Example sentences of "he was [v-ing] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was beginning to take the idea of pursuit seriously . |
| 2 | But it by no means establishes that he was beginning to question the stability of species . |
| 3 | He was beginning to find the sex interesting , and had already started to wonder whether he should try to make her position permanent . |
| 4 | He was beginning to understand the appeal of the religious life , particularly of the life governed by a religious Rule , with its vows of Poverty , Chastity and Obedience . |
| 5 | He was beginning to get the idea that he was n't meant to have a happy future with women . |
| 6 | It 's thought the computer he was using to write the book was itself the cause of the fire . |
| 7 | The previous year , he had left the attic at 8 a.m. and had not returned until after 11 p.m. , having failed to tell me that he was intending to spend the day with Maman , and why . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the writing by a testator of his name on a testamentary document , as for instance by writing ‘ My will by John Smith ’ or perhaps by typing ‘ The will of John Smith , ’ or in some other passage that left it uncertain whether in doing so he was intending to authenticate the document , would not , by itself , satisfy either paragraph ( a ) or paragraph ( b ) of section 9 . |
| 9 | The next messenger was Scandlain himself once again , and he was seeking to avoid the encampment even before Ferteth arrived to conduct him . |
| 10 | ( He had quickly turned the key while he was pretending to try the lock . ) |
| 11 | This was the period when the Alkali and Chemical Works Acts were being implemented and the chief alkali inspector , Angus Smith , persuaded Davis to join the team that he was forming to administer the Act . |
| 12 | He had vaguely mentioned that he was hoping to join the Peace Corps . |
| 13 | John Mackley , port workers ' representative of the Transport and General Workers ' Union , said he was hoping to meet the authority 's senior management ‘ as soon as possible ’ . |
| 14 | Derek had the life-line handle in his hand — his seatbelt was restraining him — he had his other hand on the door frame and he was trying to reach the dinghy with his right foot . |
| 15 | One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions . |
| 16 | A man killed under the wheels of a concrete mixer died because he was trying to save the life of a colleague . |
| 17 | In 1100 , Geoffrey of Vendôme assured William IX of Aquitaine that he was trying to answer the summons to the ducal court , but that every time his messenger reached the appointed place , he found William had moved on . |
| 18 | He was trying to remember the route he had taken the morning de Craon 's men had stopped him . |
| 19 | Two risings under Henry VII followed attempts to levy taxes ; in 1489 the earl of Northumberland lost his life at the hands of a force of rebellious Yorkshiremen when he was trying to collect the subsidy granted that year , and in 1497 the levying of a tax for a war with Scotland led to a more serious revolt in Cornwall . |
| 20 | She realized he was trying to lead the conversation away from her husband , to be kind and make up for his blunder . |
| 21 | His letter rather suggests that he was trying to protect the person who made the original mistake . |
| 22 | But erm I felt er are the he did alright because he I do n't think he was trying to change the subject he was trying to justify it |
| 23 | Oh yeah , he was trying to get the bungalow finished so we can sell that down there |
| 24 | He was trying to exorcise the wave of desire which had swept over him when McAllister 's blue-black eyes were fixed so earnestly on him . |
| 25 | He had some kind of tool , and he was trying to lever the window open . |
| 26 | There is a Titanic bear based on a teddy which survived that disaster in 1912 and a Mister Whoppit bear which was the only object to re-surface when Donald Campbell 's boat disintegrated while he was trying to break the world water speed record on Lake Coniston in 1967 . |
| 27 | He was trying to read the newspaper upside down without much success . |
| 28 | David told us that swan pattern of movement was currently being monitored in the north-east , so he was trying to read the leg bands through his glass . |
| 29 | Something that came up yesterday was interview you had , and Graham to make the comment , and he , he was trying to make the point that he , what he said , what he recommended , would have to be taken up by the council , and actually by the council when it happened . |
| 30 | He was getting to know the way this man worked . |