Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no way of knowing how close the others were so he made a big detour . |
| 2 | They were silent on the way back , walking to cool the horses ; if his father saw the state they were in he would be angry . |
| 3 | So every century we were in he 'd say ‘ We must drop in and say howdy to Michelangelo or Raphael or Donatello or Leonardo , ’ and he 'd get his picture painted . ’ |
| 4 | My old man said he 's erm , he used to go down to er , every , every sort of six months or so , cos they were in he was in charge of fucking then , he 'd used to have to go on manoeuvre 's about sort of six monthly or something like that |
| 5 | He then waited for the wasps to leave on bee-hunting expeditions , and while they were away he moved the cones a yard or so away from the entrances ( Figure 4.4 ) . |
| 6 | When the strikes were over he established a Standing Committee on Industrial Relations to produce suggestions for improving the collective-bargaining system and for curbing wildcat strikes . |
| 7 | Coming almost certainly from a middle-class or working-class home , once his seminary days were over he had little opportunity for further education . |
| 8 | As soon as the congratulations were over he could go . |
| 9 | From childhood he had feared that his most intimate thoughts and desires were different from those of others and when his reading showed him that they were not he felt that his grip on life had been strengthened , his confidence reinforced . |
| 10 | The Direktor had suggested that it was not necessary for Willi to go , that in fact it would be much better if it were just him , Busacher , and no-one else . |
| 11 | So fifty five years before Jesus was born the Romans were already he was born I think but they had not come as far as Britain . |
| 12 | That they were near he had no doubt , for here and there he saw remnant nests and one evening , from out of some bleak crags , three hooded crows flew up at him , black , grey , sinister . |
| 13 | Dot said , ‘ Your husband was ever so brave , were n't he ? |
| 14 | ‘ He were a pilot , were n't he ? ’ she said . |
| 15 | A couple of hours later , when the awkwardnesses had receded and giggling and fidgeting had given way to my acceptance as part of the furniture , they were engaged in an enthusiastic frank exchange about the qualities of teachers whom they had liked , whose lessons they had enjoyed and for whom they were prepared to concede the comment : ‘ Mr So and So was decent — yeah , well decent , were n't he Sue ? ’ |
| 16 | He was always , were n't he Ma ? |
| 17 | But you see when he living with Ange , maybe he were younger then , but I mean like , when he were living with Ange , he had all the women as you know , plus he had Kay , plus he had , you know , Ange , he had everything , there was Kay , as well , were n't he , now he ca n't . |
| 18 | He were on er , he were on evenings last week were n't he ? |
| 19 | Course he were right were n't he ! |
| 20 | He was a good boxer were n't he Gordon ? |
| 21 | He was having it done this afternoon were n't he ? |
| 22 | Oh yeah , he was legless all night were n't he ? |
| 23 | Oh Paddy was there were n't he . |
| 24 | I saw the bits coming off her fag She said you stupid bastard well he was like this were n't he ? |
| 25 | Course he was frightened to death were n't he . |
| 26 | and he was having trouble with the wife were n't he secretary . |
| 27 | He was undressed were n't he . |
| 28 | Blooming idiot , were n't he ! |
| 29 | Cos Tuesday , he was really bad on Tuesday were n't he ? |
| 30 | That bloke was so mean were n't he ? |