Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] and he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he was down and he hated it . |
| 2 | At the entrance to the Press tent I asked the security man if Toby was inside and he pointed him out in the middle of the usual muddle of desks and papers , with telephones ringing and cigarette smoke drifting , and expletives exploding . |
| 3 | Charles found it a strain and was relieved when the meal was over and he felt he could decently leave . |
| 4 | It was noticed , too , that he had taken the precaution of having some shoes with built-up heels made , so that when the ceremony was over and he took his wife 's arm to move slowly down the aisle , he appeared to be the same height as her , or very nearly . |
| 5 | The theatre director Schuh was there and he saw me sitting by myself during the interval . |
| 6 | See I know why cos you see her husband he do n't and cos when her husband come for the kids Bob was there and he said I ai n't bloody well going out to them . |
| 7 | And on one occasion in the gymnasium , I turned round to look at a boy behind me and the master was there and he smacked me with the flat of his hand as hard as he could . |