Example sentences of "he was [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I did n't actually but he was arsed I just said oh thanks very much ! |
| 2 | Movies in the new albums , appropriately enough , are present only as jokes , in ‘ 57 Channels ( And Nothin' On ) ’ or ‘ Real Man ’ : ‘ Sound came up lights went down/Rambo he was blowin' 'em down . ’ |
| 3 | Now he was facing her squarely . |
| 4 | He was facing her now . |
| 5 | To him , perplexity was worse than danger ; and when he was perplexed he usually grew angry . |
| 6 | He was seducing her already , pulling her close , and there was nothing she could say or do to still the instant leaping hunger he incited . |
| 7 | An aching pause , and he was cupping her intimately ; a finger stirred , casually contemptuous , and a shudder convulsed her , a violent response , turning her rigid . |
| 8 | He had taken not more than two strides and yet he was leaving her behind . |
| 9 | ‘ My mother , ’ Alain announced forcefully , his eyes on Jenna as if he was willing her not to sink back into her rather threatening stance . |
| 10 | She was n't quite sure what he was summing her up for but he was certainly doing that . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | He was warning her off ! |
| 13 | Most men would have been flattered by her interest , and he was warning her off ! |
| 14 | He was setting it up by way of defence to her application for leave to proceed on the judgment . |
| 15 | But by now Princess Ashraf has asked David Rockefeller to take a much closer interest in the Shah 's predicament and he was discussing it constantly with Henry Kissinger . |
| 16 | He was boxing her in and Lisa was starting to panic . |
| 17 | He was watching her intently , standing with one hand on the back of a chair , looking perfectly relaxed , but it was the deceptive ease of a panther and could change in a flash . |
| 18 | She glanced up defiantly and he was watching her intently , his dark eyes searching her flushed face . |
| 19 | Jenna stole a look at him and he was watching her intently , in every way intent . |
| 20 | She shot a reprimanding look at the count and found that as usual he was watching her intently . |
| 21 | He was watching her intently and she looked away . |
| 22 | He was watching her challengingly now , a goading light in his eyes . |
| 23 | He was watching her closely , a guarded gleam in his eyes , and their wariness served to confirm Merrill 's suspicions . |
| 24 | He was watching her closely , his brow creased in concentration . |
| 25 | He was watching her closely . |
| 26 | He was watching her closely , and she could not quite make out the expression in his eyes . |
| 27 | He was watching her closely from beneath his brows , his dark face inscrutable . |
| 28 | Some reason why he was watching her cautiously as if she would erupt with anger . |
| 29 | He said nothing ; he was watching her gravely . |
| 30 | He was watching her thoughtfully . |