Example sentences of "[verb] he [was/were] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.

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1 And er this erm tt As I say this old man , he he he 'd did n't like coming in too soon in the morning , and er a I could see he was finding it a bit difficult to find both our wages out of his money , although I got there to time and worked .
2 By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job .
3 Arthur Ibbetson , the English cameraman who worked with him on several occasions , first notes how alarmed he was to discover what a bad skin Richard had and then enthuses without pause about the shape of his face , his professionalism , his patience .
4 She thought he was throwing her a sop and it steeled her .
5 He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick .
6 But yesterday he announced he was calling it a day .
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