Example sentences of "what he was [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't quite sure what he was summing her up for but he was certainly doing that . |
| 2 | So the man could calculate exactly what he was earning you know , hour by hour if not day by day and week by week . |
| 3 | Puzzled and defensive , she wondered what he was accusing her of . |
| 4 | She said , ‘ That 's what he was telling me . |
| 5 | I was therefore concentrating very hard on what he was telling me when we both became aware of a sudden change in the atmosphere of the main office outside . |
| 6 | I could not make out whether his conscience was troubling him or whether he did n't realise what he was telling me . |
| 7 | She could hardly believe what he was telling her . |
| 8 | She thought she did , but she could n't trust herself to interpret correctly what he was telling her . |
| 9 | ‘ Is that what he was telling you ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Is that what he was telling you ? ’ |
| 11 | Before she realised what he was intending he 'd taken the crutch from her and propped it out of reach . |
| 12 | It was far too hot to wear one but an interview demanded the formality , although why his authority as a questioner should depend on the smallest degree on what he was wearing he could not say . |
| 13 | To Warnie , he had written a letter fall of the gravest admonitions , designed to make him think carefully about what he was committing himself to . |
| 14 | What he was putting them in a ? |
| 15 | ‘ As soon as he realised the serious nature of what he was doing he stopped and apologised . ’ |
| 16 | What he was asking her to do required a degree of trust that he had too little time to earn . |
| 17 | Her misgivings about what he was asking her to do had been put to sleep by his open face and little-boy smile . |
| 18 | What woman in her right mind would choose what she 'd left in Milan to what he was offering her here , in Rome ? |
| 19 | Make borrowing fair and honest ; bring bargaining between borrower and lender out into the open , with the borrower being given the opportunity to understand precisely what he was letting himself in for , and in that knowledge to make his choice . |
| 20 | Barbara Newington from Connecticut remembered shaking hands effusively with Reagan at the beginning and end of her audience , and each of them saying thank you to the other ; but precisely what she was thanking him for , and what he was thanking her for , neither said . |