Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] me [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One time I did and he was tapping me on the shoulder saying , ‘ I 've broken a string ’ . |
| 3 | He was regarding me with an indulgence that did not convince me . |
| 4 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
| 5 | Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round-the-table shots . |
| 6 | Well he was poking me in the groin . |
| 7 | All this time he was propelling me into a little room near the front door , and I was absolutely stiff with fright . |