Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye , she were washing them or summat and he were annoying her so she threw them all . |
| 2 | as if he were touching her , the tips of her nipples contracted into tight buds of awareness , pointing tell-tale peaks beneath the thin fabric . |
| 3 | It was as if he were touching her , physically caressing her with that dark , gold-flecked gaze . |
| 4 | But if Fen were in love with her — if he were to make love to her again , the way he had last night … if he were to ask her … |
| 5 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 6 | Such a touching story , Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall — ’ and he spoke her name as though he were striking her with it ‘ — and all a lie . |
| 7 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |
| 8 | She knew she would feel slightly better about the situation if he were forcing her to stay at his flat in London . |
| 9 | Johnny 's words had left her feeling inadequate , as though he were presenting her with some enormous challenge which she did not feel equal to meet . |
| 10 | If he were to assault her now , hurt her and rape her , there would be no redress . |
| 11 | Sally-Anne gave the matter as grave a consideration as though he were asking her her opinion of the latest exhibition of Japanese art , or Beerbohm Tree 's newest play . |
| 12 | He was facing her now . |
| 13 | Then he swung round so that he was facing her . |
| 14 | He was facing her , and the half-shadows lent his body a forbidding , dangerous air that seemed to engulf her . |
| 15 | Now he was facing her squarely . |
| 16 | Painfully Travis rolled over until he was facing her . |
| 17 | He was either out and had n't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone . |
| 18 | He said he was comforting her . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She had thought he was manoeuvring her . |
| 21 | He was goading her , waiting for just that reaction . |
| 22 | Annie laughed once more as Billy put a hand up to his lips in mock horror and then her face suddenly flushed as she realised he was appraising her . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She heard footsteps , as if he were walking away , and wondered whether he was leaving her . |
| 25 | She knew he was leaving her the next day , perhaps for ever . |
| 26 | He had taken not more than two strides and yet he was leaving her behind . |
| 27 | ‘ My mother , ’ Alain announced forcefully , his eyes on Jenna as if he was willing her not to sink back into her rather threatening stance . |
| 28 | She was n't quite sure what he was summing her up for but he was certainly doing that . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | He was warning her off ! |