Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 2 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 3 | The bastards were kicking him like a fucking dog . |
| 4 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 5 | I was helping him across a busy six-lane road in north London . |
| 6 | There too a twenty year old who has managed to kick a habit that was leading him down a dangerous path . |
| 7 | Only it seems they was callin' him by a different name , or names even . |
| 8 | She was treating him like a little boy . |