Example sentences of "he was [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was telling her the cage door was open but she was still chained to the bars . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Lizzie had bought the kind of steak he liked and now he was cooking it the way he wanted . |
| 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 | He gave the Clerk of the Court his name and that of the person he was suing whom the clerk called the defendant . |
| 8 | He was doing what the saint willed . ’ |
| 9 | He was feeling what the laser would have felt , had it been of flesh and bone . |
| 10 | He was offering me the trip of a lifetime , and all I had to do was take care of the meals . |
| 11 | He was offering her the protection of his house and name . |