Example sentences of "he [verb] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been right about Short ; the way to get him to listen was to treat him as if he were a human being , which he clearly was n't . |
| 2 | The form in which they had found him lying was but one of many places which he used . |
| 3 | For him teaching was a ‘ calling ’ — a career which , though academic , had at its core the concept of service to others . |
| 4 | He decided that the best thing for him to do was to leave as soon as possible , before other people arrived and the situation became very complicated . |
| 5 | So all that remained for him to do was to demonstrate that Lucy 's organ of Amativeness was extraordinarily well developed . |
| 6 | " In the end , what made him decide was the thought that time was running out . " |
| 7 | Albert said , ‘ I 'm sure he did see Mr Evans and I think what he saw him take was an envelope . |
| 8 | The thought of staying here and watching him drown was too horrific to contemplate . |
| 9 | What was beyond him to understand was why any man in his right mind would want to buy . |
| 10 | Which meant that he must have been watched … and that made him wonder was he still being watched ? |
| 11 | Earlier on in the same piece of writing , in the same letter to the Philippians he had said that for him to die was gain . |
| 12 | The only living composer I heard him praise was Stravinsky ; the others who met his approval were all dead . |
| 13 | The last thing she wanted him to think was that she was prying into that which did not concern her . |
| 14 | Getting him to eat was no problem , but preventing him throwing his food around or trampling it into the floor was . |
| 15 | When he let go of her to shut the door her impatience for him to return was almost more than her body could stand . |
| 16 | On subsequent visits to Spain Minton did reveal enough knowledge of Spanish to engage locals in conversations in bars , but in 1949 the only Spanish Bernard heard him say was ‘ No , melón ! ’ to a waiter . |
| 17 | Every female role he made was for his wife , even though she was well past her prime ; Semenyaka 's youth was wasted stepping into others ' shoes . |
| 18 | Every move he made was duplicated by the rest of the shoal at exactly the same speed and with absolute precision . |
| 19 | Among the points he made was the fact that the cost of immunising a child was 7s.6d. , against thirty times that amount for treating him in hospital . |
| 20 | Almost any statement he made was punctuated with ‘ What do you think ? ’ or ‘ I 'd like your opinion on that . ’ |
| 21 | Every movement he made was slow and deliberate , as if designed to conserve energy . |
| 22 | When he finally did so the impression he made was unforgettable . |
| 23 | The small bow he made was all she needed . |
| 24 | The statement he made was , you say you 've got witnesses but none of them will give evidence against me . |
| 25 | Reaction against him , in the predominantly Roman Catholic island , grew until , on 9 August 1846 , the quinta where he lived was surrounded and attacked by a large crowd of people . |
| 26 | Once upon a time , long ago , there was a rich merchant who thought that the city where he lived was full of bad people , and especially bad children . ’ |
| 27 | He sat down on a sofa which he realised was slightly longer than his cubicle in the lodging house . |
| 28 | A bundle which , as he drew closer , he realised was a person . |
| 29 | He heard her whistling to the radio beyond the half-closed door of what he presumed was her bedroom , and there was another door that could have led to the living-room . |
| 30 | All the other experience that he devoured was put to the one obsessing activity . |