Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their solicitor told the court they only wanted to frighten the saboteur and they were sorry he 'd been injured . |
| 2 | When he noticed that my clothes were wet he took them and hung them in front of a large iron fire . |
| 3 | She wondered whether it were conceivable he had forgotten about it . |
| 4 | We were convinced he had all his mates round during the day . |
| 5 | Ferdinando , she came to see , had never done that , however much the Brownings were convinced he did . |
| 6 | He was our college barber ; and at a time when most of us were penniless he cut hair for a shilling ( = 5p , to those who do not know what a shilling was ) . |
| 7 | We were glad he had not lived to see four of his sons in Army and Air Force uniform . |
| 8 | As soon as we were married he took me off to Scotland , kept me there in virtual purdah , never let me out of his sight — his jealousy was manic . |
| 9 | When we were alone he asked if the fair doctor in the short white coat was my boyfriend . |
| 10 | When he had given his orders and they were alone he said : ‘ You were rough on her , Phyllis . ’ |
| 11 | But as far as the others were concerned he had n't a clue , and , rack his brains as he might , he had very little idea how he could find out . |
| 12 | ‘ His jailers were certain he intended to have me killed , or they would not have treated me thus . ’ |
| 13 | When he heard the girls were dead he felt sick . |
| 14 | So when I was pregnant he went out with somebody else . |
| 15 | For standing on the , on the seats you see , which I mean my father was right he 'd got the experience to know that several men had been drowned like that . |
| 16 | It was awful he said go and get it it 'll be in there and I just went er and I could see it all . |
| 17 | in the middle of the morning our Jack never and erm , say , all they , it was awful he going on between us between us it was awful |
| 18 | It was possible he had been hoping to frighten Steve , but his exact motives were unknown . |
| 19 | If he was insatiable he made her so too , and light was filtering through the shutters before , utterly exhausted , she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 20 | what you suggested how she got in that , oh no you ca n't have that , well she kept coming and she kept are n't I a silly bitch , are n't I silly bitch Bill , and he looked she was taking the mickey out and he said well what , what 's your daughter 's name , she said Jane , as if he was puddled he said no what 's that name ? |
| 21 | We do well to remember that , after all the violence that humans had created on the earth , God surveyed the debris and said ‘ he was sorry he made man ’ ( Gen.6:7 ) . |
| 22 | He was sorry he 'd forgotten to pay Betty any money last year , but could he come and stay for a while and pay her then ? |
| 23 | And she was sorry he 'd said that . |
| 24 | He was sorry he had made a fool of himself by ringing . |
| 25 | Your boyfriend said to say he was sorry he had missed you , and he 'd be writing and was doing nicely . |
| 26 | The girl 's eyes lost their sparkle as the faintest of rumbles came to her ears , and Mr Beckenham was sorry he had drawn her attention to it . |
| 27 | Joshua was sorry he had turned his back on sunny Brighton . |
| 28 | When he gave her his opinion of this , she merely replied that she was sorry he felt like that , and ended the conversation . |
| 29 | He was grateful he had no need to tune in . |
| 30 | Three months later he was seized with chest pain , but because he had been told that his coronary artery was normal he developed an irresistible desire to chop wood . |