Example sentences of "he was [verb] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was watching her watching the dress . |
| 2 | He was sending her to face a hostile male and when everything was clearly laid down she was to spy on him — a thing she had refused so loudly . |
| 3 | Maybe he was helping her prepare the meal for the husband and the child , stifling the urge to take her in his arms . |
| 4 | Minutes afterwards , Fabia was still sitting stunned and hardly able to credit that she was going to Prague with Vendelin Gajdusek — that he was allowing her to use a spare room in his Prague hotel suite ! |
| 5 | On the only occasion he was beaten he finished a good third against older opposition in the Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp . |
| 6 | When he opened the door and his house filled with strangers , he was told they had the right to take his two children away . |
| 7 | Examined , he was told he had a ‘ mild dose ’ of clap , hardly surprising in the circumstances . |
| 8 | Spanning 50 years of his life , Sinatra begins with the frustrations of his early years in the 1920s and 30s , when he was told he had no talent and would never make it as a professional singer . |
| 9 | After taking his trousers and underpants off-for the first time ever in front of someone who was n't a member of his family — he was told he had no transmittable diseases — whatever they were , thought Charlie . |
| 10 | ‘ That as soon as he was refuelled he took the opportunity of seeing if he could locate the remains of that American plane ? ’ |
| 11 | He was to have them arouse the citizenry , when they heard the attack develop , so as to cause panic and alarm behind the enemy forces when these were roused to counter-attack . |
| 12 | The vet was very kind but had to explain that Lizzie had severe heart failure , repeating himself several times before Marjorie and Bill could comprehend the situation ; he was asking them to make a decision — a decision to end Lizzie 's life . |
| 13 | He was making her feel a bit strange again with his hand on her skin and she was at a decided disadvantage . |
| 14 | ‘ I should n't think there have been any shortage of women in your life who would have been delighted to make a home for you anywhere in the world ! ’ she told him waspishly , disliking the way he was making her feel a little sorry for him . |
| 15 | He was poising himself to launch a final attack on Grant , intending to finish him off at his leisure . |
| 16 | He was coaxing me to walk a bit further without having to carry me , by promising that it was just a bit further . |
| 17 | Rebecca was accusing her of starting the fire , and he was doing nothing to dispute the idea . |
| 18 | A WARTIME shell blew off a man 's hand as he was cleaning it to make an umbrella stand . |
| 19 | As he was unmasked he drove a poisoned dagger through Aethis 's heart , and so the eighth Phoenix King was slain by a trusted friend . |
| 20 | She thought that the day he was murdered he received a letter which , she guessed from his reaction to it , was from Canon Wheeler . |
| 21 | When he was finished he sat the boy up and tousled his hair . |
| 22 | Mike 's boss , Max Smith , 53 , said : ‘ Even though he was trapped he finished the job . ’ |