Example sentences of "[adv] he was [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he was wearing his customary flat cap and voluminous raincoat , but there is in any case something highly appropriate about this scene of forlornness and dampness ; the picture of Eliot in a prospect of drizzle evokes a quality in the man himself . |
| 2 | Perhaps he was contemplating his own life with Vivien here just as , when he connected McKnight Kauffer 's death with a sense of " the void " , he was once again returning to his own feeling of emptiness which had played so large a part in his religious conversion . |
| 3 | So he was focusing their attention on him , and that was the important thing . |
| 4 | Not until they were within , the door closed after them , and the silence of the thick walls like a seal against the world , did she tell him what manner of guest she had invited to his dwelling , and how soon he was to have his wish . |
| 5 | Then all at once he was taking her hand and drawing her up to stand before him . |
| 6 | For once he was underplaying his hand . |
| 7 | Later he was to acquire his pleasure dome , his fabled mansion , his circular bed , his non-stop room service of food , drink , movies , closed circuit television and girls from the Bunnies ' dormitory , the Xanadu of the Middle West over which he presided as Chicago 's Kubla Khan . |
| 8 | A moment or two later he was ringing her door bell . |
| 9 | A couple of minutes later he was snapping his fingers at her , inviting her to follow him to the lift . |
| 10 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 11 | Now he was whirling his sabre in a novel manner , invented by himself to give optimum performance in hand-to-hand combat , and which suggested the sails of a windmill . |
| 12 | Now he was filling their relationship with a seriousness she had always assumed it could not possibly contain . |
| 13 | Now he was exercising his charm on Rebecca . |
| 14 | Now he was attending his own , but in a non-singing capacity ! |
| 15 | And now he was curling his mouth and going for his fingers as though he could start all over again , not two hours later ! |
| 16 | And now he was to have his first big test as editor at a gathering at an old Big Flame haunt , the Beechwood conference centre near Leeds , a worker 's co-operative , complete with wholefood canteen . |
| 17 | That was Wayward Lad 's third victory in the King George , and now he was making his fourth attempt to win the Gold Cup . |
| 18 | Then they found out he was eating his diet and his normal food . |
| 19 | From what Pavel had said earlier he was working his way around the country , from station to station , leaving exactly the same message at each . |
| 20 | Then he was seeking her lips again , plundering soft kisses , making her soul quake inside her , melting her bones . |
| 21 | But her fingers ran over the strong column of his neck , tangled in the dark silkiness of her hair at his nape , then he was drawing her soft , pliant curves closer until their bodies merged in a powerful force of energy that was frightening , all-consuming in its intensity . |
| 22 | It seemed that the next minute he had thrust open the kitchen door and was advancing on her ; and then he was gripping her shoulder , saying , ‘ Where is she ? |
| 23 | ‘ No , ’ she husked , and then he was bending his head , and his mouth was touching hers , and a funny little moan escaped her . |
| 24 | His tongue stabbed once at her nipple and then he was raising his head . |
| 25 | And after a major operation there he was wagging his tail and |
| 26 | Raising her eyes to Rozanov , she asked in lighter tones how he was enjoying his first visit to England . |
| 27 | Ven swiftly reassured her , and — even while it was dawning on her how he was accepting her ‘ no ’ without question when she had been giving him a ‘ yes , yes , yes ’ for the past five minutes , he was reaching for her wrap . |
| 28 | Without speaking a word , he continued to scrutinise the young man and to feel greatly satisfied when he saw how he was unnerving his victim . |
| 29 | ‘ I know , ’ she said quickly , seeing how he was dressed ; how he was carrying his bedroll on his back . |
| 30 | I WENT to see Joe Johnson this week because I was fascinated to find out how he was rebuilding his career after the heart attack last year which threatened to stop him playing . |