Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Lewis who had asked the question , and Ashenden turned in his chair to face him : ‘ Are you suggesting I was n't there ? ’ |
| 2 | She brushed me aside , hardly noticing I was there . |
| 3 | When I arrived and was told he was n't appearing I was so devastated . |
| 4 | In October 1889 , the British Government became determined not to allow any threat to the British strategical supremacy in South Africa , and that led to the outbreak of another Boer War , which included some humiliating defeats in the initial stages and the two great sieges at Ladysmith and Mafeking which were finally relieved in 1900 . |
| 5 | Before she knew what was happening she was out in the yard . |
| 6 | Yer know , Doll , when I was about fifty , and goin' through you know what , well this Sunday I was feelin' there was n't much left to go on livin' for . |
| 7 | Bill Westland , environmental projects manager for Darlington Council , disclosed the ploy to the authority 's working party on the control of dogs yesterday after announcing there were still up to 50 unregistered dangerous dogs , such as pit bull terriers and Japanese Tosas , being kept in the town . |
| 8 | As the days meandered into each other she found herself spending all her free time painting , even though she had known almost from the start that painting him was not going to exorcise him . |
| 9 | Somehow in the days they had spent together he had twined himself within her heart and soul so completely that there was no denying he was there to stay . |
| 10 | Peter : Yes he has indeed he delivered , he did away with the autocue , he leaned forward , he did n't want a barrier between himself and his adoring party faithful they were adoring it was rather like the last night at the Prom , I can tell you . |
| 11 | His officer had recommended him , noticing he was not like everyone else , that he never buckled , and , in life 's battle of wills , could stare down any enemy , overcome any weakness . |
| 12 | The FT-SE failed to hold its gains yesterday but shortly after opening it was only six points away from last September 's previous record closing level . |
| 13 | She rapped again and shouted ‘ Monsieur Vassoir ! ’ , praying he was indeed Monsieur Vassoir and could hear her . |
| 14 | WHEN Susan Allen decided she had had enough of life at the age of 25 her method of ending it was all too easy . |
| 15 | Similarly for ‘ punchball ’ , the predominant way of signing it was threefold : shape ( ball on a stick ) , movement ( springs to and fro on a pivot ) and how a person interacts with it ( hands punching alternately ) ; these three are salient features . |
| 16 | a car seat a week ago , it was an absolute , I could not stop laughing it was so funny ! |
| 17 | Revealing what was much better hid , |
| 18 | One day not long before Christmas Paddington was busy doing his accounts when he heard Mrs Bird singing which was most unusual . |
| 19 | The time of proving himself was over ; John Cranko now held an official and important post in the Sadler 's Wells organization , only four and a half years after arriving in Britain as a student at the Sadler 's Wells school . |
| 20 | Princesse Mathilde chatted on , pretending nothing was amiss . |
| 21 | Basically because the produce manager who was training me was so scared of me making a cock up , he never never left my side when I was . |
| 22 | If the mind or memory suggested new forms , the means of expressing them were purely pictorial . |
| 23 | Well she said I was n't living I was just |
| 24 | How do you know ? he said , implying I was only the shop lad and what did I know ? |
| 25 | He chose a way of loving which was so outrageous and costly that only a few friends could follow him into his dark night of the soul . |
| 26 | It was a workman- like meeting which was well attended and benefited from the presence of a representative of the FUW . |
| 27 | In the scenarios above , establishing who was where at the time of the alleged abuse makes the difference between conviction and no conviction . |
| 28 | pretending you were suddenly busy |
| 29 | ‘ Tina came with me , ’ he said , suddenly remembering she was there . |
| 30 | She came , he sat her on his knee , and bounced her , then ordered her off , shouting she was now too high to bounce . |