Example sentences of "aware that he [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a polite excuse , Toby padded noiselessly from the room and lifted the receiver ; as the conversation progressed , Montgomery became aware that he was speaking to Meryl Armitage . |
| 2 | Abruptly she looked away from him , painfully aware that he was speaking only the truth . |
| 3 | Here , because it could be inferred that the defendant knew that the police could not drive off while the van door was still open , he was aware that he was obstructing the police , and intended therefore to do so . |
| 4 | Wantonly she twisted her arms around his neck , revelling in the great shudder of desire she felt in response , but with surprise she quickly became aware that he was holding back , almost as if he was having second thoughts . |
| 5 | Suddenly , Ted was aware that he was ploughing up something other than earth . |
| 6 | ‘ Wolf , she wo n't hurt us , ’ aware that he was repeating himself . |
| 7 | Kegan breathed deeply , suddenly aware that he was shouting , and went on more quietly . |
| 8 | So she signed ‘ Charlotte Rossignol ’ , well aware that he was reading the letters as fast as she formed them . |
| 9 | Throwing him a look of haughty disdain , she bent down to push her boots into the ski-bindings , furiously aware that he was watching her every move . |
| 10 | Horribly aware that he was watching her every move , she tentatively slid the skis forward , uttering up a silent word of thanks when they obeyed . |
| 11 | A few times she was aware that he was watching her , but managed every time to resist the temptation to look up , unsure of just what she might see in his eyes . |
| 12 | She flicked him a quick glance , then concentrated on lifting two green-patterned mugs from the cupboard and placing them neatly on the marble counter , all too aware that he was watching her every move . |
| 13 | The question is whether he is in addition permitted to say that , although he was aware that he was causing difficulties , he was doing so from the best of intentions . |
| 14 | She smiled at him , aware that he was angling for an invitation . |
| 15 | Her eyes slowly focused on him as she became aware that he was mouthing words at her — trying to be kind . |
| 16 | She played with her leather gloves , turning each finger inside-out then carefully back again , aware that he was looking at her in that old , familiar searching way that somehow held her spellbound , draining her will to push the door and get away . |
| 17 | Fowler-Troon caught her eye and smiled apologetically , as if aware that he was stalling . |
| 18 | He watched him go to the bar and get a glass of wine , looked away , aware that he was approaching . |
| 19 | Her heart thumping , she was aware that he was following her . |
| 20 | You would n't , would you ? ’ he asked , his eyes so pleading that Leith , aware that he was asking her to ring Rosemary and then pass the phone over to him , had no thought to refuse . |
| 21 | The barbarians did not arrive in his lifetime , but there is no doubt that Eliot was aware that he was witnessing the end of that culture which , more than thirty years before , he had travelled to Europe to find . |
| 22 | She could n't look at him , but she was still aware that he was studying her . |
| 23 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 24 | The first trolley was still stuck , its owner now flustered , aware that he was blocking everyone else 's way . |
| 25 | At this point she became aware that he was returning her scrutiny , and her cheeks grew hot . |
| 26 | There was no arrogance in the man ; he was desperately aware that he was letting down all his fellow-actors , and by one of the least forgivable of professional shortcomings . |
| 27 | It was then that he became aware that he was lying in between sheets . |
| 28 | He was vaguely aware that he was driving rather better than usual . |
| 29 | She became aware that he was tracing the line of her breast with one hand , and that ever so lightly he was scraping his palm against her erect nipple . |
| 30 | They flung each other off and stared for an instant , each of them aware that he was known , each conscious that this recognition made many things plain . |