Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was telling her the cage door was open but she was still chained to the bars . |
| 4 | Lizzie had bought the kind of steak he liked and now he was cooking it the way he wanted . |
| 5 | And with that sarcastic tone she had always disliked he said he was giving her the answers : he ha.i acquired a duplicate set of keys to help in his research for Eliot . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Erm the , the other thing I noticed was that there is very little or no eye contact at all with Martin so you , you were never really looking at him when you were asking questions or when he was giving you the answers back , so there was no er visual acknowledgement whenever he was , he was coming back to you . |
| 8 | He was showing me the ships that were lost in the battle . |
| 9 | He was offering me the trip of a lifetime , and all I had to do was take care of the meals . |
| 10 | He was offering her the protection of his house and name . |