Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 2 | He took a briefcase with him , as if he were going back to the Works . |
| 3 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 4 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 5 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 6 | He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall . |
| 7 | He was leaning out of the shelter . |
| 8 | He was pointing out into the audience as he said it . |
| 9 | He 'd probably never been to Brixton before — I could tell that from the way he was sinking down in the back of Armstrong the farther along Effra Road we got . |
| 10 | It occurred to him as he was crashing about in the cupboard among his own old mackintoshes , tennis racquets , gum boots , and broken picture frames that he might be doing the wrong thing . |
| 11 | He was looking up at the sign over the door . |
| 12 | He was looking down at the pavement outside the house . |
| 13 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 14 | When they had gone , Maria glanced at Luke , but to her relief he was looking down at the photos Florian had left behind , his expression inscrutable . |
| 15 | He was looking out of the window at his lovely new garden , at the exquisite magnolia just breaking into its goblet-like , glowing blooms which were , since Monday , also his . |
| 16 | He was looking out over the prison courtyard , watching the sheets of rain falling , the brightness of the observation lights along the prison walls reflecting in his eyes . |
| 17 | Sitting safe in the big tree , hidden within the protective myriad of bough , branch and leaf , he was submerged in a greenish half-light filtered through layer upon layer of natural growth , and he was looking out from the dimming or dappling shelter of his high cave into the dazzle of a rare summer brightness beyond . |
| 18 | His face was a mask of alarm and he was looking back to the office door and the cabinet which was pushed up against it . |
| 19 | He was kneeling down by the wall holding out his hand to me . |
| 20 | Fortescue dropped the manuscript he was reading on to the table . |
| 21 | He was calming down under the influence of Tweed 's self-controlled personality , his off-hand way of talking . |
| 22 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |
| 23 | He was gazing up at the stars , probably communing with the Mother Ship and receiving new instructions . |
| 24 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 25 | Court Four of the Royal Courts of Justice in London was packed with judges and barristers to hear the support lent to Lord Lane , who announced in February that he was stepping down at the age of 73 , 18 months before the compulsory retirement age for judges . |
| 26 | He was drawing up outside the hall when he thought of Graham Young . |
| 27 | He said that he did it because everybody wanted him to do it , and he even agreed with me that bits were like Simon and Garfunkel and it sounded like a hundred songs written before , and admitted that he was cashing in on the moon landing but thought he could make some money doing it . |
| 28 | By day 22 he was getting up at the ‘ correct ’ time ( that is , his morning and real morning coincided ) , but had lost a whole day . |
| 29 | But when she saw what he was taking out of the inside pocket of the overcoat , she felt faint with fright . |
| 30 | During the sittings , he was always in good spirits ; and as long as you did not try to glimpse what he was putting up on the canvas , he would dilate on any subject that took his fancy . |