Example sentences of "he was [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was preaching on a street in Belfast . |
| 2 | He was preaching on the text ‘ The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence , and violent men take it by force ’ . |
| 3 | He was burrowing in a briefcase while he waited . |
| 4 | When Dorothy came home from town , however , he was digging over the vegetable patch , despite its half-frozen state and the gently falling snow . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He was fumbling for a handkerchief as she hurried up . |
| 7 | He was sitting with Mick at the top of a hill and he was wishing with a deep desire that he could remain in time , this present time , forever . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It seemed to Stephen that he was skipping among the trees . |
| 11 | 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 — |
| 12 | It had been just as he was leaving on a Sunday evening . |
| 13 | And that Azul knew the full story but he was leaving on a foreign trip … well , this afternoon . |
| 14 | He was leaving on the early morning train for Zaragoza , then on to Barcelona . |
| 15 | When , in 1978 , after four years with the company , Al Clark presented himself in Branson 's office to announce that he was leaving for a job with better pay and more responsibility , Branson 's response was to pull a water pistol from his desk and start firing at him , grinning broadly all the while . |
| 16 | From there he was leaving for a four-day official tour of Mexico . |
| 17 | As he was leaving for the flour-mill , she put up her mouth to be kissed . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And then he was leaving for the Devon summer school . |
| 20 | At a press conference confirming his promotion to regional inspector of constabulary from April 1 , Mr Dear denied he was leaving at an inappropriate time . |
| 21 | He said the fact that he was leaving at the age of sixty should have no bearing on the choice of his successor . |
| 22 | To avoid the impression that he was leaving in a fit of pique ( and perhaps also to think through his decision more fully ) , he delayed the public announcement almost three weeks while he took a vacation in the South of France . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He was shouting at the dog . |
| 25 | He was shouting at the top of his voice into the microphone but save for a few at the front of the crowd , nobody could hear a word because someone had cut the amplifier cable . |
| 26 | ‘ He may have done , we 'd not have heard him , ’ said the Leader , ‘ or thought he was shouting at the horses . |
| 27 | He was shouting at the storm , his voice choked and barely audible through the battering rain . |
| 28 | One moment he was shouting at the boys in the dorm to keep quiet , the next thing he was in the bathroom retching , then out on the landing , heaving and crying out . |
| 29 | The 29-year-old man suffered 20pc burns to his right leg after a piece of wire he was removing from the line at Moorfields underground station , Liverpool , touched the live third rail . |
| 30 | The 29-year-old man suffered 20% burns to his right leg after a piece of wire he was removing from the line at Moorfields underground station , Liverpool , touched the live third rail . |