Example sentences of "she was [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had a computer actually on the it was on the side of a surveying instrument , so she was probably working out how far down she 'd actually dug by looking through the sights and reading the numbers and then she was entering up the numbers on the computer . |
| 2 | Then one evening as she was tidying up the room he said as quietly as if he were taking rifle aim , ‘ There 's no need for you to go turning the whole place upside down . |
| 3 | Now she was acting out the ill-fitting role of a protective mother , and protective of what ? |
| 4 | She was wandering down an arcade when she saw the new Tissot boutique . |
| 5 | Mind you when she went home she noticed her accent was getting worse and worse and she was picking up a sort of English reticence or so they enjoyed telling her . |
| 6 | She was picking up the knack . |
| 7 | She was eyeing up a potential couple . |
| 8 | She thought of the dream she had sometimes in which she was leaning over a bridge and watching herself drown , watching herself slip down under the clear water and not giving a damn . |
| 9 | Of course he had the sense to hurry when she was hanging on a line from New York . |
| 10 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 11 | She was hanging about the waterfront when she heard steps behind her . |
| 12 | I wondered if she was hunting up an appetite but I did n't ask , just like I did n't ask about Werewolf 's trip to Dublin . |
| 13 | Then she heard Christ speaking to her , saying that she would have victory over all her enemies , and that she was to give up the hair-cloth that she wore and her continual saying of the Rosary , but must stop eating meat . |
| 14 | She was screwing up the courage to suggest she cook him a meal over the weekend when he glanced at his watch . |
| 15 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 16 | Barefooted and bare-armed , she was bringing in the cows from the fields for milling . |
| 17 | She was rounding up a party to come and inspect the property . |
| 18 | Perhaps she was getting on a little too well without me . |
| 19 | The fact she was taking back a Moabitess as her , as a relation , as her daughter-in-law was a , would be a constant reminder , I disobeyed God ! |
| 20 | She sits stunned , as if she was dragged out the same water , half-drowned , an hour ago and has n't got over the cold . |
| 21 | The van would arrive every evening to give food to the homeless living on the streets and she was serving up the soup when she saw a man sitting in the doorway . |
| 22 | This was a special event in her life , a rare and wonderful thing , she was lapping up a comfort undreamed of in her daily existence . |
| 23 | She was holding up the collar of her blouse and gradually twisting it . |
| 24 | She was holding up an oil-lamp and peering out . |
| 25 | Once she was holding out a small present done up in coloured wrapping . |
| 26 | She was writing out a shopping-list when the phone rang . |
| 27 | She was writing down a message when she heard someone come into the room and knew without turning that it was Robert . |
| 28 | A leading advertisement writer describes how she was going round a factory making china when she saw an employee taking plates from the production line , smashing them and throwing the pieces into a box . |
| 29 | Then when she was going out the next day and I made no attempt to open it , she said ‘ Where 's yer manners ? ‘ |
| 30 | She turned away , shutting her eyes to adjust them to the darkness , and then with no further hesitation she was going down the rope hand over hand , her feet and knees checking at each knot . |