Example sentences of "was he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he done whatever it was he had to do ? |
| 2 | Then he let go of my sleeve as if he 'd confessed what it was he had to confess . |
| 3 | As it was he had to find his own way out of an embrace involving him far more seriously than he intended . |
| 4 | When it was he proceeded to colour it , either from memory , or with colour notes made under the same conditions as the original drawing , paying attention most of all to tonal values and local colour . |
| 5 | Only now , he reflected , was he beginning to feel really secure . |
| 6 | Winters in California perhaps thought himself securely distant from the seat of the infection ; he never visited Europe , still less was he tempted to expatriate himself . |
| 7 | And without even checking where it was he planned to take her . |
| 8 | No doubt she was wondering what it was he expected to find . |
| 9 | Donaldson described him as having ‘ a slight figure , with a strong constitution ( only once was he seen to wear an overcoat ) … frank and plain spoken , occasionally even to roughness … no flatterer … somewhat impulsive and gifted with great shrewdness and common sense … he was a man of the highest integrity and independence , and so far from leading his clients into needless of extravagant outlay , he would demur at any expense beyond his employer 's means … |
| 10 | Why was he prepared to go to all that trouble ? ’ |
| 11 | What was he to do to hold her to him ? |
| 12 | Was he trying to quiz you about last night ? ’ |
| 13 | Was this what Lucenzo knew for a fact , or was he trying to put her off — on the instructions of his client ? |
| 14 | Just what was he trying to do to her ? |
| 15 | What was he trying to do to me ? |
| 16 | What was he trying to do to her ? |
| 17 | Everybody like — so Brody was over there making erm what was he trying to do — I ca n't remember , some character , three hours , he was n't . |
| 18 | Was he trying to say that they could n't recapture what they once had because it had n't existed ? |
| 19 | Was he trying to reassure her , or himself ? |
| 20 | Now was he trying to butter her up , he meant every word he said . |
| 21 | Did he really know nothing or was he trying to stop her questions by this extravagant praise of her least favourite weekly column ? |
| 22 | What strange warped game was he trying to play ? |
| 23 | The Prime Minister 's speech was pitiful , not just because policies had collapsed but because he 'd spent so little time preparing it , so busy was he trying to help his chum . |
| 24 | Who was he trying to impress ? |
| 25 | Was he trying to determine if I would correct him ? |
| 26 | Or was he trying to buy back Noreen ? |
| 27 | Was he trying to rake over old coals ? |
| 28 | Was he trying to rub in the fact that he did n't think much of me ? |
| 29 | Was he trying to get Danzig to do to him what no other man had ever done ? |
| 30 | Did the Prime Minister speak in ignorance , or was he trying to keep the British people in ignorance before a possible November election ? |