Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] he [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 2 | Pat was showing him The True Path in stylish fashion . |
| 3 | When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look . |
| 4 | Eliot 's concerns were to make him a natural contributor to The Rock where the theme of the city would again be combined with a new modification of the theme of the savage . |
| 5 | By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder . |
| 6 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 7 | Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes . |
| 8 | Bruno was offering him a sticky-looking liqueur from a tall thin bottle . |
| 9 | Peter was showing him the large white sheet that was fixed to the fence . |
| 10 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 11 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |
| 12 | James was foiled mainly by the determination of the European powers , including the Warrior Pope Julius II , to fight one another instead , and certainly not by any substantial doubt on the part of his subjects that a king from Scotland was overreaching himself ; indeed , his popularity was to bring him an enormous Scottish army for the campaign against the English in 1513 which ended in the disaster of Flodden . |
| 13 | Sien was causing him a great deal of worry as the year wore on . |
| 14 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |