Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all Meredith was not alluding to her , any more than he was casting himself in the role of Caesar . |
| 2 | He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness . |
| 3 | She understood that he was imagining her in a swimsuit with sleek hair at the local pool or in a short , white dress on a tennis court . |
| 4 | He was waving something in the air and laughing . |
| 5 | In his room at the hotel , he would find a gun and it was emphasised that , after the shooting , he was to replace it in the room as arrangements had been made to dispose of it . |
| 6 | I walked in there and I can se he had a he had a er some copies and and er he was getting one in the bloody phone ! |
| 7 | He was burning something in a small crucible , watching it bubble . |
| 8 | What he was putting them in a ? |
| 9 | The cost of a player in the fantasy league does not reflect his ‘ true ’ value ; for defenders and goalies it 's how many clean sheets , +4 points , or goals conceded — 1 point for each ( but they get points for nipping in the odd goal ; why Irwin is worth 3m and Tony 1.9m ) ; for the midfield and forwards it is how many they score , +3 points , and how many they assist with , +2 points , explaining why Speed is valued higher than Macca , as at the time of setting this up he was putting them in the onion bag . |
| 10 | And he ki he was killing them in the back yard there . |
| 11 | He was losing himself in the grey surf of her eyes , his heart threatening to smother him with its frenzied pounding . |
| 12 | Well he was poking me in the groin . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , Meacher was only acting : he was playing himself in the 1985 TV drama Edge of Darkness , which the BBC is repeating . |
| 14 | But he was saying it in a way that implied possible assent . |