Example sentences of "he was [verb] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He could n't actually tell me what was going on because that would put him in shtuck but he was trying to tip me the wink .
2 Though He was made sign the statement might pass , it would scarcely be idiomatic to say He was made give them the money .
3 It was the custom at that time that when a worker married he was allowed to make himself a chair in the company 's time ; this was called a ‘ marriage chair ’ .
4 He was forced to tell her the heartbreaking news that : ‘ Mummy is n't coming back . ’
5 He was going to give her a job .
6 Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ?
7 Having set it up , he said he was going to give us a demonstration coaching session .
8 He then accepted this and he told me he was going to pay me the other £2,500 in Turkey in Turkish money . ’
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