Example sentences of "and was [verb] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen believed unshakeably in his genius and was determined to enable him to realize his potential as a writer — a poet , like Shelley , she believed at this rime — without sacrificing her own strong desire for freedom of independent action , untrammelled by the stuffy conventions of the elders she suspected of hypocrisy . |
| 2 | By June she no longer wanted the relationship to continue and was trying to avoid him . |
| 3 | She had grabbed his hand and his cane firmly in her hands and was trying to pull him back through the water . |
| 4 | Coughlin says Spiro contacted Waite at his office in Lambeth Palace in August , 1985 , and was invited to visit him . |
| 5 | To check his wandering thoughts he started to ask her to resume her labours elsewhere and finish the surgery when he had completed his own tasks in it — Only to find that she was hopping gently from foot to foot , and was bursting to ask him a question . |
| 6 | Several times he stopped and listened , thinking that there had been a movement just behind him or just to the side of him , or that something had padded after him on stealthy feet and was standing watching him . |
| 7 | Zach had already put on his coat and cap and was waiting to tell him something when Ginnie and Miss Thorne 's elder sister burst in . |
| 8 | This time it is clear that the new foundation was to the Viscount 's detriment and was expected to anger him . |
| 9 | Patrick realised that this was SOCO 's way of recognising that he was persona grata and was going to allow him to enter the murder room . |
| 10 | Originally , Geoff Huffer , Ile De Nisky 's trainer , felt his colt was immature and was going to give him just one more run before putting him away for an ambitious campaign next year . |
| 11 | Kevin pounced on Liam and was going to hit him , but Sergeant Davidson was even quicker . |
| 12 | He allows Lennie to pet mice and was going to let him keep one of Slim 's new pups . |
| 13 | She stepped down from the carriage and was going to leave him , when he stopped her and said , ‘ You 're not going to turn away from me like that , dear ? |
| 14 | He began crying and shouting — that he 'd known all along she was having an affair and was planning to leave him . |
| 15 | Tony Reynolds runs British Motorsports for the Disabled and was planning to keep him company on the journey . |