Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 2 | If he were to read it with a less selective eye , he would benefit considerably . |
| 3 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |
| 4 | He was watching her with a glint of amusement in those remarkable eyes . |
| 5 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 6 | With a puzzled lift of her head she found he was watching her with a faraway expression in his eyes . |
| 7 | He was watching her with a strange look on his face , half amusement , half something else , and she felt herself bristle . |
| 8 | That curious flicker was in his eyes again ; he was watching her with an intensity that was unnerving . |
| 9 | He was watching her like a cat with a mouse . |
| 10 | He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness . |
| 11 | The Feldwebel had not moved and I looked all the way up his black leather jack-boots and the thin grey greatcoat with its cheap tin buttons looking as if they had come out of a Christmas pudding before I noticed that his eyes were slightly open and that he was watching me with an uncle 's amusement . |
| 12 | As Woodroffe recounts , he was watching it from the opposite bank of the narrow stream and was so close that he was worried the vole would hear his receiver pulsing loudly . |
| 13 | ‘ He was feeding them to the tigers ! ! ’ |
| 14 | He was swinging her into the sailboat , then , with a broad grin , leaping in beside her . |
| 15 | If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him . |
| 16 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 17 | He was seeing it all so differently from Gabriel ; he was seeing it from the other side of the mirror . |
| 18 | Simon Evans was hooked on his gameboy from the minute he was given it as a present . |
| 19 | As he was conducting them across the dozen or so yards , the Archimandrite appeared to touch Miss Fergusson 's elbow by way of courteous but strictly unnecessary guidance . |
| 20 | As to whether this was an historically accurate account of American development is beside the point , since he was using it as a debating point . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps he was using it as an office , ’ the agent suggested , kindly . |
| 22 | And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph . |
| 23 | Later I thought it through and decided a big part of it was that , although he was coining it from the teds , I think he felt he was seen — by his peers — as an artistic cretin . |
| 24 | He was draining her from every angle , mentally , physically and … and sexually . |
| 25 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 26 | One time I did and he was tapping me on the shoulder saying , ‘ I 've broken a string ’ . |
| 27 | She understood that he was imagining her in a swimsuit with sleek hair at the local pool or in a short , white dress on a tennis court . |
| 28 | He was regarding me with an indulgence that did not convince me . |
| 29 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
| 30 | He was telling her about a holiday in Greece instead . |