Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E was making funny noises , ’ the maid offered importantly , and , pleased at the instant attention this won her , added , ‘ Like when me ma 's 'aving another . ’ |
| 2 | It seems that the whole force has been under the direct comd of General Loehr , until contact with him was lost many days ago . " |
| 3 | THE jury trying the case of a man accused of robbing a supermarket and shooting two people who tried to stop him was discharged last night after failing to reach a verdict . |
| 4 | Before this interrogation , he had reluctantly agreed to allow his wife to conduct it , being unable to argue against her contention that if he were to perform that duty , his questioning would inevitably be biased in the girl 's favour . |
| 5 | If he were to ask many people in the north-east where they come from , they would say ’ the north-east ’ . |
| 6 | By the time they had risen above the storm , there was a slight smile on his lips , as if he were thinking pleasant thoughts . |
| 7 | He had all the ladders were out the van , and he were using all George 's tools . |
| 8 | We have also made it absolutely clear that we will ensure that our deterrent is effective and absolutely credible , and that it puts real fear into any potential aggressor about the damage that he could suffer if he were to attack this country . |
| 9 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that if he were to convert all loans under the social fund to grants , as has been promised by the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) , the cost would be about £130 million and would greatly prejudice the operation of the social fund as it now works ? |
| 10 | ‘ The language of Newton ! ’ he cried , scribbling figures on the blackboard and immediately wiping them off with a damp rag as though he were doing vanishing tricks . |
| 11 | Then he were having some Aunts come from er his Aunts from er Manchester . |
| 12 | For a start he was preaching that assurance was essential for salvation ; that is , you could know within you that you were well and truly saved . |
| 13 | He was preaching that evening at a chapel a couple of miles beyond Burford . |
| 14 | He was shot five times in a taxi cab in June , two months after being beaten by thugs with baseball bats . |
| 15 | ‘ He was shot last night when he was taking the dog for a walk . ’ |
| 16 | It was claimed that in developing an aggressive new foreign policy , he was disregarding nationalist dreams of recovering control of the mainland . |
| 17 | He was facing stormy Commons scenes this afternoon as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time . |
| 18 | He suddenly felt he was facing impossible odds . |
| 19 | It was just that it was intriguingly difficult to tell if he was issuing blunt ultimatums to a financial contact , or responding to some emotional problem at the other end of the line … |
| 20 | Frightened by the threat of invasion ( Fears in Solitude ) , he was beginning that slide or jump to the Right which angered and puzzled his liberal associates , though it is fair to say that his revolutionary sympathies , unlike Wordsworth 's , had never been more than superficial . |
| 21 | This was an action that he was to repeat many times before any true subjugation of the Saxons was achieved . |
| 22 | The child was born on 10 May 1977 and he was adopted two years later . |
| 23 | A spokesman said Mr Wood had opened negotiations with Standard Chartered , a London-based overseas bank , as far back as January , but only told Mr Buxton that he was leaving last Monday . |
| 24 | Erica and Edward had their usual disagreement , and Edward announced that he was leaving next day on more unspecified scientific business . |
| 25 | Sarella followed Peter outside into the courtyard as he was leaving next morning . |
| 26 | At Canton his early success , as commercial agent for opium merchants in India , led to his association with Magniac & Company , and by 1826 he was controlling that firm 's Canton operations . |
| 27 | utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ? |
| 28 | utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ? |
| 29 | Suddenly conscious that he was flashing past vehicles which appeared to be dawdling , he glanced at the speedometer . |
| 30 | The House of Lords held , in effect , that since the applicant was arguing that he had a contractual right under his lease to remain at the lower rent , he was asserting private law rights and so could raise the defence in the possession proceedings in the County Court and did not have to raise it by means of an AJR . |