Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , oh is n't he , I can see when she looking at him was looking at him , that 's what . |
| 2 | Whatever was bothering him was gnawing at him as he ate . |
| 3 | For a moment , when Miles had looked so meltingly at her as those words poured from him , it seemed as though he were speaking to her , and the dark , wet night simply faded away from around her , and she was transported to a warm summer garden on the night of a Royal Ball . |
| 4 | Since I am involved in this affair , it would be preferable to me if he were dealing with it . ’ |
| 5 | He was so extraordinarily quiet and self-possessed , it was almost as if he were chatting to us confidentially about it all instead of making an elaborate speech . |
| 6 | At Derwentwater ‘ Beyond Barrow Beck , is presented a scene of desolation , almost sufficient to draw tears from the eyes of the traveller of feeling , who would certainly lose nothing if he were conducted through it blindfold … ’ |
| 7 | She lifted a hand to shade her eyes and Martin Jackson 's face appeared on the backdrop of light , as if he were looking at her from the sun 's centre . |
| 8 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
| 9 | I thought you says he were working on them mate 's car ? |
| 10 | Not that she agreed with him — if he were to appear before her right now , she 'd still defend what she did and the way she did it to the hilt . |
| 11 | However , it would help the student if he were introduced to it briefly and with simplicity , not only because a knowledge of serialism is essential to an understanding of today 's music , but also because so many aspects of it can enrich other methods of composition , even in other styles and idioms . |
| 12 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 13 | As she had come round the corner of the house from putting her bicycle in the old stable block , Inspector Blakelock had been standing at the front door almost as if he were waiting for her . |
| 14 | When they were so intimately joined , how would she not know if he were cheating on her ? |
| 15 | Her proposition had been simple and direct — if he were to work for her , she would make him wealthy and ensure him a place in society . |
| 16 | What would happen if I loved him more than he loved me , and if he were to cheat on me one day ? |
| 17 | Why , he was boasting about it in the prop-room . |
| 18 | He was bowing over her , and he was nonplussed when , smiling up into his face , she said , ‘ You are teasing me now , are n't you ? |
| 19 | If Constance thought she was learning things about Ludovico , it was nothing compared with what he was gleaning from her . |
| 20 | I mean , a apart from Bertha , I know he was tricked into it by his father and brother , that marriage , but he |
| 21 | He appeared to find something interesting because he shortened his stride till he was marching opposite me . |
| 22 | This time he was to remain with him to the end . |
| 23 | He knew I could , he was toying with me . |
| 24 | The blue eyes studied her lazily in the mirror , and she had the strangest sensation he was toying with her as a cat would a mouse before a kill . |
| 25 | He was in the middle of more grief than he could deal with , yet he was piling onto it the commonplace misery of subterfuge , as if he had to protect some clandestine happiness that did n't even exist . |
| 26 | He was beheaded by them , and replaced by an adherent of the Lords Ordainers . |
| 27 | ‘ He was shouting at me . |
| 28 | He he was very excitable , excitable and he was angry erm he was shouting at me er that he 'd been spreadeagled naked er on the floor , guns had been pointed at him and his front door had been smashed down and his er his family , his wife and children had been frightened . |
| 29 | I felt he was vying with me for proprietary rights over Jean-Claude . |
| 30 | He had learned to live in himself and be self-sufficient , Instead of feeling Kee 's presence as an intrusion , upsetting his concentration at a critical stage , he was inspired by her . |