Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be said that some sort of crisis was going to force itself up in the life of a strongly emotional young man who was so strictly engaged in compartmentalizing his life : a father who was never meant to know about Janie Moore ; Minto herself cut off from college ; almost all his friends kept in darkness about his emotional history , and most of them at this period unaware of his religious interests ; pupils who were discussing with him the things he cared about most — books — but in a fashion which prevented his strength of feeling breaking through . |
| 2 | His natural talent and readiness to learn , together with irregular but extremely fruitful attendance at the Istituto di Belle Arti , were to make of him the amazing so-called ‘ painter of Old Masters ’ . |
| 3 | She was looking at him the way his other nanny looked at her budgie . |
| 4 | Cos you remember last week we accounted for er He was in the world , and although the world was made through him the world did not recognize him . |
| 5 | With a broad smile , he explained , ‘ When I was talking to him the other day , and I happened to mention that an old friend of my sister 's was coming to Ireland , and that I was going to show her round Dublin , and that we 'd agreed to meet here , and about how scatty … ’ |
| 6 | Was sleeping with him the price you had to pay for having him throw a little business your way ? ’ |