Example sentences of "[vb past] he be [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam found he was holding both hands clamped over his mouth . |
| 2 | He jabbered away to his friends , and Ellie assumed he was explaining that item number one was a drink . |
| 3 | The Marquis still faces charges of dodging taxi fares , but the case was adjourned after a court heard he was receiving psychiatric treatment . |
| 4 | ‘ I heard he was making some kind of detective story with McQueen . ’ |
| 5 | He suddenly felt he was facing impossible odds . |
| 6 | You felt he was registering unfavourable impressions " . |
| 7 | Apart from the political overtones and undertones , Nicholson knew he was breaking new ground with one specific sex scene in which he showed full-frontal nudity and a fairly complete filming of the sex act itself , still unheard of in the movies , in spite of the musical Hair . |
| 8 | But it 's no way , I mean it was a really wet morning at quarter to seven , it had been raining , and he was right behind a lorry , and he , he , the lorry went to go one way and the he did n't go back because he knew he was going one way and the guy was going the other , he just started to go round to go to the left and bike was just there , he had no way of seeing him or he . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought he was designing better places for people to live . ’ |
| 10 | DEFENDING champion Andrew Castle yesterday reached the third round of the Volkswagen National Championships in Telford — then announced he is quitting full-time tennis . |
| 11 | Then I realized he was making some sort of joke and endeavoured to smile appropriately , though I suspect some residue of my bewilderment , not to say shock , remained detectable in my expression . |
| 12 | So erm w if Had he been doing digging graves when he was in Suffolk ? |
| 13 | In the debate , The Prime Minister said he is taking full responsibility for the actions of the Chancellor . |
| 14 | And Bobby said he 's getting that age where he do n't like to hear it . |
| 15 | Secretary of State Warren Christopher said he was sending strong messages to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman . |
| 16 | Mr Sergei Shakhrai , a key Yeltsin adviser , said he was instigating legal proceedings against Mr Khasbulatov for insulting him in an interview . |
| 17 | I thought Val said he was having three days holiday ? |
| 18 | The new transcription absorbed his waking hours ; but , despite the difficulties , he said he was making slow progress . |