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)
Useless to put off whatever it was that was going to happen to them by trying to go on sitting in the fly.
Từ trong câu: trying, whatever, useless, put, off, go, happen, try
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
The upholstery business which Mr. Sieppe had bought was doing poorly, and Mrs. Sieppe bewailed the day she had ever left B Street.
Từ trong câu: poorly, business, mr, buy, do, mrs, day, ever
Frank Norris, McTeague: A Story of San Francisco - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
But as she slowly mounted the first flight of steps she suddenly came face to face with Old Grannis, who was coming down.
Từ trong câu: flight, mount, step, slowly, first, suddenly, come, face
Frank Norris, McTeague: A Story of San Francisco - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
I was sitting up in bed, and he jumped up and came at me with his knife, an' he says, 'Where is it?
Từ trong câu: jump, sit, up, bed, come, knife
Frank Norris, McTeague: A Story of San Francisco - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Every now and then old Miss Baker, who had gone below to see how things were progressing, returned with reports of the foray.
Từ trong câu: progress, every, now, old, miss, baker, go, below
Frank Norris, McTeague: A Story of San Francisco - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
As he was rapping in the little blocks and cylinders with the mallet, Trina slowly came back to herself with a long sigh.
Từ trong câu: cylinder, sigh, little, block, slowly, come, back, herself
Frank Norris, McTeague: A Story of San Francisco - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
In five minutes he was sitting up, staring into the blue-gray shimmer of the moonlight, straining his ears, watching and listening intently.
Từ trong câu: shimmer, five, minute, sit, up, stare, blue, gray
Frank Norris, McTeague: A Story of San Francisco - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
The dentist was lying on the bed-lounge in his stocking feet, doing nothing apparently, gazing up at the ceiling, lost in thought.
Từ trong câu: apparently, stock, ceiling, dentist, lie, bed, lounge, foot
Frank Norris, McTeague: A Story of San Francisco - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
His bicycle-bell sounded down the lane, and in a minute she was at the gate and his eyes were laughing in hers.
Từ trong câu: lane, bicycle, bell, sound, down, minute, gate, eye
Edith Wharton, Summer - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
She was dimly aware that he was asking her something, and she looked at him in silence, trying to find strength to speak.
Từ trong câu: look, aware, strength, him, try, silence, speak, something
Edith Wharton, Summer - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
He was leaning over to gather water-lilies for the girl in a light dress who lay among the cushions in the stern.
Từ trong câu: who, light, cushion, dress, gather, stern, lean, water
Edith Wharton, Summer - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
Tremors of rage were running through her, and she steadied herself against the edge of the desk lest he should see her weakness.
Từ trong câu: steady, weakness, running, rage, lest, run, herself, edge
Edith Wharton, Summer - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
After a moment he stood up and walked away toward the bit of ground behind the house, where the hired man was hoeing.
Từ trong câu: hire, ground, bit, moment, stand, up, walk, away
Edith Wharton, Summer - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US
It seemed a symbol of human faith and valour that while the skies were darkening that high place of the earth was bright.
Từ trong câu: high, faith, symbol, while, seem, human, sky, place
G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
“I feel so tired,” she replied, “that I was thinking of bidding you good-night, instead of going back to the drawing-room.”
Từ trong câu: bid, instead, tire, tired, bidding, feel, reply, think
Wilkie Collins, The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US
His spouse, who was guarding their nest up in the big live oak in the front yard, trilled her limited paeon of praise.
Từ trong câu: spouse, guard, nest, up, big, live, oak, front
Dorothy C. Paine, A Little Florida Lady - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
I tried to smoke, and for the first time in my life, tobacco was tasteless, I was falling in love with a Princess.
Từ trong câu: tasteless, try, smoke, first, time, life, tobacco, fall
Harold MacGrath, Arms and the Woman - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Even within the Church itself there was seething inquietude, and thousands of its purest souls longed, prayed and struggled for its practical amendment.
Từ trong câu: amendment, even, church, itself, pure, soul, long, pray
Lewis Henry Berens, The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer - Tiếng Anh, PD-US
Rowland, as he was taking his leave, after some further exchange of opinions, rendered Miss Light the tribute of a deeply meditative sigh.
Từ trong câu: render, exchange, opinion, sigh, further, deeply, take, leave
Henry James, Roderick Hudson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
She was dressed more than he had ever seen her; it was becoming, and gave her a deeper color and an ampler presence.
Từ trong câu: ample, dress, ever, see, become, give, deep, color
Henry James, Roderick Hudson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
The clouds that had hung motionless all day were moving from their stations, and getting into position, as it were, for a battle.
Từ trong câu: position, the, motionless, day, were, and, battle, be
Henry James, Roderick Hudson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He was smiling with extreme urbanity, and talking in a low, mellifluous voice to the lady, who evidently was not listening to him.
Từ trong câu: extreme, smile, talk, low, voice, lady, evidently, listen
Henry James, Roderick Hudson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
His lips were parted and he was wavering slightly with a strange movement--the movement of a man who has drunk too much.
Từ trong câu: drunk, lip, part, slightly, strange, movement, man, drink
Henry James, Roderick Hudson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Roderick was in high good-humor, and, in the carriage, was watching his mother with a fine mixture of filial and professional tenderness.
Từ trong câu: professional, filial, tenderness, high, good, humor, carriage, watch
Henry James, Roderick Hudson - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Of course she was joking, but there was always something ironical in her jokes, as there was always something jocular in her gravity.
Từ trong câu: joke, gravity, course, always, something
Henry James, The American - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Her hands were folded in her lap, and she was looking at his lordship’s simple physiognomy with an air of politely suppressed irritation.
Từ trong câu: politely, hand, fold, lap, look, simple, air, irritation
Henry James, The American - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
He had lost the sense of what the marquis was saying; M. de Bellegarde’s superior style was a mere humming in his ears.
Từ trong câu: superior, lose, sense, say, be, style, mere, ear
Henry James, The American - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
Mr. Valentin used to look at me sometimes, and his eyes seemed to shine, as if he were thinking of asking me something.
Từ trong câu: shine, mr, use, look, sometimes, eye, seem, think
Henry James, The American - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
A number of papers were lying upon it, which he had been meaning to look over; some of them might conveniently be destroyed.
Từ trong câu: destroy, meaning, number, conveniently, lie, paper, mean, look
Henry James, The American - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US
But the calling of the names was going on again, and her voice was unheard, except by a few who stood near her.
Từ trong câu: unheard, call, name, go, again, voice, except, stand
Various, The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US