Example sentences of "he was [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next five years he was moved about 20 times . |
| 2 | When Charlemagne gave his support and patronage to Aethelred , he was honouring only one of at least four princely lines — Osred 's , Osbald 's , Aethelred 's and Eardwulf 's — and even with Frankish blessing Aethelred was unable in these circumstances to establish a long-lasting regime . |
| 3 | He was loved so much , it 's unbelievable that it 's happened . |
| 4 | And you just could n't absolutely see anything serving customer I was going to so , to move or change out my draw shutting it up , turning it off , going away and somebody else had come , he kept , kept , kept doing that and he was stood there all the time and I thought I thought you definitely wo n't get the job ! |
| 5 | He was shouting out crusty ! . |
| 6 | and he , as he was bouncing he was shouting really loud and I was saying , oh yeah ! |
| 7 | This is largely because he was mistaken about two of his standard candles : his cepheid variables had characteristics somewhat different from those he assumed , and some of his brightest ‘ stars ’ were actually highly luminous bodies of ionised hydrogen . |
| 8 | He was leaning very close to her , a hard smile on his ruthless mouth , amused by her hostility and cleverly phrased attack on his very ruthless character . |
| 9 | He was coughing so much |
| 10 | He was coughing so much that he made himself sick . |
| 11 | But in the early stages of his reign , as he sought to establish himself in quarrels with some of his more powerful vassals , Philip relied heavily upon aid from Henry II and his sons , from the family which he was to do so much to tear apart . |
| 12 | At all of them he was turned away empty-handed and was cursed at as a beggar by the proud townspeople of Semer Water . |
| 13 | " Then if the doctor 's right , and he was killed around 11 pm. , he 'd have gone in about midnight . " |
| 14 | ‘ And it 's a lucky thing that he was recorded as much as he was . |
| 15 | He was feeding so happy , beautifully I 'm hoping it , I do n't feel , Magpie of mine , |
| 16 | Hewitt sent out a proposal to 80 carrier companies and within days , he was receiving back positive acknowledgements . |
| 17 | But they had made her feel restless with their talk and it was in that mood that she 'd let the landlord get close to her by the open landing window as he was bringing up some more beer . |
| 18 | When Diana once asked him what the capital of Australia was , he was rendered totally speechless . |
| 19 | ‘ To us he was throwing away all he had worked for . |
| 20 | He was seeing so much of Fergie he was almost one of the family |
| 21 | He was given only three days to live . |
| 22 | It was thus a revolution in British fiscal policy which Chamberlain advocated in the name of Empire ; and from his Birmingham speech in May 1903 until he was struck down three years later his advocacy of tariff reform and his Imperial theme dominated British policies . |
| 23 | He was conducting yet another search of the quarter . |
| 24 | Now , he was denied even that slim hope . |
| 25 | Although he started out using crude , undiluted tinctures , towards the end of his life he was using very high potencies . |
| 26 | He was looking acutely uncomfortable already , and entered upon a feeble protest . |
| 27 | One look in the mirror he kept tucked away amongst his things by the bed told him that he was looking decidedly well . |
| 28 | He was looking unusually smart in a pin-stripe suit and a black tie which was the only colour he 'd worn since Will died . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's true to say I did see Prince Andrew the other night and I might add he was looking more handsome than ever , ’ she said . |
| 30 | She knew immediately that Roman 's mood had changed ; he was looking as grim as when they had first met , but he said nothing as they got into the car . |