Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] he [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He realized that he was supporting the weaker side , and was against the transfer of power to ‘ mere financiers and political economists ’ . |
| 2 | Encouraged by the thought , Mungo realized that he was forgetting the point of the search . |
| 3 | He realized that he was following the pattern of the streets , moving into the poor area of World 's End . |
| 4 | Helaf Orbis Ali resigned as Minister of Labour on Aug. 26 and announced that he was leaving the ruling Popular Rally for Progress ( RPP ) to join the United Opposition Front ( UOF ) — an umbrella group including members of the parliamentary opposition and the opposition guerrilla Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy ( FRUD ) . |
| 5 | Bush also announced that he was ordering the immediate lifting of the alert status of all strategic bombers and had directed their weapons to be put in storage . |
| 6 | Wide-eyed and dazzled from his epiphany , Oldfield announced that he was to marry the daughter of his Exegesis instructor and Richard must be best man . |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes it seemed like he was breaking the club transfer record every week , but he told me if I kept on doing it I was safe . ’ |
| 8 | On 16 November Mr. Mahmoud through his solicitors stated that he was selling the property and |
| 9 | Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh , the chief prosecutor in the Iran-contra cases , stated that he was studying the appeal ruling in order " to determine the prosecution 's next step " . |
| 10 | Cheney stated that he was terminating the $4,780 million project because neither contractors nor navy officials were able to predict the cost of correcting major flaws within the programme . |
| 11 | On his return to duty , and the award of a DSO , he was ordered to Bomber Command where Harris confirmed that he was to command the Pathfinder Force . |
| 12 | Speaking from Perth yesterday , the Caithness chairman , Alistair Mair , confirmed that he was leading the talks on behalf of both employees and management . |
| 13 | Inviting the Soviet Union to enter into negotiations on the elimination of all intercontinental ballistic missiles with multiple warheads , Bush declared that he was lifting the alert status of all long-range Minuteman II missiles , scheduled for eventual deactivation under the recently concluded Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START ) [ see p. 38320 ] . |
| 14 | He claimed that he was avenging the killing of 17 Arabs in October 1990 on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem [ see pp. 37759-60 ] . |
| 15 | When the lorry broke down again , the purchaser indicated that he was rescinding the contract . |
| 16 | The frown on Sidacai 's face indicated that he was testing the wording of the condition for loopholes . |
| 17 | Charles prayed that he was speaking the truth . |
| 18 | The doctor looked into the Englishman 's eyes , saw that he was telling the truth . |
| 19 | Outrage turned to agitation when she saw that he was jamming the key in the lock with such force that the flesh on his fingers was turning white . |
| 20 | Although he was still away fairly often , visiting the mills in Leeds and Bradford which provided the bulk of his income , he was more relaxed now that he felt that he was mastering the intricacies of the various businesses which had been allowed to slip into low productivity during his father 's ill-health . |
| 21 | Although I knew that he was getting the care that he needed it was so hard not to be able to hold and feed him , but only to sit and look at him lying in this bright , plastic container . |
| 22 | He glanced at Ho , and knew that he was thinking the same thing . |
| 23 | Thus the philosopher René Descartes ( 1596–1650 ) insisted that he was discovering the ‘ laws that God has put into nature . ’ |
| 24 | She has already tried it successfully on one of her sons whose eczema disappeared while he was taking the product . |
| 25 | Baker said that he was referring the case after new examination of the forensic evidence given at Ward 's trial by government scientists , who were also involved in the cases of the Guildford Four , the Maguire Seven and the Birmingham Six . |
| 26 | They said that he was to prepare the execution of the deed . |
| 27 | He found his ski boots a handicap , but persevered until he was hitting the ball well . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd like something to drink , ’ she said while he was putting the luggage together . |
| 29 | Tritsis 's career as a stormy petrel continued when he was given the education portfolio in 1987 — he was unshipped the next year by a protracted teachers ' strike . |
| 30 | As he responded , Rostov remembered the survey briefing and wondered if he was seeing the first evidence of genetic mutation . |