Example sentences of "man [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ca n't you leave us alone now ? ’ he pleaded and Wexford felt impotently that once again the man was enclosing himself within the unimpregnable defence of grief . |
| 2 | This man was lodging himself like an irritating burr under her skin . |
| 3 | A man was watching him from no more than ten feet away , standing still but looking backwards , as if his attention had been drawn to Ross 's sudden appearance . |
| 4 | The man was watching them from a bedroom window , the bat visible . |
| 5 | As I prowled about outside the garden wall , it came on me with a start that a young , man was regarding me over the barrel of a pistol . |
| 6 | The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee . |
| 7 | The best man was driving them to the airport for their flight to Greece , and Ellie made sure she was right in the middle of the crowd as they all surged down the front path to wish them bon voyage . |
| 8 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 9 | What gave me a thrill — why , outside the low door , two men were unloading something from a cart ; it was the carcass of a bear ! |