Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |
| 3 | And all the while , while he was handing him the plate of meat and bread , and while he was holding the cup to the trembling lips , a little silvery voice was beating inside Fergus 's head : this is all wrong . |
| 4 | Throwing him a look of haughty disdain , she bent down to push her boots into the ski-bindings , furiously aware that he was watching her every move . |
| 5 | Horribly aware that he was watching her every move , she tentatively slid the skis forward , uttering up a silent word of thanks when they obeyed . |
| 6 | She flicked him a quick glance , then concentrated on lifting two green-patterned mugs from the cupboard and placing them neatly on the marble counter , all too aware that he was watching her every move . |
| 7 | But yesterday he announced he was calling it a day . |
| 8 | Truman once said he was asked what the job of the presidency involved and Truman once said I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them . |
| 9 | She thought he was throwing her a sop and it steeled her . |
| 10 | He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ . |
| 11 | He was telling her the cage door was open but she was still chained to the bars . |
| 12 | Hitler no longer seemed to be speaking to convince ; rather , he seemed to feel that he was expressing what the audience , by now transformed into a single mass , expected of him . |
| 13 | Lizzie had bought the kind of steak he liked and now he was cooking it the way he wanted . |
| 14 | Furthermore , he was keeping it a secret until the day he moved out . |
| 15 | I recently asked Lord King of British Airways about his decision to buy Boeing aircraft and United States General Electric aero engines — not only that , but the fact that he was giving them a foothold in Britain at the expense of Rolls-Royce . |
| 16 | Yet he was giving her a choice , Isabel realised suddenly . |
| 17 | He went out , and Merrill sensed that he was giving her a breathing space . |
| 18 | The appellant 's 18 year old daughter was indecently assaulted by the father of her boyfriend , while he was giving her a lift in his van . |
| 19 | Swinging himself into the saddle , Guy turned Chalon 's head towards Winchester and began to consider the various means whereby he could ensure that Isabel belonged to him while he was giving her the time she needed . |
| 20 | He was realizing what a change Tess 's confession had made to his whole life . |
| 21 | He murmured her name as if he was asking himself a question . |
| 22 | ‘ He said he was making them an offer they could n't accept . |
| 23 | He gave the Clerk of the Court his name and that of the person he was suing whom the clerk called the defendant . |
| 24 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 25 | Dressed with extreme casualness himself in trainers and jeans , he ignored her outfit and she was left feeling uncomfortably in the wrong , almost as if he was doing her a favour by not commenting on her appearance . |
| 26 | Roman did n't take kindly to any woman 's refusal , and he no doubt thought he was doing her an honour in wanting her when he thought she had belonged to Garry . |
| 27 | He was doing what the saint willed . ’ |
| 28 | And I suppose what I was thinking was that when he 's worked till five or six he was doing it every day , but he has n't . |
| 29 | And er this erm tt As I say this old man , he he he 'd did n't like coming in too soon in the morning , and er a I could see he was finding it a bit difficult to find both our wages out of his money , although I got there to time and worked . |
| 30 | It was only a wolf-whistle — he was paying me a compliment . |