Example sentences of "was [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was costing him a small fortune . |
| 2 | However one piece of equipment was causing him a problem — a ‘ survival bag ’ . |
| 3 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 4 | Sien was causing him a great deal of worry as the year wore on . |
| 5 | He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ . |
| 6 | He did go back to London ; he did defy the might of Zanuck , but the canny Alex Korda in London stitched up the contract later which , yes , was to give him a million dollars , but also tie him to some terrible films . |
| 7 | Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes . |
| 8 | Laying herself down beside Cad again in the hot room under the single sheet , she instructed her sister carefully , how she was to find Tommaso Talvi in town the next day , to come across him as if by accident , and then , if no one was listening , she was to give him a message . |
| 9 | His narrow victory at Mosport over Regazzoni put the two men equal on points with one race to go at Watkins glen , with Scheckter still in with an outside chance , and when Rega retired , Emerson settled in behind Reutemann , Pace and Hunt for the fourth place which was to give him the championship . |
| 10 | Fact that I was calling him a murderer had nothing to do with it . |
| 11 | He could be wild and crazy at times and she had n't faced up to the fact that the way he lived his life was doing him no good , no good at all . |
| 12 | He needed to ; it was doing him a kindness , putting iron into his backbone . |
| 13 | Of course , in thinking like this , I was doing him a great injustice : the change was not so much in him , as in the way I saw him . |
| 14 | As it turned out , I was doing him a service . ’ |
| 15 | I was doing him a favour looking after the house over Christmas . ’ |
| 16 | He felt like it was asking him a question or searching for something in his mind . |
| 17 | In the Ascot race Brown Windsor was giving him a stone and finished 5 ¾ lengths behind . |
| 18 | When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look . |
| 19 | He had heard about the Funnell family and the old matriarch when Doctor Rice was giving him a lightning summary of the patients . |
| 20 | Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted . |
| 21 | Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped . |
| 22 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 23 | By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder . |
| 24 | Again she was giving him the opportunity to ask her to lengthen the period — or to indicate in some way that he had no wish for her to leave . |
| 25 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |
| 26 | He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability . |
| 27 | I told him I knew Marc was going to listen to him , would help him , that all he had to do was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ All I did was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 29 | And all the while , while he was handing him the plate of meat and bread , and while he was holding the cup to the trembling lips , a little silvery voice was beating inside Fergus 's head : this is all wrong . |
| 30 | If she had thought she was showing him a stop-light , however , he must have seen it as a green one , for his arm suddenly tightened and there was a definite amorous gleam in his eye as he edged closer to her and breathed seductively , ‘ I like you so much , Fabia . ’ |