Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was lying with his head in the hollow of my neck and shoulder , breathing quietly ; his voice had a languorous , far-away sound , as if he were rocking slowly in a hammock on a hot summer day . |
| 2 | We watched that last night do n't matter we watched that last night and he were chittering away about summat , I were n't taking a lot of notice |
| 3 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 4 | Yeah and he were coming out with eleven |
| 5 | It was as if he were shitting out of every pore . ’ |
| 6 | The moon was shining full on his face — it seemed as if he were staring up at it . |
| 7 | It was as though he were making up for inadequacies of which he was aware but which he tried to pretend were not there . |
| 8 | ’ He did look at her then , rather sadly and searchingly as if he were going away for ever and wanted to remember what she looked like . |
| 9 | Cos he were going somewhere with David when you over . |
| 10 | He took a briefcase with him , as if he were going back to the Works . |
| 11 | Marlow himself , listening to Jim 's confused , hesitant version of the affair as the court-martial proceeds , realises that ‘ with every instant he was penetrating deeper into the impossible world of romantic achievements ’ and cuts across the young man 's evident yearning to make some heroic restitution by the blunt reminder , ‘ If you had stuck to the ship , you mean ! ’ |
| 12 | He still had a lot more to write but , considering that he was bowing out with Telemachus , he thought that he would not leave a negligible oeuvre behind him . |
| 13 | The days of smoking a pipe suddenly came back to him , and he realized that he was biting down on his own teeth . |
| 14 | The river dream came to him again , he was wading deep into the current , its coldness griped him by the crutch , shocking him , he must reach that bluish hovering light on the far bank — trees towering above — a house , a tall bulky building towering above him … |
| 15 | Now he was toying uncomfortably with his glass . |
| 16 | The criminal fraternity knew that if he was shifting uncomfortably in his seat when sentencing time came , they were likely to get a ferocious sentence . ’ |
| 17 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 18 | At the last festival , Ib Anderson was the undoubted star , and we were told he was leaving immediately after the festival to join New York City ballet . |
| 19 | He had been so proud and happy to be returning to his family with the news of his impending marriage , yet now he was leaving home as an outcast . |
| 20 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 21 | And he was shouting back to him , but , and then they went up the stair and they called up the stair and I and I do n't know whether it was an affair , the fella that was screaming but he him a mouthful ! |
| 22 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 23 | He was darting up to each of the dogs in turn , ears pricked , eyes blazing with devilment , dabbing a paw at them then streaking away . |
| 24 | A young Cornish shoemaker married at the time he was setting up on his own : " his wife 's immediate fortune was ten pounds — a sum to him at that time , of great importance " . |
| 25 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 26 | According to Goscelin 's account of the translation of the relics of St Mildred from Thanet to St Augustine 's Canterbury , written in the late eleventh century , Cnut went to Canterbury as he was setting out for Rome and promised that he would allow the translation if he returned safely . |
| 27 | He was rocking gently on his heels , his smiling face uplifted to the dawn like a happy dog sniffing at the air , euphoric with the exhilaration of the hunt . |
| 28 | And he was leaning forward on his chair , his hands clasped together . |
| 29 | He was a fast eater and now he was leaning forward across his empty plate , his English sharp and abrupt . |
| 30 | He was leaning forward across the table , staring at me with a sort of frustrated belligerence . |