Quá khứ tiếp diễn trong câu thật
16.308 câu có mẫu này. Việc đang diễn ra tại một thời điểm trong quá khứ. Công thức: was hoặc were + V-ing.
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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (16.308 câu)
The sky was growing pale saffron near the horizon, then light yellow, and finally glaring brass as the sun arose.
Từ trong câu: brass, sky, grow, pale, near, horizon, light, yellow
Jack Sharkey, The Flying Tuskers of K'niik-K'naak - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Later, Mrs. Greaves was amused to observe that Rafella was making efforts to arrange her hair in the latest fashion.
Từ trong câu: latest, late, mr, amuse, observe, make, effort, arrange
Alice Perrin, The Woman in the Bazaar - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Just remember, please, that we interrupted a confab Chip and Lenning were having when we came in from the gulch.
Từ trong câu: chip, remember, please, interrupt, come
Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell, Jr., in Arizona; or, Clearing a Rival's Record - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Longing to be alone with her lover, hating the very shadow of any other man, she was scathing and unworthy.
Từ trong câu: scathing, long, alone, lover, hate, shadow, man
Maurice Hewlett, The Queen's Quair; or, The Six Years' Tragedy - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
It was not of any importance what little Mab said, and yet it was astonishing how it comforted Lady Penton.
Từ trong câu: astonishing, importance, little, astonish, comfort, lady
Mrs. Oliphant, A Poor Gentleman - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was singing thickly to himself, and his steps were not quite steady as he walked toward some distant sheds.
Từ trong câu: thickly, sing, himself, step, quite, steady, walk, toward
Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's False Friend; Or, An Investment in Human Nature - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But when the third day came, a gale was blowing and lashing the sea to fury and departure was impossible.
Từ trong câu: gale, third, day, come, blow, sea, departure, impossible
A. Hyatt Verrill, The Deep Sea Hunters: Adventures on a Whaler - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Turks the only people'--the Albanian, fortunately innocent of English, was smiling amiably as he stirred his champagne--'great people.
Từ trong câu: champagne, innocent, fortunately, people, smile, stir, great
V. Sackville-West, Challenge - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His expression was pleading rather than ferocious, nor did he bare his great tusks or utter his fearful guttural warnings.
Từ trong câu: expression, ferocious, bare, rather, great, utter, warn
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
In less than a minute I was settling safely upon the roof of our apartment beside the astonished Kantos Kan.
Từ trong câu: astonished, safely, minute, less, settle, roof, apartment, beside
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
They were looting, murdering, and fighting amongst themselves.
Từ trong câu: murder, amongst, fight, themselves
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It is cruel that we must be torn apart who were just starting upon a life of love and happiness.”
Từ trong câu: apart, cruel, start, life, love, happiness
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A princess of Mars - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
It was blowing briskly at sunrise, and already a big sea was rolling in, combing and booming on the bar.
Từ trong câu: sunrise, comb, boom, blow, already, big, sea, roll
Kirk Munroe, Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
We have evacuated Estaires and the bridge over the Lys, which we were guarding, to rejoin our horses on foot.
Từ trong câu: evacuate, bridge, guard, rejoin, horse, foot
Christian Mallet, Impressions and Experiences of a French Trooper, 1914-1915 - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
But in spite of the giveaway, Ingolby was getting them where they were soft-fairly drugging them with good news.
Từ trong câu: giveaway, spite, get, soft, fairly, drug, good, news
Gilbert Parker, The World for Sale, Complete - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The kitchen was steaming with vapor from a big washtub set on a chair in the middle of the room.
Từ trong câu: washtub, kitchen, big, set, chair, middle, room
Theodore Dreiser, A Book About Myself - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
What he was going to say, truthful though it was, must hurt her, and she had been sorely hurt already.
Từ trong câu: truthful, go, though, hurt, already
Gilbert Parker, The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
Using our wings, which were becoming less awkward to us, we guided ourselves toward the center of the mountain top.
Từ trong câu: awkward, use, wing, become, less, guide, ourselves, toward
L. Frank Baum, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I dreamed that the young foliage was growing green in the sunlight, that Laurence laughed madly amid the tall grass.
Từ trong câu: sunlight, amid, dream, young, grow, green, laugh, tall
Émile Zola, Claude's Confession - Bản dịch tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Chloroform was just coming into use in surgery, and the hospital equipment with the expedition had some of it along.
Từ trong câu: surgery, come, use, hospital, equipment, expedition
Hiram Martin Chittenden, History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River, Volume 1 (of 2) Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She was lying on the floor rigid, the paper clutched in her hand; it was impossible to bring her to.
Từ trong câu: clutch, lie, floor, paper, hand, impossible, bring
Martha Morton, Val Sinestra - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I was going to wear it tonight, but it was too big in the bust and had to be altered.
Từ trong câu: alter, wear, bust, tonight, go, big
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The juxtaposition of these two remarks was startling.
Từ trong câu: startling, remark
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“We don’t go around very much,” he said; “in fact, I was just thinking I don’t know a soul here.”
Từ trong câu: soul, fact, go, around, much, think, know
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
In a little while I heard a low husky sob, and saw that the tears were overflowing down his face.
Từ trong câu: tear, sob, little, hear, low, saw, down, face
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
“But I need money pretty bad, and I was wondering what you were going to do with your old car.”
Từ trong câu: need, money, pretty, bad, wonder, go, old, car
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He left feeling that if he had searched harder, he might have found her—that he was leaving her behind.
Từ trong câu: search, leave, feel, hard, find, behind
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Disheartened, the first colony broke up and sailed away, just when the Company was dispatching two more ships from Scotland.
Từ trong câu: dispatch, first, colony, break, up, sail, away, company
Willis J. Abbot, Panama and the Canal in Picture and Prose - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She was also getting acquainted with me and giving me time to thoroughly digest the idea of going with her.
Từ trong câu: digest, get, give, time, thoroughly, idea, go
Chester S. Geier, Meet Me in Tomorrow - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Toffee was the first to realize that the situation was climbing toward that state which is often described as 'serious.'
Từ trong câu: climbing, first, realize, situation, climb, toward, state, often
Henry Farrell, The vengeance of Toffee - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US