Example sentences of "[subord] he [was/were] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was pursued , as described in the rhyme , until caught at Grassgill End where he was burned at the stake . |
| 2 | This aspect is something that has increased in importance with the rise of inflation because there are very few cases where the deceased would not have been earning more by the date of trial than he was earning at the date of his death . |
| 3 | If he was based at a school governed by the Church of England , then the Catechism would have to be recited , and some examination by a priest would be necessary . |
| 4 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 5 | Wishart felt as if he was standing at a crossroads with two paths leading into the darkness . |
| 6 | The reporter 's eyes narrowed , the flesh puckered up as if he was staring at the sun . |
| 7 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 8 | Then a voice spoke , and he realised , incredulously , that Dinah Asshe was here before him , and he had not seen her because he was looking at the dog . |
| 9 | I could n't decide whether he was doing this to make me even more relaxed , like a television warm-up man , or because he was over-excited at the prospect of getting at my polyps . |
| 10 | I think it still belongs to the Duke of Devonshire because he was interviewed at the end was n't he ? |
| 11 | Dauntless looked far from happy that a ghost-bottling session would be conducted while he was staying at the house . |
| 12 | While he was detained at the police station a number of police-officers used a key taken from the arrested man to enter his mother 's home . |
| 13 | ‘ We ca n't work out how he could have killed his wife while he was sitting at the opposite end of the table , ’ said Constable Bewman näively . |
| 14 | The accident happened while he was working at an extension to a silo . |
| 15 | Cameron wanted time to think ; he was in a turmoil of emotions ; he felt for Sandy 's grievance even while he was blenching at the man 's mad certainty that a day of reckoning was near . |
| 16 | In AD 685 St Cuthbert perambulated ‘ illis murum civitatis ’ and also saw a fountain working , implying that there was still a functioning aqueduct ; whether he was looking at the walls of a genuine town or of a fort is arguable . |
| 17 | In January 1985 , before he was supplanted at the top by Lendl , the New Yorker defeated the stern Czechoslovak in straight sets in the Masters final . |
| 18 | He said it in English , slowly , as though enjoying the sound of the words , and he added with a secret little smile , ‘ That happened just before he was recalled at the request of Lami Dozo himself . |
| 19 | Even when he was looking at the ones like the Carmen at Ivinghoe ) that I think are my best ( or did then ) . |
| 20 | Paul , 21 , broke down in tears when he was asked at the Old Bailey if he intended to kill or seriously injure Oxford graduate John Lavender . |
| 21 | EXACTLY a fortnight after his unscheduled South Bank recital debut , when he was invited at the last minute to take over from the indisposed Krystian Zimerman , the young Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner was back at the Festival Hall to replace the temperamental Martha Argerich in a Mozart concerto with the Philharmonia and conductor Claus Peter Flor . |
| 22 | Scott , of Holt Street , Hartlepool , was the youngest person to have the implant when he was treated at the NRI last October . |
| 23 | Swear when he was sat at the top of the stairs shivering he looked so thin . |
| 24 | McDonough was still playing for Luton Town when he was arrested at the Ritzy nightclub in Dunstable in February this year . |
| 25 | He held rival services until his return to Britain in 1852 to take up a stipend at Lee in Lincoln , when he was succeeded at the Beco Chapel by a Mr Hossmer . |
| 26 | When he was approached at the end of 1987 to become the Pru 's finance director he was tempted away , partly because the tremendous growth of PW had created ‘ more of a loss of identity as individual partners ’ and partly because it offered a new and exciting role . |
| 27 | Selection was the furthest thing from his mind when he was approached at the Scotland-Ireland game last season . |
| 28 | As soon as he was seated at the table she poured and handed wine , and he marked the breadth and strength of the shapely hand that offered the cup , and realised suddenly , noting the blue cloth sleeve of her gown , that she had already shed her mourning . |
| 29 | Above the arch of its clock tower is an eroded stone said to be miraculously imprinted with the features of Patrick Hamilton as he was burnt at the stake before it in 1528 . |
| 30 | A faint smile crossed Lancaster 's face , as though he was laughing at a cruel joke in dubious taste . |