt I was being followed or watched whilst seated in a tavern or moving amongst the stalls in Cheapside . |
| 8 | I knew I was being bewitched , laid under a spell so intensely personal , so thrilling , I did not have the power to resist it , or to judge if it were good or evil . |
| 9 | I caught myself wondering how I would feel if I knew I was being transfused with the blood of someone of 85 : would it be strong enough ? |
| 10 | I knew I was being unreasonable , but I began to feel that my marriage lacked something , a fundamental excitement . |
| 11 | I could n't put a name on her treatment of me , no word existed for what she was trying to do , but I knew I was being manipulated under the guise of deference and consideration . |
| 12 | ‘ After I 'd cooled down I knew I was being irrational . ’ |
| 13 | Immediately I knew I was being kidnapped . |
| 14 | I thought she was being sarky about my bouquet but then I realized all the rooms were named after flowers . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought it was being investigated by Thames Valley police . ’ |
| 16 | Just when I thought I was being so enabling . |
| 17 | I thought I was being spied on by a right nutter ! ’ |
| 18 | I thought I was being taken to the prison but instead found myself outside the door of Le Coq d'Or . |
| 19 | I thought he was being considerate with me , not rushing me . |
| 20 | She realised she was being propositioned . |
| 21 | She realised she was being too serious , a problem that had plagued her all her life . |
| 22 | Leonora shivered and held out her hands to the stove , then stood motionless as she realised she was being watched . |
| 23 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 24 | At the same time , she recognised she was being unreasonable . |
| 25 | He had n't known whether to put it down to the fact that she imagined he was being left outside the camaraderie of the brothers or that in some strange way she was laying claim on him . |
| 26 | Little Tero whinnied hysterically when she discovered she was being left behind . |
| 27 | She said I was too much for her , and I assume she thought she was being admiring , though she certainly meant I was not enough . |
| 28 | The first time a boy kissed her , she thought he was being charitable and told him he did n't have to . |
| 29 | When Adam was 9 , she took the brave decision to remove him from school because she thought he was being held back . |
| 30 | She thought I was being very blase . ’ |