Example sentences of "[vb past] he was [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | On the day on which Saad Rashid had received the confirmation of the transaction from Switzerland , he had tidied his desk at the back of the Iraqi Airlines office , taken what few personal possessions he kept there and placed them in his briefcase , locked his door , pocketed his key , and told his assistant manager that he believed he was showing the first symptoms of the ‘ flu that was sweeping London . |
2 | On a ship the size of the Ocean Empress it was surprisingly easy , especially when it seemed he was adopting the same principle . |
3 | He was only gone a moment or two and when he returned he was holding the complete clasp . |
4 | She knew he was remembering the last time they had drunk Martinis together and what she had said to him then . |
5 | She was silent a moment , thoughtful , and knew he was thinking the same thing . |
6 | But they all knew he was doing the right thing in joining the Legion , for her sake as well as his . |
7 | As soon as I realised I told him it must stop , but the next thing I knew he was spouting the same fiction to a reporter . ’ |
8 | They said he was disturbing the other pupils . |