Is the following sentence correct? Does it sound awkward?
It wasn't long before he and Dolores were locking eyes.
Is the following sentence correct? Does it sound awkward?
It wasn't long before he and Dolores were locking eyes.
Yes it's correct. The subject, "He and Dolores", is plural and the use of "were" is correct. As a test for the correct use of the pronoun "He" the sentence can be stated while leaving the second part of the subject Dolores off. For example: It wasn't long before him was locking eyes. Right away one can tell that using "him" in the sentence would sound awkward. Thus, restating the phrase, It wasn't long before "he" was locking eyes sounds grammatically correct. Finally, by substituting back with the proper verb tense, one can see that "He" and Dolores were locking eyes is correct.