Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 'd better break the engagement now , ’ I said , thinking my mother very foolish for not realising that what appealed to Syl was my very paleness , my silence , my hostility , which he mostly construed as shyness , until I was unpleasant , and when I was unpleasant he took it as evidence of some depth in my feeling for him and found it sexually alluring . |
| 32 | Since he has a very fluent running style , with little lateral arm movement and a very low leg lift , it is often hard to tell when Zarei is weary , but at the 6-Day race on the Gateshead Stadium track last October , it was clear he ran to his absolute limit . |
| 33 | ‘ The judge agreed to sign a warrant for Thom 's arrest as soon as it was clear he 'd left the country with Eva . ’ |
| 34 | Even from this distance it was clear he 'd been hit several times in the chest and there was also red paint all over his visor . |
| 35 | It was clear he had been beaten , his face was bruised and his ragged clothing was hanging from him . |
| 36 | By the time Jose had found Jeremy 's passport and return air ticket , so it was clear he had n't just wandered off . |
| 37 | It was clear he had met the boy already . |
| 38 | It was clear he had had nothing to do with the assassination attempt . |
| 39 | It was clear he had a problem . |
| 40 | Now it was clear he had no real need of her assistance despite his claim to the opposite . |
| 41 | It was clear he had more to say and she might as well get it over with in one go . |
| 42 | ‘ Jimmy Armfield signed me for Leeds United , but when Adamson took over it was clear he had lost some of his motivation after being sacked by Sunderland . |
| 43 | Kate was cornered and it was clear he knew it . |
| 44 | From Rozanov 's expression it was clear he felt the same . |
| 45 | They were different , ’ he said not unkindly but it was clear he did n't want to talk about those nights . |
| 46 | Talking to Glenn before his contest with Averil Marshall it was clear he did not like losing . |
| 47 | But the car , he 'd er he says oh that was funny he says , I blew past him , popped into fourth , I blew past him real easy going up the . |
| 48 | and he all he took was , like it was funny he got accepted into Oxford decided he was gon na buy him a bottle of champagne . |
| 49 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 50 | When the cup was empty he took it out of her hand , and said , ‘ If you 're sure you do n't fancy bed I 'll light a fire . ’ |
| 51 | When he saw the room was empty he turned and walked through the open doorway of Johnny 's room , searching . |
| 52 | He was an authority on the birds of Somaliland and seeing I was interested he showed me his collection . |
| 53 | Corbett would have packed his saddle bags immediately and left but Maeve was insistent he wait until the rain storm abated . |
| 54 | Roirbak was afraid he 'd pushed him too far , or maybe not far enough . |
| 55 | William could see the village where they lived and the smoke from the fires rising straight up into the air and the dark tower of the church rising above a cluster of stark trees , and because he was nervous he wanted to work his way in that direction , so it would not be so far to run , but because his father was beside him , smiling his reassuring smile , he did n't . |
| 56 | AN insurance clerk told a jury yesterday he was unaware he had run down a mother and her two daughters as he tried to escape from a man in car who had threatened him . |
| 57 | It was a hard walk to the mountain top , and she was relieved he had selected a pastime which did not require her participation . |
| 58 | ‘ I was delighted he decided to do it , ’ Maggie said . |
| 59 | He did n't boil it , for fear the bleach might evaporate ; after the mixture was warm he added twenty bottles of Yugoslav Riesling , two bottles of Guinness and a pound and a half of oranges cut into segments . |
| 60 | If it was unavailable he took the dry and mixed that with sugar to achieve the same effect . |