Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm indeed I saw him , I saw Ronnie once in a hotel in er in Washington , this was the time it was n't actually the time he was shot cos I got away that time but the |
| 2 | Archbishop Romero , he was a bishop in El Salvador and er he was an archbishop and erm he was shot because he opposed the people who were in power . |
| 3 | Patrick , a former soldier , was alone on an around the world adventure when he was shot as he resisted two men who tried to take his cash and camera . |
| 4 | He raised with me certain personal problems that he was facing and I asked him to come to my regular constituency surgery to discuss matters in more detail . |
| 5 | On the Tuesday morning he was whistling as he came out of the front door . |
| 6 | In 1777 , however , he was packed off to India again , this time to Calcutta , where , with the exception of an interval of two years in London managing a parliamentary petition , he was to remain until he retired in 1808 . |
| 7 | But he was mistaken if he thought that he could upset her . |
| 8 | As Jim Smith 's side recovered from their epic tie with Liverpool , Beresford said he was misunderstood when he revealed he wanted to play Premier League football next season . |
| 9 | He was frowning as he took the victor downstairs to Harry . |
| 10 | He was killed when he stepped on a mine in Indochina on 25 May 1954 , a few days after Bischof 's death . |
| 11 | Detectives who at first treated the death of Mr Peter Jowett as murder said they now believed he was killed as he set a snare . |
| 12 | He was asked whether he thought he would get back his record for taking the most Test wickets . |
| 13 | When he was asked if he understood the charges , he said , ’ Yes I do . ’ |
| 14 | He was asked if he had known about the attrocities committed under Stalin in the 1930s , and whether he would have liked to be returned to the Soviet Union labelled traitor at the end of the war . |
| 15 | He had gone to stay at a monastery and somehow a misunderstanding arose and he was asked if he had been baptised . |
| 16 | He was asked if he had money that night , and Nealle said he had his bus pass . |
| 17 | He was asked if he 'd been drinking and he said he 'd a glass of wine . |
| 18 | He was asked if he wanted to embark on a new life with a different identity . |
| 19 | But for once he believed that he was seeing as he had striven all his life to see … |
| 20 | What happened was that it was the son and I could n't get he was given and he 's never had it in his life . |
| 21 | He was looking when I scored my first ever strike . |
| 22 | As well as the alleged abuses of residents , Mr Thomson said he was ignored when he complained about ‘ illegal ’ charges for residents ' holidays , unauthorised injecting by nurses and staff shortfalls . |
| 23 | He Was stumbling as he walked across the landing . |
| 24 | He was speaking as he jerked himself out on the sandy foreshore . |
| 25 | Erm he was speaking and I think she was singing ! |
| 26 | The Emperor Charles of Austria stayed here after he was deposed until he moved into Quinta do Monte . |
| 27 | He was about four feet away when his foot caught in the electric flex he was dragging and he stumbled forward off balance . |
| 28 | He was screaming because he had to go home . |
| 29 | Wayne 's mum MONICA insisted he was born after she had an affair with the farmer when she was 19 . |
| 30 | She said Beryl took things before he was born because she did n't want a baby and that 's why he was sickly . ’ |