Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , after all , he had done nothing to bring on such an astonishing reaction , for behaving as though he were trying to rape her … |
| 2 | Tom 's head sank into his shoulders , as if he were trying to make himself invisible , but his eyes remained restlessly curious . |
| 3 | Mister Johnny sat quiet and still as he always did when she talked , watching her mouth and moving his own as if he were trying to copy her . |
| 4 | It was as if he were trying to read her thoughts . |
| 5 | ‘ It would be just , I think , if he were made to use his talents in a far more worthy cause . |
| 6 | He would have a lot of explaining to do if he were asked to open it . |
| 7 | The two of them leaned closer , across the table , and Tug found himself leaning forward too , as though he were helping to make their plan . |
| 8 | If he were going to humiliate her , he could not have picked a better opportunity . |
| 9 | He was beginning to wish he had n't brought Lee up to his room . |
| 10 | He was beginning to wish he 'd built another K9 to get him out of these spots . |
| 11 | Not certain what to do next , he was beginning to wish he had never come home . |
| 12 | — who said he was beginning to enjoy his retirement and looking forward to many more years to come . |
| 13 | He was beginning to realize he did n't have popular appeal , so he thought he would try to mould his work into the sort of thing bought by a small book-buying elite . |
| 14 | He was beginning to see what she meant . |
| 15 | That would n't be easy ; even now he was beginning to remember what it had been like when he 'd been small and afraid of the dark , unable to sleep without a nightlight . |
| 16 | By the start of the Eighties , he was beginning to transcend his cult status . |
| 17 | Perhaps that was why he was beginning to find her almost unbearably attractive . |
| 18 | He was beginning to threaten her personal security , her conviction of her own integrity . |
| 19 | He was beginning to irritate me . |
| 20 | He was beginning to think it would not have been such a bad thing if he had had an affair with Eleanor . |
| 21 | He was beginning to think he was going mad . |
| 22 | He was beginning to think he could not bear to sell it . |
| 23 | Dear God , he was beginning to think he would be glad of it . |
| 24 | Subconsciously he was beginning to resent her ; and there were flashes of anger when he accused his staff of paying her too much attention . |
| 25 | They were convinced he was plotting to make himself chief executive — a charge he recalls with a wry grin and shake of the head . |
| 26 | He was condemned to have his tongue cut out , his right hand chopped off and then to be burned . |
| 27 | ( 72 ) This was the last time in his life that he was heard to raise his voice . |
| 28 | Carl Waring enjoyed our October Mega Disk and its 100 utilities so much , he was inspired to write his own collection of utilities . |
| 29 | But , Alfa Romeo returned to racing for the first World Championship in 1950 , he was invited to join their team and he finished second in the inaugural championship , having won the Monaco , Belgian and French Grands Prix . |
| 30 | He was invited to develop his Dublin address with particular reference to the economic and commercial disadvantages of peripheral industrial countries , such as the United Kingdom , within the EEC . |