Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was in the middle of more grief than he could deal with , yet he was piling onto it the commonplace misery of subterfuge , as if he had to protect some clandestine happiness that did n't even exist . |
| 2 | Giulia told me he was looking at you the way a starving man looks at a plate of pasta . ’ |
| 3 | Anyhow , he , he bakes bread and he was talking about it the other day and I said oh that 's lovely homemade bread . |
| 4 | He was staring at it the way a cat looks at a dinner-plate . |
| 5 | In fact , he was to learn of it the very next day , and he duly performed his own half of the bargain with a strangely honourable integrity . |