Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] he with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pilots were looking at him with a mixture of dread and shock . |
| 2 | They were looking at him with an air that mingled irony and respect . |
| 3 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 4 | Davis touched his forelock and then glanced towards the Oaks , as though conscious that George 's eyes were fixed on him with a disturbing intensity . |
| 5 | But Sir Daniel was looking at him with a satisfied expression on his face . |
| 6 | He waited for her smile but she was looking at him with a serious , strained expression . |
| 7 | Ivy was looking at him with a peculiar expression . |
| 8 | Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(2) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the liability of the institution to him in respect of — ( a ) the principal amount of each sterling deposit which was made by him with a United Kingdom office of the institution before the making of the administration order and which under the terms on which it was made is or becomes due or payable while the order is in force ; and ( b ) accrued interest on any such deposit up to the time when it is or becomes due and payable as aforesaid ; but so that the total liability of the institution to him in respect of such deposits does not exceed £20,000 . |
| 10 | Nadine was staring at him with a fascination entirely disproportionate to his remark , a fascination , indeed , bordering on transfixion . |
| 11 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 12 | ‘ It was a disgrace the way they treated Gower because in the last Test against Pakistan , before this tour , he did everything that was asked of him with the bat . |
| 13 | When she began to unbutton his shirt he stood , paralysed , staring at the slack flesh round her stomach , he shivered and she took it for excitement ; he had dreamed about this , waiting for the moment when he would instinctively know what to do , would take control , but instead she was rubbing against him with a cool professionalism that unnerved him . |
| 14 | He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil . |