Example sentences of "he [was/were] thus [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My recollection was that the detective story was one of E. Phillips Oppenheim 's , and that it concerned a horrific murder whereby the victim was , so to speak , liquefied and poured down the sink , so that the ‘ essence ’ of him was thus disposed of . |
| 2 | He was thus dismissed by the England camp as a complete lunatic whose criminal slogging should not be allowed to sully finer sensibilities . |
| 3 | Whatever the reason , the Regent was no less determined to try to capture Balliol while he was thus detached from his main force . |
| 4 | While he was thus engaged , Yanto began to explain his plan of action to the girls . |
| 5 | It was while he was thus engaged in the Plaza of Broken Moons that disaster struck . |
| 6 | He was thus encouraged to believe that the Cambridge Board entertained some doubt over the strength of its case for unilateral action and was therefore anxious to reach a negotiated agreement with the WEA prior to making any application for additional Chapter III providing powers . |
| 7 | After a while , as he was thus musing , there appeared before him one in white garments , who said unto him , Sleepest thou or wakest thou , Rodrigo ? and he answered and said , I do not sleep : but who art thou that bringest with thee such brightness and so sweet an odour ? |
| 8 | His deification as the patron of craftsmen , but more importantly as a god of wisdom , medicine and healing , had occurred by the Late Period and he was thus identified by the Greeks with their god of medicine , Asclepios . |