Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He fumbled to unclip the keys from his belt and his fingers were trembling as he tried to unlock the door . |
| 32 | We felt that erm Trust Law had worked effectively erm you know over the years erm w we were happy with the extra powers that the er committee were recommending and the extra precautions that the committee were recommending that we brought in , but erm we would be happy with that backup to continue with the Trust Law . |
| 33 | Anyway I were looking and I looked and I looked and I looked and I says well what cigarettes do you use for it ? |
| 34 | You were acting because you wanted to see how far I 'd go ! ’ |
| 35 | That is the information on which the police were acting when they decided it was reasonable to take this action . |
| 36 | His eyes were glinting as he thought about the revenge he could have on the Islington people . |
| 37 | ‘ We could say we were passing and we saw something suspicious , so no , that wo n't do . ’ |
| 38 | The forces that had called forth a great preacher like Griffith were passing and he needed to be taken out of the limelight . |
| 39 | and then I had to work with these people and I knew that that was the kind of way that they were operating and I had to teach them by the way I worked but in fact it was okay to admit that we do make mistakes . |
| 40 | Several people were listening but nobody said anything at first . |
| 41 | The children were listening though they kept their eyes intently fixed on their school books . |
| 42 | It was true — walls were crumbling and she had better make sure that new ones were not built . |
| 43 | She tried to grin back at him , but suddenly , unaccountably , her teeth were chattering and she gave an enormous , involuntary shudder . |
| 44 | ‘ They 'll come back , ’ I said comfortingly to the girls , who were lamenting that they had forgotten to bring a camera . |
| 45 | At the moment her eyes were coaxing as they turned on Alain , but when she had looked at Jenna there had been a coldness that was quickly hidden . |
| 46 | All Nicandra remembered about that race meeting was her pure delight at getting the longest possible odds on Lal 's runner and Lal buying a bottle of champagne after her race , the three of them were celebrating when she remembered her tryst with Robert . |
| 47 | I asked the copper in the back if that was where we were heading but he said , ‘ Just follow , ’ so I did , and it was . |
| 48 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
| 49 | The palms of his hands were sweating and he had yawned twice since he left the car . |
| 50 | It was inevitable yesterday , as Gordon Brown gave his performance , that Labour 's backbenchers were wondering whether they had picked the right man . |
| 51 | They had floated into a dream world of their own , and Lucy 's pulses were racing as she waited to be told he loved her . |
| 52 | ‘ Doctors , nurses and a surgeon were waiting when I arrived , and the registrar walked in and said ‘ OK , Mr Linley , what 's eating you ? ’ |
| 53 | I told Cowslip we were going before I left the burrow . " |
| 54 | We 've got this squat , see , in Gloucester — well , we did have it , but the council took it back — but Vince has got friends in Tewkesbury , they 'll know about places , and that 's where we were going when I fell ill . ’ |
| 55 | Well if you 've got a cloth er parcel with , with , wrapped in cloth you know everybody knew where you were going and I did n't like people to know I was going to , been to the pawnshop . |
| 56 | By now her cheeks were flaming and he looked at her with an almost analytical expression on his face . |
| 57 | ‘ You were limping as you came across Ana 's room and I would think you probably came off worst in this adventure . ’ |
| 58 | But I looked at Mother as they were kissing and she had seen all right . |
| 59 | His eyes were watering as he started it , and he looked away from me again , towards the deserted white tables around us . |
| 60 | Although bureau primarily exist to simply output your files direct to bromide or film most of them will make sure that the output is what you were expecting before they send it back . |