Example sentences of "that he was [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he swung round so that he was facing her . |
| 2 | It was decided that he was bringing them into disrepute and should be dismissed summarily . |
| 3 | Claudia lifted her arms , putting them round his broad shoulders , hardly conscious that he was divesting her of her jacket and blouse . |
| 4 | In his hand , Catherine could see that he was holding her article on the NSPCC . |
| 5 | ‘ My game ? ’ echoed Sally-Anne , her heart suddenly bumping now that he was holding her , acutely aware of how little she was wearing . |
| 6 | She frowned , sensing that he was holding something back . |
| 7 | Jimmy adjusted the gun so that he was holding it with both hands . |
| 8 | He discovered that he was holding his breath , and gulped for air . |
| 9 | Critics of the brave Brummie falsely believed that he was overdramatising his gruelling effort in a race with a theatrical limp afterwards . |
| 10 | They pretended he knew Father , and that he was taking their love to him . |
| 11 | Those moments did not last for long , however , because she was soon hearing again his silky , and infuriating , declaration that he was taking her over as his girlfriend . |
| 12 | In a letter to a newspaper one man commented that he was taking his six-year-old daughter to her school sports day when she asked , ‘ Daddy , can I have some of the drugs that Ben Johnson took to make me run fast ? ’ |
| 13 | She was almost angry that he was taking it so calmly . |
| 14 | Minutes afterwards , Fabia was still sitting stunned and hardly able to credit that she was going to Prague with Vendelin Gajdusek — that he was allowing her to use a spare room in his Prague hotel suite ! |
| 15 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 16 | He chose to remain close to Marxism , but my impression is that he was shifting his ground … |
| 17 | So nervous were the markets that the disappearance of Nigel Lawson from the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool obliged the Treasury to issue a statement that he was writing his speech at home . |
| 18 | The fact that he was kissing her , holding her in his arms , did n't mean her feelings were reciprocated . |
| 19 | She felt herself responding , trying not to think of red roses , and the staff nurse on Rainbow , trying to tell herself that he was kissing her because he wanted to , because he liked her . |
| 20 | ‘ Why should that worry you ? ’ inquired Memet , and for a horrid moment she thought that he was warning her not to speak ill of the love of his life , but he went on : ‘ She 's not a nice woman , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ Wolf , she wo n't hurt us , ’ aware that he was repeating himself . |
| 22 | He was such a regular visitor that he was given his own pit boots and locker . |
| 23 | Soon she realised that he was singing her praises to his friends , because other similar garden owners rang her up and asked her if she could do a few hours for them too . |
| 24 | In fact , as she met his eyes , Ronni was certain that he did , and that he was enjoying her consternation hugely . |
| 25 | He turned to James in amazement and saw that he was enjoying his surprise , as though it confirmed one of his arguments . |
| 26 | When his book Early Conversation Pictures appeared , Evelyn took what Henry James would have called ‘ the rash and insensate step ’ of saying that he was enjoying it . |
| 27 | His heart was throbbing painfully , and he controlling his breathing with the greatest of difficulty … but he also realized that he was enjoying it . |
| 28 | I thought he was only joining in to please me , but before long I saw that he was enjoying it too , chiefly I think because to him it was a novelty . |
| 29 | She only hoped that he was enjoying it too , even though he did n't want to go on anything . |
| 30 | It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet . |