Example sentences of "was [v-ing] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Len was thumping him on the arm now with his fist . |
| 2 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 3 | Ten miles away on that December evening , Walter Schellenberg lit a cigarette in the back of the Mercedes which was speeding him towards the castle . |
| 4 | ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’ |
| 5 | And then the music was drawing him into the fire and the light , and he could see the massive shape of the Chariot limned against the forest now , bathed in its own radiance , hung with silk , lined with satin … |
| 6 | She was pursuing him like the Fury pursuing the crime . |
| 7 | Dyson swung the wheel to the left , then swung it sharply to the right again to avoid a lorry which was overtaking him on the inside . |
| 8 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 9 | I was accompanying him in the show anyway and I think we just had the nerve . ’ |
| 10 | About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time . |
| 11 | Still peering from the corner of his eye , Frankie stared at her breasts for a long time before he realized with a jolt that she was observing him through the mirror . |
| 12 | The doves were fluttering upwards to the music , and his Maria Filippa — an unusual diva , wearing spectacles — with Pericle on her arm in a lace bonnet and button boots , was greeting him under the olives . |
| 13 | The Perm was soon taking pity on Charlie , as people tended to , and Charlie was asking him about the pressures of fame as if it were something that concerned him from day to day . |
| 14 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 15 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 16 | And again he looked around , this time for the devil who was tempting him with the prospect he most profoundly desired . |
| 17 | Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all . |
| 18 | She was watching him through the cigarette smoke to judge the effect she was producing . |
| 19 | I like him , I was watching him on the telly the other day , I think he seemed nice . |
| 20 | ‘ I was telling him about the Glory , and I said I 'd driven it over and what did he think — was he looking forward to driving it and all that — ’ She paused excitedly . |
| 21 | I was beating him in the storyline , but he was , in reality , desperate to win all the races . |
| 22 | The woman was holding on to him with one arm , and with the other she was pounding him on the back , very hard . |
| 23 | Even as the BeSHT delighted his listeners with his pearls of wisdom , his stunning turns-of-phrase , his aphoristic acuity , so Leonard was learning his own , parallel metier ; the butterfly was following him down the hill . |
| 24 | Now , all that mattered was that she was following him up the stairs to an elegant Georgian town house . |
| 25 | And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark . |