Example sentences of "[verb] he [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How do you know he was murdered that night ? ’ asked Blanche . |
| 2 | Local reports suggest he was carrying 20 cases of cigarettes from Gibraltar to Spanish territory where they can fetch 3 times the price . |
| 3 | Well I expect he was hurt poor lad . |
| 4 | Adam found he was holding both hands clamped over his mouth . |
| 5 | When last seen he was wearing blue jeans , a cream sweatshirt , blue padded jacket and black shoes . |
| 6 | He jabbered away to his friends , and Ellie assumed he was explaining that item number one was a drink . |
| 7 | The Marquis still faces charges of dodging taxi fares , but the case was adjourned after a court heard he was receiving psychiatric treatment . |
| 8 | ‘ I heard he was making some kind of detective story with McQueen . ’ |
| 9 | No , even Ebert had n't known he was bringing two experts with him . |
| 10 | The way he was fired up for last season 's FA Cup semi-final against Portsmouth , despite knowing he was to have major heart surgery the next day showed his commitment . |
| 11 | He suddenly felt he was facing impossible odds . |
| 12 | You felt he was registering unfavourable impressions " . |
| 13 | Apart from the political overtones and undertones , Nicholson knew he was breaking new ground with one specific sex scene in which he showed full-frontal nudity and a fairly complete filming of the sex act itself , still unheard of in the movies , in spite of the musical Hair . |
| 14 | But it 's no way , I mean it was a really wet morning at quarter to seven , it had been raining , and he was right behind a lorry , and he , he , the lorry went to go one way and the he did n't go back because he knew he was going one way and the guy was going the other , he just started to go round to go to the left and bike was just there , he had no way of seeing him or he . |
| 15 | Jasper knew he was allowed extreme latitude in almost everything he did . |
| 16 | She 'd never really believed he was importing undeclared goods , or in any way breaking the law . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought he was designing better places for people to live . ’ |
| 18 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 19 | ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’ |
| 20 | They both rejected the practice which had grown up since the decision of Slade J. in In re Castle New Homes Ltd. [ 1979 ] 1 W.L.R. 1075 , whereby if the liquidator had sued or decided to sue he was refused that order ; if he had not done so but was seeking information to enable him to sue he was granted an order . |
| 21 | Then I realized he was making some sort of joke and endeavoured to smile appropriately , though I suspect some residue of my bewilderment , not to say shock , remained detectable in my expression . |
| 22 | Did Carnelian think he was playing some childhood game ? |
| 23 | Er Stuart , Stuart did phone me some months ago on this issue , to say he was having increasing difficulty getting to the meetings , and he asked me if er I would take it on , and I said , I would if , you know , if he were pushed . |
| 24 | Secretary of State Warren Christopher said he was sending strong messages to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman . |
| 25 | The shooting took place in the Highfield Estate off the Shankill Road and local people said he was hit several times in the head by gunmen who sped from the scene in a car . |
| 26 | Mr Sergei Shakhrai , a key Yeltsin adviser , said he was instigating legal proceedings against Mr Khasbulatov for insulting him in an interview . |
| 27 | I thought Val said he was having three days holiday ? |
| 28 | The new transcription absorbed his waking hours ; but , despite the difficulties , he said he was making slow progress . |
| 29 | We 're talking about how much of the client 's premium , let's say he was paying thirty pounds a month , actually ends buying units in his fund . |