Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only that he were hiding in the garden . ’ |
| 2 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 3 | Bedraggled , barefoot , dressed in dirty white ducks , he looked as though he were hovering on the verge of death . |
| 4 | Russell 's eyes followed her every move as if he were looking through the sight of a gun . |
| 5 | Do you know , I went in there right and the majority of people never took no blind bit of notice then suddenly one person walked through the door , you know , he 's always playing next to me and he sits down , puts his trumpet there , gets his trumpet on ya , sits there , turns round and the next thing he were laying on the floor going |
| 6 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 7 | Further on , a hundred yards off-shore , as if he were walking on the water , his companion disturbed the glass-still lagoon as he strode through the shallows over a sand bar . |
| 8 | It gets its name from the fact that it requires a fighter simply to raise his hands in a defensive position and bend his legs slightly , almost as if he were walking down the street . |
| 9 | It was as if he were preparing for the day he would be a big man himself in this town and wanted everyone on his side , wanted them all to think of him as a customer . |
| 10 | It was as if he were going to the edge again of something fresh and new . |
| 11 | His other neighbour 's child-bride kissed her boy hero each morning , in her floating web dressing gown , as if he were going to the Falklands for three months . |
| 12 | The only person that she spoke to on the whole crossing was a young man who fell on top of her as she and he were going down the stairs : he was following her , two steps behind , when the boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing and crashed into her , and she too missed her footing , and they both sat down together upon the stairs . |
| 13 | She spotted Nahum Morey in his rented pew , his legs outstretched and his head tipped back against the wood as if he were concentrating on the sermon 's message , but she was suddenly aware that their eyes were meeting . |
| 14 | he were running by the shed to eat it ! |
| 15 | Crossing the room as though he were heading for the wardrobe , Angel Four suddenly changed direction , took two swift paces to his right , seized the curtains with both hands and jerked them open . |
| 16 | Ahead and around him as he drifted forward , the melodic light was increasing gradually , growing stronger and brighter as though he were heading for the source . |
| 17 | He was preaching on the text ‘ The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence , and violent men take it by force ’ . |
| 18 | When Dorothy came home from town , however , he was digging over the vegetable patch , despite its half-frozen state and the gently falling snow . |
| 19 | And since , unlike many wives of city moguls , she 'd had recent experience at the sharp end of business in the City of London , she understood , only too clearly , the problems he was facing at the present time . |
| 20 | He was toying with the idea of bifocal spectacles on the eve of his appointment as Ambassador to France , and the future held a key role for him in the drafting of the American Constitution . |
| 21 | The Jungian concept of synchronicity was much on his mind because he was toying with the idea of using it to underpin the narrative structure of London . |
| 22 | It seemed to Stephen that he was skipping among the trees . |
| 23 | The fair hair had faded to a dusty grey , and his skin looked pale and unhealthy , as if he spent too much time indoors , but the green eyes were lusty with life and rebellion against the confines of the wheelchair he was manoeuvring into the room — |
| 24 | He was leaving on the early morning train for Zaragoza , then on to Barcelona . |
| 25 | As he was leaving for the flour-mill , she put up her mouth to be kissed . |
| 26 | It arrived just before he was leaving for the United States ( another example of his self-forgetfulness , as he had not mentioned this to me ) , and he was not due to return until the end of July . |
| 27 | And then he was leaving for the Devon summer school . |
| 28 | He said the fact that he was leaving at the age of sixty should have no bearing on the choice of his successor . |
| 29 | He was leaving behind the other children , the only friends he had , and he realized at that moment how lonely he was in the world . |
| 30 | He was shouting at the dog . |