Example sentences of "[adv] he [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore he was preaching against Calvinism . |
| 2 | Marcus rather absently , as if all this belonged to the remote past , asked Pat how he was getting on , and Pat reported how much better he was feeling . |
| 3 | There was a moment of total stillness , then suddenly he was embracing her , holding her against him , raining kissing across her face . |
| 4 | For a moment it was as if he was casting around for suitable names , and then suddenly he was looking past Alexei towards Jehan . |
| 5 | As Shiona paused to wave back , Jake 's window buzzed open and suddenly he was leaning out slightly towards her . |
| 6 | One minute he was busking away on the cabaret circuit , the next he was on late-night TV , and then suddenly he was grinning all over the tabloids . |
| 7 | Suddenly he was frowning , his manner solicitous . |
| 8 | But before Ronni could wonder further , suddenly he was rising to his feet . |
| 9 | At first he sounded distant , as if he was calling to her from the basement of a big house , but he came nearer very quickly and suddenly he was shouting in her ear . |
| 10 | Suddenly he was reading the most terrible things about his own wife . |
| 11 | I do n't know how he got in the house but suddenly he was knocking on your door . |
| 12 | Suddenly he was winning nothing , and got dreadfully Ill , getting water on his lungs . |
| 13 | Suddenly he was crying too , deep racking sobs that took him back to a night long ago , soon after his father was killed . |
| 14 | Harvey said ‘ Hello ’ four times , then suddenly he was talking to a bald-headed man who seemed to have four overcoats on at once . |
| 15 | No matter how much he 's paying . |
| 16 | Most players like to have some relief but they know with him that no matter how much he is hurting he will go on . ’ |
| 17 | Apparently he 's costing Lazio thousands & thousands per match and they want to off load the hefty wage to someone else ! ! |
| 18 | Well I 've tried to ring Billy Bingham their manager today , but he ca n't make up his mind , he , he , apparently he 's going to name his side tomorrow . |
| 19 | Apparently he 's having fish and chips in town with some of the boys . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah he 'd got some letters , apparently he were going to Post Office later for stamps and everything and er got this letter and seeings I 'd only got three he give me his , give me twenty four pence for a stamp so I walked to Post Office , I thought well I do n't want no penny or tuppeny stamps . |
| 21 | Apparently he was getting a divorce , and Rosemary was already planning the wedding and her honeymoon trousseau — such as it would be in those days of strictly limited clothing coupons . |
| 22 | Apparently he was setting out to grow whiskers of the latest fashion , for his lips were carefully shaved . |
| 23 | Apparently he was fidgeting on parade and the Sergeant Major screamed at him , ‘ Stand still , you idle little monarch ! ’ |
| 24 | Apparently he was talking to someone called Helen , and used the words , ‘ You 've got to say I was with you ’ . ' |
| 25 | I hope it will la apparently he was talking to Kathy , no , yeah , I always get , I always think Kathy and Jenny should be the other way round no |
| 26 | and erm I do n't know what was going on , apparently he was working for Sarsons . |
| 27 | ‘ Apparently he was having a race round the deck with one of his friends and managed to slip and fall down the stairs . ’ |
| 28 | But a teacher , who had a contact at Cardiff City , got him a trial and before long he was representing Wales Under-18 against England at Elland Road , alongside John Toshack and marked by David Nish . |
| 29 | But a teacher , who had a contact at Cardiff City , got him a trial and before long he was representing Wales Under-18 against England at Elland Road , alongside John Toshack and marked by David Nish . |
| 30 | Mr got his handkerchief in his top pocket , you see , my father always used to only he 's standing a bit that way . |