Example sentences of "[adj] he was [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the completion of this he was placed in charge in 1851–2 of the heavy engineering works on the Oxford and Wolverhampton line , including high timber viaducts and the Dudley tunnel . |
| 2 | In this he was joined by Dennis Hopper , who was equally ecstatic . |
| 3 | Since Daniel agreed with this he was reduced to silence . |
| 4 | Hugh Dalton , returned to parliament in 1935 , had taken a leading part in reconciling the Party to rearmament and in this he was backed by Bevin , Citrine and the TUC . |
| 5 | In 1933 he was hired by Warner Brothers to make several short comedies , but died of a heart attack after a celebration party . |
| 6 | In 1872 he was crowned at Aksum as John IV . |
| 7 | In June 1881 he was recalled to Dublin and put in charge of the RIC 's crime division , with the task of both preventing and solving politically inspired crime . |
| 8 | During the autumn of 1479 he was appointed in addition to the office of master of the choristers , and he continued to occupy both appointments until his departure between 1 October 1484 and 30 September 1485 . |
| 9 | In December 1630 he was silenced by William Laud [ q.v. ] for not catechizing according to the form laid down in the Prayer Book , and for refusing to bow at the name of Jesus . |
| 10 | William remained close to Edward II after his accession , being retained as part of the king 's household ; and in 1310–11 he was sent to Gascony as one of English commissioners at the process of Perigueux . |
| 11 | In 1879 he was sent to England to oversee the European side of the business , and settled in Cheshire within easy reach of the textile mills of Lancashire where he placed a lot of business . |
| 12 | I 'm afraid he was sentenced to death yesterday . ’ |
| 13 | At the age of nineteen he was apprenticed to Isambard K. Brunel [ q.v. ] who employed him on the Thames tunnel and on some sections of the Great Western Railway . |
| 14 | His name does not appear in university records of the time , but in September 1775 he was ordained in London , and appointed to curacies first at Tideswell , and in the following year at Wirksworth , also in Derbyshire , but at double the stipend , £60 p.a . |
| 15 | On 26 September 1406 he was consecrated at Mortlake after his promotion to the see of London . |
| 16 | On 11 May 1991 he was taken to hospital suffering from 18 bruises and a bite mark . |
| 17 | After a trip up the coast to Galle for a reception , motorcade and exhibition game against a district XVIII , Ebbsworth began to show why it was appropriate he was born in Muswellbrook by shelling locals with five sixes and 14 fours . |
| 18 | In 1929 he was recalled to Rome to take part — with his lawyer brother — in the final negotiations over the Lateran Treaty . |
| 19 | In 1725 he was employed by Graham to construct the framework of the eight-feet mural quadrant for Edmond Halley [ q.v. ] |
| 20 | In 1582 and 1586 he served Leicester in the Netherlands and later in 1586 he was returned to Parliament for Callington , Cornwall . |
| 21 | Yes , you can see how much he was disgusted by death . |
| 22 | As floral tributes built up , it became evident how much he was held in affection and esteem by local people . |
| 23 | But by 1646 he had been deprived of his parish and in 1648 he was expelled from Christ Church . |
| 24 | In 1822 he was commissioned as lieutenant in the 9th Royal Dragoons , transferring to the 12th Lancers in 1826 . |
| 25 | In the summer of 1940 he was volunteered for parachute training by friends who added his name to a list for this course . |
| 26 | On the outbreak of World War II he sought re-employment without success , until in April 1940 he was asked by General W. E. ( later first Baron ) Ironside [ q.v. ] to go to Malta , as governor and commander-in-chief , in the rank of lieutenant-general . |
| 27 | In 1691 Gascoyne mapped the estates of James Cecil , third Earl of Salisbury [ q.v. ] ; the following year he mapped Sayes Court for John Evelyn [ q.v. ] , and in 1692 he was directed by Samuel Travers , surveyor of land revenue to King William and Queen Mary , to make a survey of the ‘ Mannor of East Greenwich in Kent ’ following the grant by the monarchs of ‘ the house at Greenwich to be a hospital for wounded seamen ’ . |
| 28 | Once free of the knotted tentacles of the eastern suburbs , Dalgliesh made good time and by three he was driving through Lydsett village . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , in June 1626 he was introduced to George Villiers , first Duke of Buckingham [ q.v. ] , who had him knighted and appointed KC on the council of the north . |
| 30 | On the eve of Ecgfrith 's campaigns against the Picts in 685 he was living on Iona . |