Example sentences of "and he was [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He caught the glint of a smile from Fael-Inis at that , and felt a sudden delight , because the fire was surging up all about them , and Fael-Inis had taken up a stance at the fore of the Chariot , and he was gathering up silken reins between his hands , only the reins were of living colour and shifting light , and there were certainly spells within them as there had certainly been spells in the Chamber of the Looms … |
| 2 | It was said that ‘ Mr Eame excells in the laying out Water ’ and he was called in to introduce it into landscapes where it was lacking , as at Hawkstone , where he made the River Hawk , a lake one and a half miles long , in 1786 . |
| 3 | Anyway , , the old shed looks well there er , I du n no why I started to look out and the cat was on his back legs with his feet like that and he was looking up at me like that ! |
| 4 | His face was a mask of alarm and he was looking back to the office door and the cabinet which was pushed up against it . |
| 5 | Sims 's smile had gone a little rueful and he was looking down at his hands , turning a gold-tipped cigarette in his small fingers . |
| 6 | Sitting safe in the big tree , hidden within the protective myriad of bough , branch and leaf , he was submerged in a greenish half-light filtered through layer upon layer of natural growth , and he was looking out from the dimming or dappling shelter of his high cave into the dazzle of a rare summer brightness beyond . |
| 7 | Otley 's cavalry twill and brogues were doing their best to keep up and he was breaking out in a sweat . |
| 8 | She was saying something to him , and he was glancing around and nodding . |
| 9 | He was a good listener — and he was egged on to be a performer by his listeners . ’ |
| 10 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 11 | His feet hung clear of the stirrups , and he was arched over like a letter G in the saddle ; his reins had slipped down round his horse 's hoofs . |
| 12 | No , this was a shark , a deadly , multi-toothed shark , and he was homing in on her with lethal precision . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , one of them that caused the trouble , he has n't got a father , you see , so therefore … and he was mucking about and she told him to get out and of course he answered her back , which I do n't think she could take really . |
| 14 | But the time came when he reached the age when the farmer had to pay sixpence a week for his insurance stamp , and he was sent back home because the man said he could n't afford it . |
| 15 | and he was sent out to Rhodesia , to Rhodesia |
| 16 | There was a momentary crisis when the telex failed , and he was cut off from London , but two Tongan soldiers arrived on his doorstep in the middle of the storm , saluted smartly , acknowledged they realized his predicament and promised that his links with the outside world would be restored ‘ as a matter of the utmost priority ’ . |
| 17 | There was poetry here , and he was bogged down in prose . |
| 18 | Suddenly , as his hands closed over her breasts , she realised that the black lace jacket of her suit was somehow unbuttoned and he was tugging down the lacy bra cups , whispering hotly against her naked throat , and as his head moved lower and his mouth closed hotly over her erect nipples she twisted beneath him , moaning , clutching his dark head as she felt his teeth graze her with agonising pleasure . |
| 19 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 20 | Unfortunately the station master was rather deaf and he failed to hear an approaching train in the inky darkness of the tunnel and he was struck down and killed . |
| 21 | The animals now rejected him , and he was led on by stages ; learning to wear clothes , eat human food , herd sheep , and make war on the wolf and lion , until at length he reached the great civilized city of Utuk . |
| 22 | Sir Anthony had concluded his business with the plump lawyer as far as he was able to overcome his distaste for discussing deals or mentioning money , and he was holding back the brambles for her , as it were , letting her into their company , and she butted through , a young dog again , let out for a walk . |
| 23 | And he was shouting back to him , but , and then they went up the stair and they called up the stair and I and I do n't know whether it was an affair , the fella that was screaming but he him a mouthful ! |
| 24 | I think Freud would say though however that these are more like the th the was talking about religion , now clearly if something is a outlawing it is n't gon na make much difference to it , or if anything it 's , it 's just gon na make it er , er make it more difficult , but there are certain types of religion and Judaism is one of them where th this very pattern you 're talking about did occur and here Freud is er probably standing on , on firm ground , for reasons which I 'll explain in my lectures I do n't wan na take up too much time , but I have done a bit of research on this myself and as you will see , erm there 's , there are good reasons for thinking that Freud was certainly right about some of those and we certainly know that a monotheistic and , and an absolutely rigidly monotheistic religion appeared in Ancient Egypt as erm Andrea said , just before erm the er reign of this heretic er heretic , heretic pharaoh one of whose er near descendants , I forget how he was related now , erm was originally called Tutamkhatan and then was forced to change his name to Tutankhamen and he was dug up by Howard Carter in nineteen twenty two or something er and er the Tutankhamen is called Tutankhamen and not Tutamkhatan is that there was a religious . |
| 25 | Girls like that were toys , and he was fed up with toys . |
| 26 | There was a gasp from spectators and a solitary scream as Damien fell towards the fast-moving ground , but instead of lying there he was yanked mercilessly forward as it because obvious that his foot had slipped through the iron and he was hung up . |
| 27 | Then , towards Christmas , the work dwindled and he was laid off . |
| 28 | He rose to his feet , but the thought of a glare from mother , who had shunted him to transport , and he was sitting down again . |
| 29 | But for the authorities this was enough , and he was shipped off to Shanghai on 6 January 1933 . |
| 30 | He tried to reach across with his left hand and snatch the blade away , but his hands were held apart , and he was pinned down struggling and sobbing until the dagger slid slowly out of his fingers and clattered on the flags . |