Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFTER THE Tunney fiasco , they were n't doing anything without putting it through the full committee structure . |
| 2 | The Senior Management team were evidently congratulating themselves on having recruited such an able young lady . |
| 3 | We just thought the T-shirts were funny , and we had them done because we were absolutely shitting ourselves about playing . ’ |
| 4 | We just thought the T-shirts were funny , and we had them done because we were absolutely shitting ourselves about playing . ’ |
| 5 | I was just congratulating myself on negotiating the first and second holes fairly well when disaster struck at the 142-yard par-three third . |
| 6 | Quietly sipping champagne in a corner of the large marquee , Laura was just chiding herself for having over-reacted in such a feeble , juvenile way towards a man who could n't possibly be interested in her , when she looked up — and suddenly found Ross standing in front of her ! |
| 7 | He was usually decrying her for displaying that vice . |
| 8 | Dane was either unaware of her stunned reaction , or else was simply taking it for granted , she thought irritably . |
| 9 | She seemed to accept Neil 's presents as her right and , what 's more , was increasingly taking it for granted they would be expensive . |
| 10 | Surely he was n't accusing her of lying about this , too ? |
| 11 | Leith had almost finished her second course when , quite happy to let Travis talk away , she suddenly wondered , as he began to get repetitive , if she was indeed helping him by letting him talk so much on the same theme . |
| 12 | She was very sorry for her mistake and was therefore punishing herself by agreeing to marry him . |