Example sentences of "[conj] he was [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned , seeing he was following her , and frowned , looking down . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe after I get an album of my own material out — which does sound a lot like Jimi , because I ca n't help it — then I 'll try to take that a step further … maybe where he was going himself , possibly . ’ |
| 3 | Every time I ran past where he was standing he hit me again or tripped me up , sprawling me in the dirt . |
| 4 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |
| 5 | he played once more before the Lord 's show-piece and was called six times for throwing in the Hampshire match , but the selectors decided to risk him again in the second Test , where he was to meet his fate at the most famous ground in cricket . |
| 6 | On the Somme that July — where he was to meet his death — Cochin noted contemptuously that the artillery bombardments had nothing to compare with Verdun . |
| 7 | He was either out and had n't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone . |
| 8 | Either he had perfected the performance over the years to ward off sympathy from the able-bodied , or he was hiding something far worse than a self-destructive youth . |
| 9 | And , and then er at that particular time you know and er then unemployment you , I you had to see each firm was issued with the and the firms had to agree that you had to sign a contract of employment so that er if you were leaving or he was paying you off , you had to be given two weeks ' notice either way before they pay you off . |
| 10 | Although he was sacked he was taken back a fourth time and he did indeed die in harness . |
| 11 | His voice was educated although he was wiping his nose on his sleeve . |
| 12 | She could tell that Dr Neil was looking at her most sceptically , although he was touching her so gently that the black fear which she had felt before she had fainted did not return — and pooh to his suspicions ! |
| 13 | Later I thought it through and decided a big part of it was that , although he was coining it from the teds , I think he felt he was seen — by his peers — as an artistic cretin . |
| 14 | Then he swung round so that he was facing her . |
| 15 | It was decided that he was bringing them into disrepute and should be dismissed summarily . |
| 16 | Claudia lifted her arms , putting them round his broad shoulders , hardly conscious that he was divesting her of her jacket and blouse . |
| 17 | In his hand , Catherine could see that he was holding her article on the NSPCC . |
| 18 | ‘ My game ? ’ echoed Sally-Anne , her heart suddenly bumping now that he was holding her , acutely aware of how little she was wearing . |
| 19 | She frowned , sensing that he was holding something back . |
| 20 | Jimmy adjusted the gun so that he was holding it with both hands . |
| 21 | He discovered that he was holding his breath , and gulped for air . |
| 22 | Critics of the brave Brummie falsely believed that he was overdramatising his gruelling effort in a race with a theatrical limp afterwards . |
| 23 | They pretended he knew Father , and that he was taking their love to him . |
| 24 | Those moments did not last for long , however , because she was soon hearing again his silky , and infuriating , declaration that he was taking her over as his girlfriend . |
| 25 | In a letter to a newspaper one man commented that he was taking his six-year-old daughter to her school sports day when she asked , ‘ Daddy , can I have some of the drugs that Ben Johnson took to make me run fast ? ’ |
| 26 | She was almost angry that he was taking it so calmly . |
| 27 | Minutes afterwards , Fabia was still sitting stunned and hardly able to credit that she was going to Prague with Vendelin Gajdusek — that he was allowing her to use a spare room in his Prague hotel suite ! |
| 28 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 29 | He chose to remain close to Marxism , but my impression is that he was shifting his ground … |
| 30 | So nervous were the markets that the disappearance of Nigel Lawson from the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool obliged the Treasury to issue a statement that he was writing his speech at home . |