Example sentences of "she was [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you when she went home she noticed her accent was getting worse and worse and she was picking up a sort of English reticence or so they enjoyed telling her . |
| 2 | She was eyeing up a potential couple . |
| 3 | She thought of the dream she had sometimes in which she was leaning over a bridge and watching herself drown , watching herself slip down under the clear water and not giving a damn . |
| 4 | Of course he had the sense to hurry when she was hanging on a line from New York . |
| 5 | She was rounding up a party to come and inspect the property . |
| 6 | Perhaps she was getting on a little too well without me . |
| 7 | The fact she was taking back a Moabitess as her , as a relation , as her daughter-in-law was a , would be a constant reminder , I disobeyed God ! |
| 8 | This was a special event in her life , a rare and wonderful thing , she was lapping up a comfort undreamed of in her daily existence . |
| 9 | Once she was holding out a small present done up in coloured wrapping . |
| 10 | She was writing out a shopping-list when the phone rang . |
| 11 | She was writing down a message when she heard someone come into the room and knew without turning that it was Robert . |
| 12 | A leading advertisement writer describes how she was going round a factory making china when she saw an employee taking plates from the production line , smashing them and throwing the pieces into a box . |
| 13 | She was bending over a basket of freshly picked marrow flowers , arranging them to her satisfaction . |
| 14 | I then asked her to imagine that she was walking along a familiar street in her own neighbourhood . |
| 15 | She could not bind herself personally , with the result that she could not be made a bankrupt , unless she was carrying on a trade . |
| 16 | Caro dreamed she was driving along a straight empty road . |
| 17 | She was driving along a motorway . |