Usage Examples Participles

• I don't like being lectured. -
• I want a signed copy. -
• I'm a hired consultant. -
• We were celebrating our engagement. -
• I was expecting your father. -
• I was defending my father. -
• He was checking her position. -
• He was wasting his time. -
• I don't want to be hurt. -
• I don't want to be hugged. -
• I don't want to be distracted. -
• You are an educated woman. -
• We don't want to be seen -
• He felt his mask slipping. -
• I was depositing my paycheck. -
• I was serving my country. -
• We were awaiting your arrival. -
• I heard her carriage arriving. -
• He was planning his life. -
• I nodded, accepting his rules. -