Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To watch him was to watch not a man but a directing force ; was to witness the channelling of aggression and determination into its most elegant and expressive form . |
| 2 | Ward 's voice was flat as though he were carrying out an official enquiry . |
| 3 | He shook his head quickly as if he were warding off a sneeze and concentrated on Jim , whose affable plasticine face now seemed sharper and more ambitious . |
| 4 | That was the end of his second month 's loan after scoring twice in six games ; later he was to turn down the chance of a permanent move . |
| 5 | And he had seemed almost to be currying favour when he was tumbling out the story of his family 's lost lease , trying to get Cameron to agree that the lairds were done for now . |
| 6 | And there was a mark on his finger where his the handle of the pail was just sunk into the flesh of his fingers he was stood there the whole Winter listening to this music . |
| 7 | Why was Roger Seelig told by someone giving medical advice several months after his trial began that he was on the verge of a mental breakdown , yet last week he was roaring up the M4 in his Porsche to look after his two properties ? |
| 8 | Travis asked from the fire , where he was setting up a pan of water . |
| 9 | In his inaugural speech as president , Nyerere announced that he was setting up an entirely new ministry , that of National Culture and Youth . |
| 10 | She paddled in the shallow water for a few moments before joining Stephen where he was setting up the barbecue in a shaded spot . |
| 11 | and erm , James said you not going out in this surely , yeah , yeah , it 's only a bit of rain and he come home and he was drenched right the way through top to bottom |
| 12 | The famous Asshe charm was in full spate ; he was leaning forward a little , his eyes , flashing their old fire , fixed on hers . |
| 13 | He was killed about an hour and a half ago during a German counter attack on our positions . |
| 14 | In taking refuge with a submerged class , which by its toil serviced the spotlessly clean houses of Dutch society , he was laying down a challenge to his privileged friends and relatives . |
| 15 | Back at his hotel room , he was bringing in an odd collection of characters , presumably off the street , to use as models : a porter , a snow shoveller , old women , a soldier , various working men . |
| 16 | True it was that the plaintiff did not undertake to do any work additional to that which he had originally undertaken to do but the terms on which he was to carry out the work were varied and , in my judgment , that variation was supported by consideration which a pragmatic approach to the true relationship between the parties readily demonstrates . |
| 17 | As he was scrambling up the steepest bit , pulling himself up by the bracken , he heard something . |
| 18 | He was given only a 50–50 chance of surviving . |
| 19 | He was given only a 50–50 chance of surviving . |
| 20 | Had he agreed to resign , he would have been entitled to his superannuation for 29 years ' service in Poor Law Institutions ; as it was , he was given only the nine years entitlement from his time at Bedford . |
| 21 | Church-state law experts said a role for the Pope in the Anglican church was unlikely to provoke a constitutional crisis , if he was given only an honorary position . |
| 22 | The small , folded sheets on which he was writing down the things he knew about himself . |
| 23 | Noticing my bewilderment , he revealed he was writing down the names of the ‘ bigwigs ’ , as he was finding it difficult to remember them all . |
| 24 | He was using just a small group — a sax player , a keyboard player , bass and drums , as I recall — and he was really wailing . |
| 25 | For an annual sum of £100 he was to take on the care , culture and management of the Garden for a term of seven years from Michaelmas , to keep in repair the stove , greenhouse and other buildings and utensils contained in them , to make a catalogue of the plants and , an additional commercial perquisite , to be allowed to sell surplus fruit and plants for his own benefit . |
| 26 | He was looking up the driveway , trying to make out the shape of the house through the trees . |
| 27 | He was looking skywards the way he did as a player : he would flick at the ball with the outside of his left foot while leaning back looking at the sky . |
| 28 | He folded it open at a page of stocks and shares , and as he was looking down the lists he gave the man two dollars . |
| 29 | In common with most of his contemporaries paying such rates , he was charged twice a year from 1783 onwards at a penny a time , though even he was excused in 1784 on grounds of poverty . |
| 30 | He was certified dead a short time later . |