Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] he [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should see him soon he was doing some er curtain tracks for us . |
| 2 | He vanished again behind the boat-house , and when I saw him again he was aiming fast for the cliff path , with the bag once again slung over his shoulder . |
| 3 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 4 | Taking it seriously he was accepted on a degree course in Photography at Nottingham but soon found the kind of dogmatic regimentation which he was subjected to counter-productive . |
| 5 | Taking it seriously he was accepted at Nottingham but soon found the kind of dogmatic regimentation which he was subjected to counter-productive . |
| 6 | Luther himself knew well what methodologically he was doing and what was necessary : that he needed to order and adjudicate . |
| 7 | It was a farce , a terrible play , but still a real play because these two were acting out a charade of fright and face-saving and if he did anything to break the illusion that they were still taking decisions for themselves then he was going to get himself shot . |
| 8 | No matter what else he was doing , he was rocking . |
| 9 | I knew he loved and needed me , but the fact that while I washed up , scrubbed , cleaned and tidied for us both he was making contact with people I had never met , would never meet , and whose names I did not know , formed a cloud over my days . |