Example sentences of "he was [v-ing] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |
| 2 | But Rochester did er did er , when he was trying to rebuke himself for committing what was bigamy , and the works , he said , when he compared his own wife , who was really a mental animal because she very bestial the way she bit people , and then , he compared her with this sweet , dewy-eyed Jane , he did give a reason did n't he ? |
| 3 | ‘ The salesman was there four hours , he knew what he was doing , what the job involved and how much he was offering to do it for . ’ |
| 4 | Now , he was having to unveil himself for nothing more than curious inspection . |
| 5 | He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him . |
| 6 | Perhaps he was going to touch me for the air fare home . |
| 7 | Once when a policeman announced he was going to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly , Minton pointed to his helmet and expostulated , ‘ What ! |