Example sentences of "[vb past] that he was [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he soon realized that he was leaving himself too little time for all the work he had to complete , and a regular routine of three days in London ( generally from Tuesday to Thursday ) and four days at Shamley Green was established instead . |
| 2 | His heart was throbbing painfully , and he controlling his breathing with the greatest of difficulty … but he also realized that he was enjoying it . |
| 3 | Soon she realised that he was singing her praises to his friends , because other similar garden owners rang her up and asked her if she could do a few hours for them too . |
| 4 | It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet . |
| 5 | After a moment she realised that he was extolling her virtues as a personal assistant . |
| 6 | His jaw ached and he realised that he was grinding his teeth , so he released the muscles and tried to relax . |
| 7 | On the following day Perot announced that he was abandoning his campaign . |
| 8 | Also on June 9 , immediately after the close of polls , Jan Budaj , Deputy Chairman of the Slovak National Council ( parliament ) and a leading PAV candidate for the Council , announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy , saying that he had been registered as a collaborator with the StB in the 1970s . |
| 9 | CHRIS PATTEN , the Secretary of State for the Environment , yesterday announced that he was overturning his predecessor Nicholas Ridley 's ‘ mindedness ’ to allow an instant , private new town to be built on the Berkshire/Hampshire borders , south-east of Wokingham . |
| 10 | Jumblatt also announced that he was suspending his own participation in the Cabinet until the army had withdrawn from the National Library , the Emir Amin Palace and the Bayt al-Din Palace — buildings the PSP had recently been occupying . |
| 11 | He was back to his old ways , quiet and undemanding , and he admitted that he was missing her badly . |
| 12 | It symbolized that he was putting himself under the protection of the saint , the patron of his kingdom ; but it also revealed the sort of anomaly which had entered the feudal hierarchy . |
| 13 | In a letter to a newspaper one man commented that he was taking his six-year-old daughter to her school sports day when she asked , ‘ Daddy , can I have some of the drugs that Ben Johnson took to make me run fast ? ’ |
| 14 | She shrieked that he was to take his hands off her . |
| 15 | The cocked eyebrow indicated that he was re-examining his previous cynical stabs at her ailment . |
| 16 | He went out , and Merrill sensed that he was giving her a breathing space . |
| 17 | He paused , and she sensed that he was finding it difficult to express his thoughts . |
| 18 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 19 | He discovered that he was holding his breath , and gulped for air . |
| 20 | I asked , surprised that he was leaving me . |
| 21 | Her eyes innocently wide , she gave a slow smile , because she had known it was a viewing platform , of course ; and he knew that she knew , which meant that he was teasing her , and that he was one of those people who always managed to keep a straight face . |
| 22 | And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing but rather that a riot was starting , he took water and washed his hands in front of the multitude saying , I am innocent of this man 's blood , see to that yourselves . |
| 23 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |
| 24 | She hesitated , and looked down at Raynor , and saw that he was watching her , and saw , as well , that he understood . |
| 25 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 26 | Rostov saw that he was hiding his expression behind his cup . |
| 27 | He turned to James in amazement and saw that he was enjoying his surprise , as though it confirmed one of his arguments . |
| 28 | I thought he was only joining in to please me , but before long I saw that he was enjoying it too , chiefly I think because to him it was a novelty . |
| 29 | She turned , and saw that he was examining her . |
| 30 | I saw that he was examining my face during the same silence . |