Example sentences of "he was [verb] [pron] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She finished eating , hoping she could elude Roman and get to Dana 's hotel without him , but as soon as she put her cup down he was urging her to her feet . |
| 2 | As he walked he was stuffing them into his mouth . |
| 3 | Although he believed thoroughly in the ability of these products to fill out the tiny character lines around the eyes and mouth , and to smooth his neck , he did not want to admit he was buying them for himself . |
| 4 | This guy who lives round the corner had just come out and he 'd started up in business again and he was laying it on me a gram at a time and I was doing it out in bags . |
| 5 | He was breaking her on his wheel of fire , forcing her with him to a high-point of surrender , then casting her away as if her touch were a contamination . |
| 6 | But he was an Eladeldi , he was entering everything with his paw stylus and checking her record . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's only natural , ’ Harvey said , wondering why he was bringing her into it . |
| 8 | As he was bringing it to his ear , he remembered that he was in his own apartment , alone . |
| 9 | The colour left her skin , her pale face showing a deep fear at the way he was crushing her to his body , the whipcord strength of his arms and the determination of his roaming fingers giving her an idea of the violence with which he would take her . |
| 10 | Vainly she tried to pull away , but he was crushing her beneath his superior weight . |
| 11 | Francis Carco , who was a friend who had bought Modigliani 's work before the crowd , also bought Modigliani 's paintings , but he was given them for what he himself described as a ridiculously cheap price . |
| 12 | I could see he was bracing himself for his act . |
| 13 | Suddenly , he was gathering her against him , as though he would lift her up into his arms and carry her off . |
| 14 | He was involving her in something that was tugging at his conscience . |
| 15 | Mm my John was in Sale on Saturday when he ran into John he was telling him about his |
| 16 | Do you know , yesterday he was telling me about his past . |
| 17 | It 's really horrible , he was telling me about it last night , and I was really scared |
| 18 | Claudia lifted her arms , putting them round his broad shoulders , hardly conscious that he was divesting her of her jacket and blouse . |
| 19 | In the taxi , while he was dropping her at her small house in Fulham , she made an effort to regain some inch of the indispensable contact she had squandered , but there seemed no way of doing it . |
| 20 | He was holding her in his arms for warmth . |
| 21 | Once again he sounded as if he was accusing her of something . |
| 22 | She knew he was hiding something from her about the cat , something nasty , that should not be spoken of , she was sure . |
| 23 | He was drawing her into them . |
| 24 | And suddenly , instead of turning her away from him — he was drawing her towards him . |
| 25 | I had queried his dose of Dexamethazone with a nurse earlier , and she assured me he was getting it in his drip , but I have a suspicion that it had been reduced or even forgotten . |
| 26 | Yeah , yeah , he 'd forgot all about it , did n't he , he was putting it on you see . |
| 27 | Instinct told her that he was planning something for her and it might not be to her liking . |
| 28 | He was showing them to me . ’ |
| 29 | He had loved Arianna and she had run away from him , and now he was judging her by what Arianna had done . |
| 30 | Benjamin 's eyes narrowed as if , for the first time , he was judging me at my real worth . |