Example sentences of "he [conj] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben studied the man as he talked , aware of a strength in him that was somehow more than physical . |
| 2 | Though there was one side to him that was irritatingly consistent . |
| 3 | One thing about him that was probably on the plus side : he had the ability to drain away her tension and make her feel better . |
| 4 | One thing about him that was widely known was the fact that he was a businessman , and so it was as such that he was welcomed ; the party could even claim some credit for being the first to elect a businessman as its leader — much as it claimed credit in 1975 for electing a woman , although Margaret Thatcher had certainly not been chosen for that reason . |
| 5 | I told him that was precisely why he should play it , because it touched him , reached into his character , asked questions as boxers do when staring each other down . |
| 6 | The part of him that was so completely different from her own . |
| 7 | He ‘ had a frank and easy way with him that was very taking … |
| 8 | ‘ I told him that was quite unnecessary , ’ Beeson said . |
| 9 | There was an air of command about him that was quite alarming . |
| 10 | She let her hand fall from the counter , her eyes still on him and seeming to see deeper into him than was immediately comfortable . |
| 11 | She moved back a step , after discovering that she 'd unknowingly moved closer to him than was socially acceptable . |
| 12 | Her pity for the man she had hurt so deeply made her behave more kindly towards him than was perhaps sensible . |
| 13 | His manner was kind but official , and I could see that for some reason Aunt Louise distrusted him and was even a little afraid of him . |
| 14 | ‘ He was at ease in the company of men but I believe that sex did n't interest him and was even repugnant to him . |
| 15 | Thus , when the first flicker of daylight broke on the horizon at about 02.30 on 1 June , Jellicoe found the sea empty : Scheer had eluded him and was even then reaching sanctuary . |
| 16 | I had risen above him and was now in the state of dung-hai , or complete and utter superiority to Quigley . |
| 17 | Even though she feared him , she respected him and was always trying to impress him . |
| 18 | Weather was no deterrent for him and was never allowed to interfere with his plans … . |
| 19 | I went to meet him and was deeply disappointed to discover that the head of a bank could be such a short , bald , rather fat individual . |
| 20 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 21 | Corbett , who had a string of classical roles behind him but was best known as the star of Steptoe and Son on TV , played a married travelling salesman , Brian , who is having an affair and aches for his lover after a fortnight 's absence , only to find himself sharing a bedsitting room with a religious zealot , Arnold , played by Crawford . |
| 22 | To begin with , a middle-aged blonde woman jostled him but was quickly joined by a cohort of silver-haired reinforcements . |
| 23 | Marian felt less inclined to distrust him but was still cautious . |
| 24 | She sank down , as far away from him as was humanly possible , which was n't very far . |
| 25 | In some ways Donaldson realised that it was he that was actually doing all the learning-Bobo was using a vocabulary that she 'd already acquired , whilst he was struggling to adapt himself to it . |