Example sentences of "[adv] he was [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She finished eating , hoping she could elude Roman and get to Dana 's hotel without him , but as soon as she put her cup down he was urging her to her feet . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps he was using it as an office , ’ the agent suggested , kindly . |
| 3 | So he was taking it for granted or or chancing his hand that this Monday for this year was going to be another good day . |
| 4 | Soon he was showing them to the leading head-hunters in employment agencies . |
| 5 | Do you know , yesterday he was telling me about his past . |
| 6 | I could see at once he was working himself into a panic about it all . |
| 7 | The cost of a player in the fantasy league does not reflect his ‘ true ’ value ; for defenders and goalies it 's how many clean sheets , +4 points , or goals conceded — 1 point for each ( but they get points for nipping in the odd goal ; why Irwin is worth 3m and Tony 1.9m ) ; for the midfield and forwards it is how many they score , +3 points , and how many they assist with , +2 points , explaining why Speed is valued higher than Macca , as at the time of setting this up he was putting them in the onion bag . |
| 8 | When he came back he was carrying something in his left hand . |
| 9 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 10 | Now he was turning her into a stammering schoolgirl ! |
| 11 | He had loved Arianna and she had run away from him , and now he was judging her by what Arianna had done . |
| 12 | At least when he was condemning her he was reacting to her , personally and subjectively ; now he was treating her as if she were a stranger . |
| 13 | Well he was poking me in the groin . |
| 14 | Earlier on he was saying something about paint . ’ |
| 15 | And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph . |
| 16 | then he was watching him like this then he ran |
| 17 | Her eyes fell irresistibly to the firm , broad chest , the gleam of hard , taut muscle and then he was pulling her to him , kissing her mouth , her neck , the base of her throat , finding the clasp of her bra , discarding it , so that her breasts hung heavy and exposed , aching with longing and desire . |
| 18 | Then he was leading her across the terrace and through the open doors of the villa , across the drawing-room and out into the hall . |
| 19 | All she wanted to do now was get out of here because it was pretty obvious that this woman had known Felipe when he was enjoying himself on the coast and there was definitely something between them . |
| 20 | When I went to Asdas on the first day when he was telling me about erm sales , loads of people erm |
| 21 | I 'm glad I ai n't at Combe Court now — that 's where he was taking me to . |
| 22 | Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's only natural , ’ Harvey said , wondering why he was bringing her into it . |
| 24 | He must n't touch her or she would shatter to pieces , fall on him and ask him why he was ignoring her in favour of her sister . |
| 25 | Essentially he was establishing himself as a figure of imperial stature , as his gold coinage reveals . |