Example sentences of "[noun sg] he was [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marthus did n't actually foresee this erm , this leap in from technology and as a result he was basing his predictions on past trends so if past trends had continued would have been , he w , he would been correct but because erm , agriculturalists started to erm , use technology and at that time it was a very sort of low technology , but nevertheless it would , would 've production dramatically you know , you do n't think of drainage as being particularly high tech but it can increase the , the yield on a crop sort of four or five times and so si simple drainage systems would be introduced erm ro rotations were being introduced , again rotations you think of being fairly straightforward but erm prior to the agricultural revolution rotations were n't used rotations can improve the fertility of the soil and er yields as well right okay , so agriculture produces a homogenous product , by and large and er as there is n't the scope , the product differentiation , and there is n't the scope for specialisation because we 'd need a farm the size of Europe to feed the world with , w with wheat . |
| 2 | Feverishly her hands fumbled with the waistband of his trousers , desperate to give him the pleasure he was giving her . |
| 3 | His black curly hair was blown flat across his skull and his ice blue eyes began to water with the force of the wind He was enjoying himself . |
| 4 | The chip man kept lifting handfuls of soggy potato to his head , but instead of shoving them into a mouth he was plastering them onto the featureless mass , sculpting himself a parrot nose , acromegalic brows and a Kirk Douglas chin . |
| 5 | Nicholson responded that perhaps Corey had n't seen the poetry he was showing him . |
| 6 | and what happened was the Japanese production bloke he was doing it all himself the lot |
| 7 | Then , as she nodded , believing him , her heart wildly rejoicing , with a soft sigh he was bending his head towards her , his fingers in her hair , his lips claiming hers . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's going to show me this museum he was telling me about . |
| 9 | I woke up , last night and Mark had had a really bad dream he was crying his eyes out . |
| 10 | In answering this question he was contrasting his own Kingdom with an earthly kingdom . |
| 11 | In return he was promised his hereditary possessions of Luneburg and Brunswick , but ordered to leave Germany for three years , and so returned to England . |
| 12 | For the next moment he was kissing her and she was instantly realising that nothing quite so exciting had ever happened to her before . |
| 13 | I thought for a moment he was gathering his coat tails around him , like a woman would gather a long skirt , but it was n't that at all . |
| 14 | He himself had other plans , although for the moment he was keeping them fairly close to his chest . |
| 15 | Anyone alleging poverty was to be charged with ingratitude , but if he persisted in his refusal he was to have his name taken and be told to keep the matter secret . |
| 16 | And the job he was telling her about seemed interesting and desirable . |
| 17 | After the match he was asked what punishment he thought he might receive . |
| 18 | He had been granted leave to visit his sick mother but when he was ready to leave the jail he was told his mother had died and was ordered back to his cell . |
| 19 | Everything was happening so fast — he could n't be aware of the crisis he was dragging me towards . |
| 20 | When his caddie had fished the ball out and he had dropped it behind the stream he was facing his fifth shot . |
| 21 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 22 | without backtracking on previous ones , on that particular day he was pushing it . |
| 23 | On the day he was killed he 'd left work to go home for lunch as usual . |
| 24 | ‘ You know , ’ she said resentfully , ‘ when Billy was inside he was sharing a landing with some very funny men , and one day he was telling them about that pub he bought with the cellars full of Château d'Yquem not showing off or nothing , just by way of general conversation , and they said , ‘ Nice , is it , with that stuff you lot eat ? |
| 25 | Once a day he was to practise his relaxation technique and his breathing exercise and then , in the privacy of his own bedroom , to try reading aloud from any book he chose . |
| 26 | Anyway , we do know that on the day he was murdered you were some distance away from Edinburgh , but it was a good pretext to arrest and detain you should you attempt to complain to your masters in London ! ’ |
| 27 | She thought that the day he was murdered he received a letter which , she guessed from his reaction to it , was from Canon Wheeler . |
| 28 | One minute he was embracing her , kissing her passionately , and now he was leaping around the bedroom like a young gallant , getting ready to get out . |
| 29 | Simon Evans was hooked on his gameboy from the minute he was given it as a present . |
| 30 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |