Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 2 | It was raining and it was threatening . |
| 3 | A blackbird was singing and it was very quiet and peaceful in the Park . |
| 4 | When Sophie did these vaccinations in the pet shop Mr Miller held each patient so firmly and expertly that the recipient hardly noticed was was happening until it was over , but in the surgery it was sometimes traumatic . |
| 5 | Something was happening and it was so pleasurable she did n't want it to fade . |
| 6 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
| 7 | Whoever was with her was explaining that it was an emergency . |
| 8 | But even as she was citing this as the reason , citing it only to herself , she was wondering whether it were true . |
| 9 | I was wondering whether it was common for women when they were found they were pregnant to talk amongst their women friends and really leave the men out of it as it were . |
| 10 | ‘ I think it 's all right , ’ responded Floy , warily , but even as he spoke he was wondering whether it was all right , and whether they might n't be better simply to walk back through the forest and on to the road . |
| 11 | She was wondering if it was true , if he could somehow arrange her release ; doctors had ordered her internment , so surely it was possible for another doctor to end it . |
| 12 | I have put a wee bit of weight on , so I was wondering if it was maybe |
| 13 | I mean obviously it 's good for you as well cos you know er you know w , you know we 'll obviously put are appearing on Pebble Mill blah di blah di blah , er I was wondering if it was possib oh yeah that 's okay mate . |
| 14 | And the , the chef 's were squeezing the custard carton and it was going cos it was the last and the |
| 15 | And I was , I was laughing and it , everyone was going because it was Patrick Swayze but I was still seeing Whoopie Goldberg ! |
| 16 | ‘ I was waiting until it was definite . ’ |
| 17 | The sexual revolution was beginning and it was very exciting to get away from home and enjoy yourself in a relatively guilt-free way . ’ |
| 18 | The Prison Officers Association said it was astounding that it was so easy to escape from a building which was supposed to be secure . |
| 19 | It is as though Lawrence was acknowledging that it is hard for human beings to say what they feel and that we often have to search for the form of words before we can find the words themselves . |
| 20 | and I was saying that it 's a big boat that used to go across the world . |
| 21 | And he was saying that it 's erm a speaking dic dictionary , that 's what they 're going to researching for |
| 22 | Van Doren 's excuse to the investigating congressional committee was the most interesting part of the unedifying episode : ‘ I was almost able to convince myself that it did not matter what I was doing because it was having such a good effect on the national attitude to teachers , education and the intellectual life . ’ |
| 23 | The clouds had thinned , the sun was shining and it was almost warm enough to create the illusion of summer . |
| 24 | With an odd feeling that he was asking because it was expected of him rather than out of genuine interest , she replied somewhat stiltedly , ‘ Once I 've a clear picture of the items to be displayed , and which room they 're to go in , I can begin the first rough draft for the catalogue . ’ |
| 25 | I actually went back upstairs and because , I mean although , I mean I was dancing and it was a late night , I had n't been drinking so , you know , although I was , I was tired , you know I had n't been drinking and erm so I actually felt erm wide awake |
| 26 | Part of her mind , the cool , rational fragment , was insisting that it was all happening too fast and too soon . |
| 27 | The light was fading and it was getting difficult to distinguish what was happening . |
| 28 | The light was fading and it was getting cold ; Edward decided to pack it in . |
| 29 | He was assuming that it was a hiccup , only . |
| 30 | No , it was n't that bad , I was exaggerating but it 's like , it seems like |