Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 2 | But yesterday he announced he was calling it a day . |
| 3 | She thought he was throwing her a sop and it steeled her . |
| 4 | He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ . |
| 5 | Furthermore , he was keeping it a secret until the day he moved out . |
| 6 | I recently asked Lord King of British Airways about his decision to buy Boeing aircraft and United States General Electric aero engines — not only that , but the fact that he was giving them a foothold in Britain at the expense of Rolls-Royce . |
| 7 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 8 | The appellant 's 18 year old daughter was indecently assaulted by the father of her boyfriend , while he was giving her a lift in his van . |
| 9 | He went out , and Merrill sensed that he was giving her a breathing space . |
| 10 | Yet he was giving her a choice , Isabel realised suddenly . |
| 11 | ‘ Good evening , Mr G … ’ she began to reply , but his glance was already away from her shoes , and he was giving her a slightly raised eyebrow look . |
| 12 | He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick . |
| 13 | ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in . |
| 14 | ‘ All I do know is that when we were on the way here he was asking me a great many questions about what went on in the village . |
| 15 | In showing this place to her and wanting to see her walking in it , he was making her a deep gesture of friendship ; she was sorry that she did not care more . |
| 16 | ‘ He said he was making them an offer they could n't accept . |
| 17 | He was hurting her a little now , the arm around her waist like steel , so that she was hazily aware of a dull ache in the small of her back . |
| 18 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 19 | And er this erm tt As I say this old man , he he he 'd did n't like coming in too soon in the morning , and er a I could see he was finding it a bit difficult to find both our wages out of his money , although I got there to time and worked . |
| 20 | It was only a wolf-whistle — he was paying me a compliment . |
| 21 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 22 | And he was offering her a derelict conservatory . |
| 23 | He was offering her a few days of physical pleasure which would only leave her thirsty for more . |
| 24 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 25 | He was offering her an out and she respected him for that . |
| 26 | There used to be a cafe , a cute ; the er you used to go in and have a cup of tea and that and yo , he started selling jam , pots of jam with they had him in court , it was er it had fell off a lorry and he was selling it a bit cheap and er he were telling us about it . |