Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ratagan was like a great bear , and he rode something approaching a cart horse . |
| 2 | And for some reason he found himself drawing a Spitfire . |
| 3 | And when he tried transparent tricks to pull up vital business buried at the end of the list , he found himself making a number of enemies in the group . |
| 4 | He received us wearing a sarong and bouncing a six-month-old grandson in his lap . |
| 5 | He heard himself telling a girl that if he had n't made it in the music business by his twentieth birthday , he would kill himself . |
| 6 | He kept her waiting a couple of minutes , which raised her suspicions , but when he walked out empty-handed she smiled inwardly at having won at least one small battle between them . |