Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opted to be taught medieval Welsh as a special subject . |
| 2 | Of the original concept , only weatherman Francis Wilson survives and even he seemed to be making conscious efforts not to call clouds ‘ white , fluffy bits ’ , as has been his trick . |
| 3 | He seemed to be doing fine and then one night I found him cold and dying . |
| 4 | And when things were going against his men he seemed to be suffering mental agonies . |
| 5 | Incidentally , he seemed to be going long in avocados . |
| 6 | He seemed to be having great difficulty in keeping his eyes on the road , but after a corner entailed leaving rather a lot of tyre on the road he apologised then grinned at her . |
| 7 | If he thought he could do that he needed to be put right . |
| 8 | He appeared to be inviting various people forward for an introduction . |
| 9 | He had to be cut free . |
| 10 | Officers refused to confirm reports that he had to be wrestled free by police . |
| 11 | SHe had eventually given in to a desire to seek Tammuz out , even though SHe already recognised the signs which meant he wanted to be left alone . |
| 12 | Said he wanted to be left alone . ’ |
| 13 | Wycliffe was not usually so curt with the press , but he was at a stage in the case when he wanted to be left alone to mull over what he knew and to decide what more he needed to know . |