Example sentences of "he was [v-ing] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This man she 's married finally came to his senses , but he was refusing to marry her at one point . |
| 2 | It certainly was n't because he was trying to save her from a Fate Worse than Death . |
| 3 | Merrill sensed that he was trying to put her at her ease , building a bridge over the rift that divided them , to get the evening off to a good start . |
| 4 | He was trying to put her in the wrong again . |
| 5 | He was trying to hold it to his chest . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |
| 7 | He was trying to move it off the path . |
| 8 | Atrimonides was grabbing wildly at her , desperately flailing his hands and feet , and Cheryl realized he was trying to use her as a reaction mass to slow his own fall . |
| 9 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 10 | But Rochester did er did er , when he was trying to rebuke himself for committing what was bigamy , and the works , he said , when he compared his own wife , who was really a mental animal because she very bestial the way she bit people , and then , he compared her with this sweet , dewy-eyed Jane , he did give a reason did n't he ? |
| 11 | The words were spoken with a provocative , sidelong glance and Melissa was sure that , just for the hell of it , he was trying to trick her into questioning him over his relationship with Rose . |
| 12 | From what Morse said it looks as though he was trying to flog it in some under-the-counter deal , but I do n't see how it helps us . ’ |
| 13 | He huddled up as if he was trying to roll himself into a ball . |
| 14 | He was trying to convince him of something and kept at it . |
| 15 | Days later I realised he was trying to tell me about the Brighton bombing ; it had occurred the same morning . |
| 16 | In some ways Donaldson realised that it was he that was actually doing all the learning-Bobo was using a vocabulary that she 'd already acquired , whilst he was struggling to adapt himself to it . |
| 17 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 18 | Equally interestingly , Mr E felt he was managing to convey something of his greater hopefulness to Dave 's mother , using insight-promoting questions when she kept praising her daughter and complaining about Dave , and asking , for instance : ‘ What are the things you can be nice to him about at home ? |
| 19 | She saw his hands curl into white-knuckled fists and knew he was fighting to keep them at his sides . |
| 20 | When I asked Dad he mumbled something about entertaining so maybe he was planning to turn it into a theatre or something . |
| 21 | As he hugged her brusquely to him , she was aware of the tense muscles of his jawline against her cheek , and knew what an effort he was making to hold himself in check . |
| 22 | From time to time he resorted to the saw ; the noise he was making deafened him to Ron Paget 's approach . |
| 23 | ‘ The salesman was there four hours , he knew what he was doing , what the job involved and how much he was offering to do it for . ’ |
| 24 | She turned now and looked at her mother , adding , ‘ He … he was coming to see you at Christmas . ’ |
| 25 | And this goblin came along one day and says to this peedie fairy that like he was coming to get her in the morning . |
| 26 | ‘ But by then I suppose he was having to say anything to the jury to save himself . |
| 27 | Now , he was having to unveil himself for nothing more than curious inspection . |
| 28 | He was going to take me to the derelict château he and Montaine had discovered in a clearing in one of the forests . |
| 29 | Well he does n't know where I live at the but it came up in court that he was going to take me to court for access , making it out as though it was my fault that he had n't seen Ricky , I was stopping him from seeing Ricky when it 's his own fault . |
| 30 | But now he was going to see her in the flesh . |