Example sentences of "[that] he [was/were] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only that he were hiding in the garden . ’ |
| 2 | The old man 's surprisingly bright grey eyes held him and Hope knew that he was facing an honest man and felt bucked that his own present character was worthy of it . |
| 3 | At the end of the hallway he turned a corner and saw that he was facing a dead end , doorless apart from a fire exit , the walls dappled with scabs of paint and sick yellow neon light . |
| 4 | Duvall was jerked away from Jimmy , spinning on his heels so that he was facing the office door again . |
| 5 | Then he swung round so that he was facing her . |
| 6 | He raised with me certain personal problems that he was facing and I asked him to come to my regular constituency surgery to discuss matters in more detail . |
| 7 | Lamarr Dean stood with his side against the bar so that he was facing the first Apache . |
| 8 | He said that he did it because everybody wanted him to do it , and he even agreed with me that bits were like Simon and Garfunkel and it sounded like a hundred songs written before , and admitted that he was cashing in on the moon landing but thought he could make some money doing it . |
| 9 | Early in March Mr Schuller announced that he was bringing a Seattle minister , the Rev Bruce Larson , to Garden Grove as his ‘ co-pilot ’ . |
| 10 | It was decided that he was bringing them into disrepute and should be dismissed summarily . |
| 11 | Seeing Harry coming down the wet , narrow street , she knew straight away that he was bringing bad news . |
| 12 | Claudia lifted her arms , putting them round his broad shoulders , hardly conscious that he was divesting her of her jacket and blouse . |
| 13 | Jezrael leant lower over him , straining to hear the words that he was straining to tell . |
| 14 | Some thought that he had been paid to attack the Visigoths by Gaiseric , king of the Vandals , who were now settled in North Africa ; others that he was making good a claim to be the husband of princess Honoria , daughter of Valentinian III , or that he was intervening in a dispute over the succession to the kingship of the Franks . |
| 15 | He fell asleep soon after three o'clock , and dreamt that he was stuffing a red draught-excluder with sausage meat . |
| 16 | Fowler-Troon caught her eye and smiled apologetically , as if aware that he was stalling . |
| 17 | This was the first time he had ever talked about himself , so she knew it must be very important and felt flattered that he was confiding in her . |
| 18 | ‘ He admitted in the end that he was suggesting the break for my sake , and I told him how I felt about that . |
| 19 | Court Four of the Royal Courts of Justice in London was packed with judges and barristers to hear the support lent to Lord Lane , who announced in February that he was stepping down at the age of 73 , 18 months before the compulsory retirement age for judges . |
| 20 | Adding to IBM 's performance woes is that a demoralised workforce has clearly been freewheeling since John Akers announced in January that he was stepping aside , which will make the job of the new man at the top all the harder . |
| 21 | President Arístides Maria Pereira announced at an extraordinary congress of the PAICV on July 26 , 1990 , that he was stepping down as party leader as a first step towards the ending of one-party rule , declaring that the President had to be above party politics . |
| 22 | On May 16 Karl Otto Pöhl , 61 , announced that he was stepping down as president of the Deutsche Bundesbank , although his second eight-year term [ see p. 35724 ] was not due to expire until end-1995 . |
| 23 | In December 1991 had Jawara announced that he was stepping down as President , a position which he had held since independence . |
| 24 | His voice became hoarse and the audience began to notice that he was sucking in air loudly between sentences . |
| 25 | Lewis knew very well he should not do this , that he was sucking up to someone for the sake of inheriting his property . |
| 26 | His tongue flicked out to caress her nipple , which was throbbing painfully , and with one anguished movement she pressed his mouth further down so that he was sucking on the rosy tip . |
| 27 | Later , Broderick admits that he was drawing on his own feelings about the death of his actor seven years ago , just as his career was taking off ( ‘ He watched everything I did , he was my big influence , and when I finally started to get work , he never got to see it ’ ) . |
| 28 | And Polly had the strange feeling that he was drawing comfort from touching her . |
| 29 | It was simply out of duty to his only child that he was venturing out at all . |
| 30 | In his hand , Catherine could see that he was holding her article on the NSPCC . |