Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the judge told him the only sentence he could pass was that of life imprisonment , Meehan said loudly and clearly , ‘ I want to say this , sir . |
| 2 | At Rouen , he finished third , a lap down , and at Brands Hatch , crucified by the pain in his wrist and driving mostly one-handed , the best he could do was sixth place . |
| 3 | The only horsemen he could see were ten mounted French officers , but he knew the cavalry and guns could not be far behind . |
| 4 | All he could see was that crude canvas painting being carried by two pages . |
| 5 | All he could see was tough grey jelly plastered across his visor . |
| 6 | ‘ All what moving about the country ? ’ asked Cliff , largely to avert further discussion of sprouts and red cabbage , which he could see was imminent from the suspicious manner in which his mother was turning over the vegetables on her heaped plate . |
| 7 | All he 'd say was that nature meant men and women to be attracted by each other and if they were n't , the species would n't reproduce themselves . ’ |
| 8 | Then he tears his things out again , spilling them across the bed : the Tibetan Book of the Dead , some yellow boxer shorts he used to think were trendy , his red socks , the Lonely Planet Guide to Tibet , his toothbrush , three hand puppets , a prayer wheel . |