Example sentences of "was [adj] he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 So when I was pregnant he went out with somebody else .
2 For standing on the , on the seats you see , which I mean my father was right he 'd got the experience to know that several men had been drowned like that .
3 It was awful he said go and get it it 'll be in there and I just went er and I could see it all .
4 in the middle of the morning our Jack never and erm , say , all they , it was awful he going on between us between us it was awful
5 It was possible he had been hoping to frighten Steve , but his exact motives were unknown .
6 If he was insatiable he made her so too , and light was filtering through the shutters before , utterly exhausted , she fell asleep in his arms .
7 what you suggested how she got in that , oh no you ca n't have that , well she kept coming and she kept are n't I a silly bitch , are n't I silly bitch Bill , and he looked she was taking the mickey out and he said well what , what 's your daughter 's name , she said Jane , as if he was puddled he said no what 's that name ?
8 Until he was 70 he drew in pencil and in pen and wash with great neatness .
9 We do well to remember that , after all the violence that humans had created on the earth , God surveyed the debris and said ‘ he was sorry he made man ’ ( Gen.6:7 ) .
10 He was sorry he 'd forgotten to pay Betty any money last year , but could he come and stay for a while and pay her then ?
11 And she was sorry he 'd said that .
12 He was sorry he had made a fool of himself by ringing .
13 Your boyfriend said to say he was sorry he had missed you , and he 'd be writing and was doing nicely .
14 The girl 's eyes lost their sparkle as the faintest of rumbles came to her ears , and Mr Beckenham was sorry he had drawn her attention to it .
15 Joshua was sorry he had turned his back on sunny Brighton .
16 When he gave her his opinion of this , she merely replied that she was sorry he felt like that , and ended the conversation .
17 He was grateful he had no need to tune in .
18 Daryl 's early musical experiences began by playing trumpet in the school band , but by the time he was eleven he had discovered the guitar .
19 When he was eleven he attended Dartford Grammar School , and three years later he went to Tonbridge School , where his main interests continued to centre on literature and the natural world .
20 Three months later he was seized with chest pain , but because he had been told that his coronary artery was normal he developed an irresistible desire to chop wood .
21 ‘ I 'd better break the engagement now , ’ I said , thinking my mother very foolish for not realising that what appealed to Syl was my very paleness , my silence , my hostility , which he mostly construed as shyness , until I was unpleasant , and when I was unpleasant he took it as evidence of some depth in my feeling for him and found it sexually alluring .
22 Since he has a very fluent running style , with little lateral arm movement and a very low leg lift , it is often hard to tell when Zarei is weary , but at the 6-Day race on the Gateshead Stadium track last October , it was clear he ran to his absolute limit .
23 ‘ The judge agreed to sign a warrant for Thom 's arrest as soon as it was clear he 'd left the country with Eva . ’
24 Even from this distance it was clear he 'd been hit several times in the chest and there was also red paint all over his visor .
25 It was clear he had been beaten , his face was bruised and his ragged clothing was hanging from him .
26 By the time Jose had found Jeremy 's passport and return air ticket , so it was clear he had n't just wandered off .
27 It was clear he had met the boy already .
28 It was clear he had had nothing to do with the assassination attempt .
29 It was clear he had a problem .
30 Now it was clear he had no real need of her assistance despite his claim to the opposite .
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