Example sentences of "was [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Sir … nothin' was happenin' … we got bored . |
| 2 | Marx had welcomed the industrialization and urbanization which was transforming traditionally agricultural Europe in his lifetime . |
| 3 | On the contrary , it came in the course of a remarkable postwar recovery , which was transforming France into a modern , prosperous , and dynamic society . |
| 4 | ‘ When Kimberley divorced her husband and made off wi ’ t' other , Lorraine and she fell out and you could say I was fumin' as well . |
| 5 | Ilse wore no bra , and was twirling her panties around her head in no time . |
| 6 | Lydia was twirling her sherry glass and peering into it thoughtfully . |
| 7 | Nicky Wragg therefore was breaching etiquette . |
| 8 | The man in the attic was coughing again . |
| 9 | He was coughing violently , his stomach heaving against the foul taste of beck-water . |
| 10 | Elisabeth Danziger was coughing loudly . |
| 11 | Rose was coughing in her sleep . |
| 12 | He was coughing . |
| 13 | And when Zbo explained that Modi was coughing up blood they chased him away . |
| 14 | Huddled in his great chair beside the window slit , Eachuinn Odhar was coughing , a dry , hacking bark . |
| 15 | Denis noticed that his uncle , sitting about three seats ahead of him was coughing more than usual , and glaring openly at the briars either side of him . |
| 16 | Its engine was coughing and spluttering , stopping and then picking up again . |
| 17 | Very red and frothy , frothy colour blood , okay , supposing I had er damaged the lining of the stomach , or perhaps I 've had an ulcer that I 've perforated , and I was coughing up blood from the stomach what colour might that be ? |
| 18 | Stella was coughing when the flash bulb went off . |
| 19 | There was coughing and shuffling and a lot of page-turning as the court prepared to move on to the next case , and Donaldson helped Mrs Balanchine down from the witness-box . |
| 20 | Teal Green was coughing up a lungful of smoke when the Base was plunged into darkness . |
| 21 | In the morning , Belle had a temperature and by night , she was coughing without stopping . |
| 22 | At the far side of the church , old Mr Pugh , who had swallowed about half a kilo of compost , was coughing furiously . |
| 23 | Wynne-Jones shuddered ; Tallis thought he was coughing with pain , but he was laughing . |
| 24 | Tuppe was coughing away like a good'n . |
| 25 | I mean you look at , see I I 've had , I felt like when I was coughing at work I felt like sitting there and I thought I ca n't believe this . |
| 26 | probably cos he was coughing , turn that |
| 27 | And then I was coughing for ages then mum goes oh you , I go oh , I feel terrible ! |
| 28 | I could do it , yeah , cos like my first night I did n't realise I was coughing so much but erm , her mum heard me , she said in the morning but |
| 29 | He was coughing so much |
| 30 | He was coughing so much that he made himself sick . |