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 . |