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

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1	Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance .
2	He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something .
3	Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back .
4	And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark .
5	Even as the BeSHT delighted his listeners with his pearls of wisdom , his stunning turns-of-phrase , his aphoristic acuity , so Leonard was learning his own , parallel metier ; the butterfly was following him down the hill .
6	The bastards were kicking him like a fucking dog .
7	The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction .
8	Len was thumping him on the arm now with his fist .
9	‘ Good morning , ’ said the tailor , to this company , for he believed in good manners , and the creatures were surveying him in a judging and intelligent way .
10	A man was watching him from no more than ten feet away , standing still but looking backwards , as if his attention had been drawn to Ross 's sudden appearance .
11	The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee .
12	And then the music was drawing him into the fire and the light , and he could see the massive shape of the Chariot limned against the forest now , bathed in its own radiance , hung with silk , lined with satin …
13	But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go .
14	He pulled out a burnet leaf and ate it slowly , concealing his fear as best he could ; for all his instincts were warning him of the dangers in the unknown country beyond the warren .
15	The Perm was soon taking pity on Charlie , as people tended to , and Charlie was asking him about the pressures of fame as if it were something that concerned him from day to day .

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