Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] he [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At golf he was a natural , though conversely his struggles to become a tournament player were such that he nearly gave up to take a club job . |
| 2 | The upper rooms were silent when he finally went to his own room , but before getting into bed he pushed his wedge of broken chair-leg under the door to keep the Bogeyman out . |
| 3 | Because he was wrong and he just made me feel really crap . |
| 4 | Leonard 's mind was such that he always had several ironies in his fire at any one time , even when he was seeking to demythologise some of them ! |
| 5 | The Sergeant was thoughtful as he carefully stubbed out his cigarette with his thumb and finger and put the stub back in the cigarette packet . |
| 6 | It was a natural thing for them to do so I did n't take any action — told them in no uncertain terms that this man was ill and he eventually came to and everyone was happy then . |
| 7 | Well my my mother had five children with her previous husband and my father met my mother while this fella was ill and he eventually died with T B and my father married my mother and took on these five children i in , in South Wales . |
| 8 | Not of his talent — he always knew he was good and he always knew what a great songwriter and performer he was — but for instance , he was nervous of audiences . |
| 9 | ‘ For some reason he was adamant that he simply had to have me for the make-up on the new play he 's doing . ’ |
| 10 | For several weeks after her wedding she had entertained the silly idea that James might look for her , but she was thankful that he never came even though he soon heard about her marriage to Nahum . |
| 11 | The next youngest was 28 and he also had testicular cancer . |
| 12 | I was scared because if what Quigley had said to Pikey was true and he really did n't know Mr Marr , how come he had access to his full name and date of birth ? |
| 13 | Maggie was silent and he suddenly took her arm . |
| 14 | His eyes were closed , and she was surprised when he suddenly said , ‘ Are you happy ? ’ |
| 15 | Her parents were a benign though distant presence and it was n't until Charles was seven that he actually sat down to a meal with his father in the downstairs dining-room . |