Example sentences of "he was [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he was scrambling up the steepest bit , pulling himself up by the bracken , he heard something . |
| 2 | Suddenly , as his hands closed over her breasts , she realised that the black lace jacket of her suit was somehow unbuttoned and he was tugging down the lacy bra cups , whispering hotly against her naked throat , and as his head moved lower and his mouth closed hotly over her erect nipples she twisted beneath him , moaning , clutching his dark head as she felt his teeth graze her with agonising pleasure . |
| 3 | He took the precaution , however , of carrying a typewriter and books among his luggage so that he could prepare for an address at the University of Leeds which he was to give in the following year . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad . |
| 6 | ‘ He was trying out the new one that Joe bought for his little Beth to learn on , and even I knew he was playing well . ’ |
| 7 | Today ranked number eight , he was taking on the best of British , Jeremy Bates . |
| 8 | It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB . |
| 9 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 10 | He was lowered down the main shaft and once underground tried to make his way to the area in which the missing men had been working or to any passageway in which they could have sought refuge . |
| 11 | He was ripping up the ruined linoleum . |
| 12 | He was put on the waiting list for insertion of grommets . |
| 13 | Doctors tried out different medications to ease Glenn 's condition but tests showed his heart muscle was damaged and he was put on the waiting list for a transplant . |
| 14 | At the height of the heatwave , with Hurley in Washington , Coleman finally had to notify the embassy that he was closing down the listening post and moving into the hotel across the street to save the equipment as well as the family from overheating . |
| 15 | He was to hand over the French Vexin ( as the remainder of Margaret 's dowry ) and endow Alice with Bourges . |
| 16 | He was taken on the indispensable visit to Holford Glen , and it was there , seated by the side of the brook , that the brief exchange took place which Coleridge was still repeating in his old age : ‘ Citizen John , ’ Coleridge remarked , ‘ this is a fine place to talk treason in ! ’ |
| 17 | Then his feet were on the stairs and he was walking down the narrow , dark steps , which twisted sharply to the right . |
| 18 | He was wiring up the main hatch above the hold , in such a way that showed he was certainly not an electrician by trade , with the intention of giving a mild electric shock to anyone who might try to get into it . |
| 19 | He was shovelling up the broken glass on to a piece of cardboard . |
| 20 | He was hurrying down the long room , with some white gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other hand . |