Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's odd because I was watching him on Football Focus yesterday , him and Bob Wilson , and I was trying to stay awake |
| 2 | I like him , I was watching him on the telly the other day , I think he seemed nice . |
| 3 | I was accompanying him in the show anyway and I think we just had the nerve . ’ |
| 4 | Well he does n't know where I live at the but it came up in court that he was going to take me to court for access , making it out as though it was my fault that he had n't seen Ricky , I was stopping him from seeing Ricky when it 's his own fault . |
| 5 | About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time . |
| 6 | I was helping him across a busy six-lane road in north London . |
| 7 | Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all . |
| 8 | I got some insight into this when I was telling him about my readings in Zen , and trying to explain the principles of yin and yan . |
| 9 | ‘ I was telling him about the Glory , and I said I 'd driven it over and what did he think — was he looking forward to driving it and all that — ’ She paused excitedly . |
| 10 | Anyway our Darren came in , and I 'm gon na forget Darren came to the caravan and I was telling him about these wet sheets and beds and the mirrors done and what I was doing there and Oh he said and about the mattress he said and I said to him mattress , it 's still the same mattress . |
| 11 | I was beating him in the storyline , but he was , in reality , desperate to win all the races . |
| 12 | He saw the work that I examined and dealt with , and on the Tuesday , I was saluting him as an inspector . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes — I was to meet him at Glasgow and I was late . |
| 14 | I was to meet him in later years , but I am sure that the reaction in the chapel of all those within earshot , and particularly of the School Chaplain himself , exactly mirrored ‘ The Guardsman who dropped his rifle on parade ’ and the man who lit his cigar before the Royal toast together with his great friend who ordered a double Scotch in the grand pump-room at Bath . |
| 15 | " Drewy " Leask , one of our local customs staff , same with us as local pilot , and very glad I was to have him on board as he was able to show us many remote anchorages and isolated harbours that I would never otherwise have dared approach . |
| 16 | But now he was cuddling me and whispering in my ear with helpless pleading , " Hold me — hold me — " Suddenly I was hugging him with all my strength ; our bodies were strung tight together and we were kissing each other 's cheeks with little frantic kisses — we could n't bear to draw apart even enough to find each other 's lips . |
| 17 | ‘ Well — I was thanking Him for you . |
| 18 | He put a solicitor down , and last time I spoke with him I was defending him on a for fraud . |
| 19 | But he continued to advance , for she was accusing him of going out of his mind . |
| 20 | She was confusing him with her old dreams . |
| 21 | She was facing him across his desk , sitting on the dining-room chair that was specially placed for visitors with troubles . |
| 22 | She was pursuing him like the Fury pursuing the crime . |
| 23 | She trusted him , for her own part , without reserve or doubt ; but she was trusting him for those who crossed the river and took the risks . |
| 24 | Unlike the others , she did n't rush to say how pleased she was to see him after all this time ; she did n't make polite small talk about Lucasta Redburn 's death . |
| 25 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 26 | Ari wondered whether she was betraying him in some way by leaving him alone with the dreaded sibling of Cabochon Crevecoeur . |
| 27 | She was showering him in pleasure , did he understand ? |
| 28 | She was watching him through the cigarette smoke to judge the effect she was producing . |
| 29 | So she held back on her questioning , though she somehow found that she was telling him of her love of music and how Janáček 's lively sixth movement was one of her particular favourites . |
| 30 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |