Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I was born he seems to have become set in his ways . |
| 2 | I 'm pretty sure he does n't exist in the way I was taught he did , when I was young . |
| 3 | I was thinking he 'd maybe walk into the marquee — " |
| 4 | Oh dear I was thinking he was going easy |
| 5 | I was hoping he would not offer us a glass of his very potent drink that I now know as Calvados . |
| 6 | I was hoping he 'd laugh and so allow my giggle a justifiable release . |
| 7 | ‘ I was hoping he could give advice on how women could and should react after they had been attacked . ’ |
| 8 | Razor 's a tough guy but I was hoping he was n't hurt . ’ |
| 9 | I was hoping he 'd manage tomorrow 's boat , but Saturday would be great . |
| 10 | I was hoping he could stay . ’ |
| 11 | I was hoping he might feel able to support me in breaking the news to the Dersinghams . ’ |
| 12 | I was hoping he was gon na be in there . |
| 13 | ‘ When I made inquiries , I was told he was last seen headin' for Castlebar . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , ’ Yanto began hastily , ‘ I was told he got pinned down for a week in no-man 's land during the battle of the Somme in 1916 . |
| 15 | I was told he 'd been spotted playing the fruit machines at lunch-time . |
| 16 | ‘ I was told he was a scientist , a genius , but … |
| 17 | I was told he refuses point-blank to be photographed or give interviews . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I was told he was interested so I wrote to him asking for advice on my career . |
| 19 | ‘ Although , when I was going he did give me a sort of squeeze and said I 'd got the loveliest mouth he 'd ever seen . ’ |
| 20 | I did n't know how much of what I was saying he understood . |
| 21 | Oh I was on about sewing cos I said I 'd let them , you know , they were all doing a bit of sewing the other weekend , they all had a go like erm ooh , you know , I was saying he that Scott can cook and that , you know , we 've had a note he 's having one on , supposed to be all all of them to be independent , you know ? |
| 22 | To get a closer look at what I was doing he jumped onto the table , knocking eight woodscrews onto the floor . |
| 23 | ‘ Because when your brother caught mumps before you were born he gave it to me . |
| 24 | You were hoping he was alone in the house . |
| 25 | He says you 're expecting him , that you were informed he would be coming a few months ago . |
| 26 | She was determined he should qualify as a doctor and just as determined that he should practise here . |
| 27 | She was determined he should go , a feeling reinforced by that odd unresolved little conversation with Wickham . |
| 28 | ‘ She is a police officer and naturally in the light of her vocation she was determined he was not going to get away with it . |
| 29 | ‘ No , ’ he would reply shortly , thinking she was implying he was mad — insane — with desire for her ( which , in a way , he was ) . |
| 30 | The moment she was seated he let her go , but she could still feel the imprint of his grip like iron wrapped in velvet . |