Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] the body " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside the kitchen , Frobisher was kneeling beside the body , peering through his bifocals at the horrible dent in the skull . |
| 2 | Before he knew what he was doing , Dougal had scrambled into the gazebo and was kneeling beside the body . |
| 3 | Dr Rees , the police surgeon , was kneeling beside the body . |
| 4 | He was kneeling by the body , examining its wounds . |
| 5 | A few miles away , at Andrews , Air Force One was landing with the body of Simon Cormack . |
| 6 | Tough to see the connection , unless someone was thinking of the body count in Hamlet . ’ |
| 7 | She was working at the Body Shop part-time , she 's back there three days working now or something . |