Example sentences of "[adv] he [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As always he was nosing out the territory like a dog in a new home ; no objective in view . |
| 2 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 3 | That was the end of his second month 's loan after scoring twice in six games ; later he was to turn down the chance of a permanent move . |
| 4 | He had not tried , however , and now he was tying up the boat and expertly folding down the sails . |
| 5 | He stroked firmly , looked over his right shoulder , stroked some more , looked over his left , then he was reversing up the stomach-churning Pipeline elevator . |
| 6 | Then he was running down the office , howling like a bereaved dog . |
| 7 | It consists of the bass-parts for each choir , placed one above the other , with bar-lines but no text or figures to indicate how he was to fill out the bass , only an occasional flat or sharp above the notes ; when in the Masses a movement begins in a higher part only , this is shown in the organ part ; but when the higher voices sing without the bass , the organ part is marked ‘ tacet ’ or ‘ non est hic ’ . |
| 8 | Mr Major explained how he was carrying on the principles of his predecessor and pointed out that he was her seconder in the leadership ballot and regretted that she had not stayed on . |
| 9 | She paddled in the shallow water for a few moments before joining Stephen where he was setting up the barbecue in a shaded spot . |