Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [be] [v-ing] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you hear about Gustave 's glove bill in the days when he was prancing by candlelight ? |
| 2 | The author of the book of Judges shows when he was writing by remarking several times , " In those days there was no king in Israel ; every man did what was right in his own eyes . " |
| 3 | Then she came over to where he was kneeling by the fire and put her arms round him from behind and pressed her cheek against his . |
| 4 | From where he was sitting by the narrow little window he had a view of the meagre garden and beyond it , in the distance , a huge white bull in a field of white heifers . |
| 5 | She went over to where he was standing by the fire and thanked him . |