Usage Examples Participles

• I'm a hired consultant. -
• They don't want to be lectured. -
• I heard her carriage arriving. -
• I was serving my country. -
• I don't want to be distracted. -
• I was doing your work. -
• I knew you were investigating. -
• I'm an accredited journalist. -
• You're an elected official. -
• She was destroying my reputation. -
• I was testing your theory. -
• I smiled, closing my eyes. -
• He was holding her hand. -
• I knew he was lying. -
• I don't like being judged. -
• I don't like being interrogated. -
• You don't deserve to be hurt. -
• He felt his panic growing. -
• I was ruining my reputation. -
• He was sipping his coffee. -