Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though her heart was thumping as it had then , no one but herself would ever know it . |
| 2 | Now his heart was thumping as he turned the elevating screw past five degrees . |
| 3 | But for once he believed that he was seeing as he had striven all his life to see … |
| 4 | Is not the hypocrisy and confusion in the Opposition ranks shown by the fact that , when that judgment was announced , the legal affairs spokesman for the Opposition was immediately in the media demanding my right hon. Friend 's resignation , while the shadow Home Secretary was demanding that he remain . |
| 5 | Gasping , momentarily blinded by the water in her eyes , she became conscious of Niall , treading water beside her , of his dark hair , plastered against his head , of his bronzed , naked chest against which her own head was resting as he let the water take her weight , drawing her towards him . |
| 6 | Flames burst from the panel on which he was resting and he leapt up . |
| 7 | Party leaders were concerned by the ‘ two for the price of one ’ sales pitch Hillary was using as she stumped around the country , often leading her husband into the fray rather than following . |
| 8 | It was raining and they travelled on the bus in silence . |
| 9 | It was raining and he decided to drop her outside the front door , sheltered as it was by the portico with two columns . |
| 10 | Well it was raining when they came . |
| 11 | It was raining as we drew up in front of the building and started unpacking our kit . |
| 12 | Michael was blushing as he received Communion and left quickly . |
| 13 | The letter was dated almost a week previously , and as Merrill read it she realised with dismay that Richard was already in the area and was suggesting that they meet in the lounge of Frobishers ' at seven o'clock on Saturday — this evening . |
| 14 | His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help . |
| 15 | The urgency of coming out was building and I felt like a firecracker about to go off . |
| 16 | And inside her an unbearable excitement was building as they had moved towards that luminous moment when the two of them would finally be one . |
| 17 | I was drawing and I read and and I played with toys and I read this game |
| 18 | Mrs Stych was singing as she came up the garden path . |
| 19 | I was so sure I was drowning that I forgot about the race and screamed out , " Father ! |
| 20 | I was drowning and it did n't hurt . |
| 21 | Lucy was weeping as she had been that afternoon . |
| 22 | She had been shocked and upset to see her friend so ill , and suddenly John realised that she was weeping as she walked along with her face averted . |
| 23 | It was touching that they cared about you . ’ |
| 24 | A man was sawing and he sawed off his fingers . |
| 25 | Her heart was thudding as she persisted , watched the narrowing of his eyes as he gazed down at her . |
| 26 | It was as they approached the gates that Joe pointed away to the left and towards the hills where a man was walking and he cried excitedly , ‘ There 's Mick ! ’ |
| 27 | His thick hair was greying but he had not given up on red baseball shoes , sleeveless T-shirts or what he called his ‘ cosmopolitan Lancashire accent , half scouse , half Lancashire ’ . |
| 28 | I was fuming when I came home ! |
| 29 | In November , I wrote to him pointing that the formal period for consultation was ending and I asked when we might hear his response to the Green Paper . |
| 30 | Charlie could n't believe what was happening although he felt it was well worth getting a broken nose for . |