Example sentences of "was [adj] he [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was possible he had been hoping to frighten Steve , but his exact motives were unknown . |
| 2 | Even from this distance it was clear he 'd been hit several times in the chest and there was also red paint all over his visor . |
| 3 | It was clear he had been beaten , his face was bruised and his ragged clothing was hanging from him . |
| 4 | As he moved away from the tree it became apparent to Marian that between him and the trunk lay a substantial sack , and that it was this he had been defending so stoutly . |
| 5 | He was convinced he had been tricked . |
| 6 | By the time morning came he was convinced he had been wide awake the whole night , though by that time he had remembered with the utmost clarity that the whole performance had taken place not in a television studio at all but in an enormous public lavatory , with Sir William and Lady Paice among the large crowd around the coffee table , and that his final humiliation was to discover at the end of the programme that he had been sitting on one of the lavatory seats throughout , with his trousers down around his ankles . |
| 7 | The young man then died an unheroic death , riding his motorcycle underneath a lorry in Hammersmith and Vanessa 's emotions fed on the tragedy until she was convinced he had been the love of her life . |
| 8 | But he was glad he 'd been able to fend off too many probing journalistic questions about her ; he did n't want them publishing any comments about her at this stage , that was sure . |
| 9 | Ludens was glad he had been to see Franca and felt sure , as he sat in another taxi bound for Victoria , that she had understood why , and in what frame of mind , he had come . |
| 10 | Wexford was sure he had been about to say ‘ class ’ . |
| 11 | For a moment she thought he was going to throw his arms round her and hug her , she was sure he had been thinking of it , but he hesitated and she turned away . |
| 12 | His education was placed in the hands of a series of military tutors , and before the pathetic little boy was seven he had been appointed the youngest corporal in the Prussian Army and made to congratulate his father on his thirtieth birthday in full uniform . |