Example sentences of "[conj] he [was/were] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was either out and had n't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone . |
| 2 | Claudia lifted her arms , putting them round his broad shoulders , hardly conscious that he was divesting her of her jacket and blouse . |
| 3 | It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet . |
| 4 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |
| 5 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 6 | She understood that he was imagining her in a swimsuit with sleek hair at the local pool or in a short , white dress on a tennis court . |
| 7 | Utterly flabbergasted , Leith began to realise that he was accusing her of announcing their ‘ engagement ’ to all and sundry . |
| 8 | She looked at him warily to find that he was regarding her with unprecedented tenderness . |
| 9 | Privately , Robbie considered he was over-reacting , that he was blaming her for his own inability to work today . |
| 10 | When she came to , she saw that he was carrying her across the field , past the cottage and up the track towards his Jaguar . |
| 11 | She knew that John truly believed that he was protecting her by keeping their love secret , but she was becoming frustrated and annoyed about the situation . |
| 12 | There was a white line around his mouth and he was watching her with undisguised lust , as if he wanted her and hated himself for being so human . |
| 13 | His lean and powerful body was relaxed in the black suit , long legs crossed towards her , chest turned towards her , and he was watching her with narrowed eyes , obviously rearranging his thoughts about her at a rate of knots . |
| 14 | And then , almost at once , his iron control seemed to snap , and he was kissing her with a frenzied , pent-up , impatient longing that was totally beyond anything she 'd ever experienced before . |
| 15 | As Frank was talking his arm had gone round May 's shoulder and he was hugging her to him , and of a sudden Peggy felt she must get away from this family scene or she 'd burst out crying . |
| 16 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 17 | Once again he sounded as if he was accusing her of something . |
| 18 | If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him . |
| 19 | as if he was treating her like a child … |
| 20 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 21 | Vainly she tried to pull away , but he was crushing her beneath his superior weight . |
| 22 | My mum was really upset because he was accusing her of having an affair with another man . |
| 23 | Leila did n't have the heart to tell him she doubted whether there 'd be much opportunity for him ever to do that , at least while he was helping her with Ari . |
| 24 | It was hard to think while he was watching her like that , and even harder to follow the sudden switch in the conversation . |
| 25 | In the taxi , while he was dropping her at her small house in Fulham , she made an effort to regain some inch of the indispensable contact she had squandered , but there seemed no way of doing it . |
| 26 | She felt safe only when he was treating her with his customary icy rage . |
| 27 | Such a touching story , Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall — ’ and he spoke her name as though he were striking her with it ‘ — and all a lie . |
| 28 | Johnny 's words had left her feeling inadequate , as though he were presenting her with some enormous challenge which she did not feel equal to meet . |