Example sentences of "[noun] he [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It finished 'is boxin'. 'E was goin' ter fight fer a title before 'e went in the army . ’ |
| 2 | Like many another driver , Jackie had clearly contemplated the risks he was taking ; he had had several severe accidents , so he knew what was involved ; he knew the odds . |
| 3 | His eyes were bright with determination , his face flushed with a sense of the risks he was taking , and the still born smile twitched away at the comer of his mouth as though he was trying to eat his beard . |
| 4 | Vince had reluctantly admitted his part in it , but had tried to appear nonchalant about the risks he was taking . |
| 5 | He said he tried previously to warn MacQuillan of the risks he was running . |
| 6 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 7 | The songs he was writing were very death-oriented . |
| 8 | on top of a hill thinking he was gon na get blown off . |
| 9 | A guardian would be assessed on the stock he was holding on behalf of his wards , as was Francis Brown of Little Casterton , Rutland , in respect of his four brothers and sisters . |
| 10 | Doing a bit of dealing and er keeping the stock he was buying and selling in this twelve acre park in . |
| 11 | William glanced down at the list of stock he was cataloguing and sighed . |
| 12 | That 's when Major , who was on the photo , he was Major in the army of nineteen fourteen eighteen M C Major M C , military cross well he took charge and er a chap off the shop floor , well he was an old contemptible of the nineteen fourteen to eighteen war , name of Bert he was made Sergeant because he was only one who had got any military experience , and he started with us on the shop floor in doing foot drill . |
| 13 | ‘ I was in the States when my father suffered a stroke , and by the time I got to his side he was paralysed and could n't speak , which made communicating very difficult . |
| 14 | At the helm was a Producer , although in addition to supervising the administrative side he was expected to liaise with the writer on the script and direct the play in the studio . |
| 15 | Amongst the slain was Alric , son of Heardberht , though it is not clear on which side he was fighting ( ASC D , s.a. 798 ) . |
| 16 | For like millions of other readers he was following the slow northward progress of the escaped eagle as it was reported day by day in most of the popular newspapers . |
| 17 | He fiddled with a piece of card he was carrying and glowered at the exit to the Customs hall as if he was expecting his worst enemy to come through the door . |
| 18 | He guessed that these effects might be due to intoxication by one of the compounds he was working with , and confirmed his idea by deliberate experiment . |
| 19 | With reference to real , external time , by day 9 of the experiment he was acting like a night-worker , even though he always go up at what he called 0800 and then ate breakfast . |
| 20 | And I remember one , a Yorkshireman he was appointed yardmaster of Portobello Yard , and where I worked . |
| 21 | Fortunately , being so close to the bathroom , I was able to rinse out the plastic waste-basket he was forced to use whenever his cramps got too bad . |
| 22 | Franco was surprised , he was hard at work , had just reached an important moment in a piece he was composing and did n't want to be interrupted . |
| 23 | After years in Fontanellato he was moved by the Bishop , for reasons no one knew at the time , to a lonely parish in the foothills of the Apennines above Parma , where life was not nearly so pleasant for him . |
| 24 | But Neil he was gon na go down to Tesco 's but he is , Ipswich , ca n't get down here , so he ca n't sort of travel and you know what the hassle of having to take him and pick him up . |
| 25 | An –easy conscience chafed him like his new , scratchy tweed suit , caused him the same persistent discomfort as the broken spring he was hatching out beneath his buttocks . |
| 26 | The following Tuesday he was contacted at work to say that the jump was on for that afternoon . |
| 27 | On the Red Hall estate on Tuesday he was taking his orders from Coun. Sonia Willans standing at a central point while the other members radiated out . |
| 28 | Sam Yaeger spent Monday at the boatyard because he 'd been medically stood down from racing as a result of a fall , but by Tuesday he was racing again , and on Wednesday he rode at Ascot , so the boathouse was vulnerable all day Tuesday and again Wednesday morning . ’ |
| 29 | He then supported William Pitt the younger , on whose recommendation he was returned by Edward ( later Baron ) Eliot [ q.v. ] as member for St Germans ( 1784–8 ) . |
| 30 | As he turned to return down the steps he was thinking of Carrie once more and not taking care where he was stepping . |