Example sentences of "was [adj] [coord] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simone Thiroux , the Canadian student so enamoured of Modigliani , was still shadowing him ; by now she was pregnant and claiming he was the father . |
| 2 | Keeper Eric Thorstvedt was outstanding but insists he does n't know if Spurs want him to stay . |
| 3 | Part of the cuff was visible and reminded him of Middy sleeping under the quilt . |
| 4 | The moulding was hard and marked him for life . |
| 5 | Mr McTavish , studying Nails closely , thought the boy was ill and took him into the kitchen and made him a cup of tea . |
| 6 | It was despairing and made him uneasy for a long time afterwards . |
| 7 | She could guess roughly what he was promising but let him keep his secret . |
| 8 | She was stricken and missed him terribly , but she would n't show it in public . |
| 9 | Ritschl was impressed and urged him to turn the paper into an article for publication . |
| 10 | After some questioning of the driver , the constable concluded that his objection to providing a specimen of blood was invalid and treated him as having failed to provide a specimen under section 7(4) . |
| 11 | As a young man he had had a strong desire to visit the United States and decided to go there for a holiday , but as the liner approached New York , he dreamed that his mother ( to whom he was not particularly strongly attached ) was lonely and missed him , and this dream made him terribly homesick . |
| 12 | We knew he was hungry and gave him our leftovers . |
| 13 | Fortunately , from the point of view of the tsar , the Khan of Bukhara was pro-Russian and gave him the chance to threaten Khiva from the rear . |
| 14 | He says she was abusive and accused him of abducting her child . |
| 15 | Mansell was livid and admitted he ran away from the scene of the accident to avoid being tempted into big trouble . |
| 16 | They both went to bed but Stephen was restless and said he wanted to sleep on the couch . |
| 17 | He hated it when she was tactful and allowed him space to meet women . |
| 18 | The chap was furious and said he 'd put me in a cell without anyone on either side of me if I talked to you again . ’ |
| 19 | The head girl , Nikki Carmichael , who is 18 and will be participating tomorrow in the poll proper , thought he was marvellous and said he could have her vote any time . |
| 20 | Other scholars heard that he was unwell and sent him notes made remote by their instinct that his straits must mortify him . |
| 21 | The English girl was efficient and brought him just the right touch of warmth . |
| 22 | He must have been about seventeen and was so-pale and thin he looked as if a gust of wind might blow him away . |
| 23 | He showed no desire to get up and greet me but I was merciless and dragged him inch by inch over the cobbles till he was lying at my feet . |
| 24 | The " black " group were significantly better at recognising this speaker ( p <0.1 ) ; most of the " white " group felt this speaker was Asian and assigned him to the " other " category . |
| 25 | He was lovely but watching him in that living room somehow said it all . |
| 26 | The treatment itself was distressing and made him feel very ill , but the care and kindness of the medical staff and of the radiologists made his time bearable for both of us . |
| 27 | Mr Forbes said Ballantine told him the boy was dead and told him to phone the police . |