Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] he the " in BNC.

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1 The words were leading him the wrong way .
2 ‘ In Bishopsgate there was a man lying on the ground and other people were giving him the kiss of life . ’
3 And wh what they did , they carried out this test and they er in American and they erm were giving him the pills .
4 But Lothar then extracted a further concession , " since he would not have , he said , in the share [ of the regnum ] they were offering him the wherewithal to make good to his own supporters that which they had lost .
5 Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted .
6 Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped .
7 He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me .
8 By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder .
9 Again she was giving him the opportunity to ask her to lengthen the period — or to indicate in some way that he had no wish for her to leave .
10 So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle .
11 And all the while , while he was handing him the plate of meat and bread , and while he was holding the cup to the trembling lips , a little silvery voice was beating inside Fergus 's head : this is all wrong .
12 Lee had risen and moved to where he sat at the table and was showing him the completed unicorn 's head .
13 Pat was showing him The True Path in stylish fashion .
14 Peter was showing him the large white sheet that was fixed to the fence .
15 It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth .
16 Ace might not love her , and he was furious at having his hand forced by William Ash , but there was something she could maybe start to build on , and that was telling him the truth about her birth .
17 Well , it 's funny , I was telling Stephen , my boyfriend , about that , and I was telling him the question and he said
18 Byers was offering him the bottle .
19 She was offering him the deputy to Hitler , through an intermediary who was a friend of George Vl and Winston Churchill .
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