Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then waited for the wasps to leave on bee-hunting expeditions , and while they were away he moved the cones a yard or so away from the entrances ( Figure 4.4 ) . |
| 2 | At home he rarely had more than a piece of toast and marmalade for breakfast , but when he was away he ate the whole cooked breakfast . |
| 3 | In Time Was Away he increased the number of colours used from three to four and began handling the separations with far greater elasticity and freedom . |
| 4 | It was then he saw the approaching gendarme . |
| 5 | While Guest was there he measured the flow rate and thickness of the lava outpouring — the kind of data which , he says , is essential for understanding what will happen when the flow is diverted into a side channel . |