Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 2 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 3 | He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick . |
| 4 | ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in . |
| 5 | ‘ All I do know is that when we were on the way here he was asking me a great many questions about what went on in the village . |
| 6 | In showing this place to her and wanting to see her walking in it , he was making her a deep gesture of friendship ; she was sorry that she did not care more . |
| 7 | And he was offering her a derelict conservatory . |
| 8 | He was offering her a few days of physical pleasure which would only leave her thirsty for more . |
| 9 | Arthur Ibbetson , the English cameraman who worked with him on several occasions , first notes how alarmed he was to discover what a bad skin Richard had and then enthuses without pause about the shape of his face , his professionalism , his patience . |