Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And he ki he was killing them in the back yard there . |
| 5 | Well he was poking me in the groin . |