Example sentences of "[was/were] he [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 He 's got er a video box of mine so I were him asking about it .
2 What were he doing ?
3 Well , it was his fault , it was him stealing my money , he made me do it , Officer , I 'm not guilty , M' lud .
4 And er this was him trying to get off the subject when he was getting a bit nervous I think .
5 ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf .
6 Foster , whose own career started at the tender age of 3 , discovered 9-year-old Adam in a New York classroom : ‘ It was him wanting to be something that drew me , ’ she says .
7 The first tape we played back and it was him eating toast !
8 Something that was of interest was him mentioning a discussion with his wife , where he said he tells her he intends to retire at 55 .
9 One of the things I remember about Michael was him waiting to make his entrance each night .
10 down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday
11 ‘ That was him asking me where I was going , in case you did n't notice . ’
12 That was him putting them through was n't it ?
13 This was him laughing , I was certain .
14 Why , Henry wondered , was he getting defensive about Wimbledon ?
15 What was he getting ready to battle ?
16 How much was he getting wrong ?
17 What was he getting at ?
18 What satisfaction was he getting from this subtle form of blackmail ?
19 What was he getting something out the boot or something ?
20 Was he wishing he was still with Marise ?
21 Was he implying that he found her desirable ?
22 Why was he accusing her ?
23 What was he accusing her of ?
24 But was he pretending ?
25 Impossible as it seemed , he still thought she was lying , or was he pretending in order to keep her with him ?
26 What was he listening to when he was growing up ?
27 Only now , he reflected , was he beginning to feel really secure .
28 Not only was he enjoying trying to blame the fire on Lisa , when surely he must know she had enough problems already , but that reference to ‘ poor , downtrodden Nigel ’ was almost shocking in its coldness .
29 He said I I 'll I 'll I 'll never really know and I think now what was he was he praising me or blaming me , he said , And I 'll never know .
30 Was he limping , were they deciding to send out a runner ?
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