Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |
| 2 | Would have made him think he was with the poor bloody paras in a tent in Afghanistan … |
| 3 | However , if the princes did not call upon him to serve it was of no matter . |
| 4 | About a week later he realized he was in a locked ward with iron bars . |
| 5 | To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes . |
| 6 | Speaking on Central News last year , he says he was in the flat when the fight broke out between Mills and Wiltshire . |
| 7 | He says it was like a romance . |
| 8 | He says it was like a football mob . |
| 9 | I mean , I can remember seeing an interview with er , John Geilgud and he 'd he 'd done Hamlet many years ago and er but he said he 'd it was in a totally different way you know , different |
| 10 | Sean was intent on not coming back as he believed he was in the right , but he did feel very upset . |
| 11 | He claimed he was in the UK for a conference . |
| 12 | When he arrived it was at a very particular time of day . |
| 13 | He guessed they were for the morals group , since neither he nor Mrs Frizzell ever really read a book , and he put them down again , still mystified . |
| 14 | He figured it was worth a nickel to call me at the Globe , and he 's not a wasteful man . ’ |
| 15 | He sensed she was in a position to tell him . |
| 16 | You may not believe this , but though Richard and I have now known each other for eighteen years on and off , the first time he kissed me was in the car-park last Thursday . ’ |
| 17 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 18 | He would n't eat them , cos he thought they were in the other potato . |
| 19 | ‘ He thought it was like a record — that you go to Number One immediately . |
| 20 | He 'd spoken as if he thought she was in the habit of collecting fiancés and engagement-rings . |
| 21 | He thought he was in the restaurant . |
| 22 | When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? " |
| 23 | He knew he was on the home straight . |
| 24 | One wheel would n't retract , although he was n't aware of it at the time , and the next thing he knew he was near the ground . |
| 25 | Myeloski was angry in his reply , mostly because he knew he was in the wrong . |
| 26 | with its pleasant tag , Vivit post funera virtus , he knew he was in the transept crossing . |
| 27 | I knew he had been a colleague of my father ; I wondered how he knew I was on the Sort-to . |
| 28 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 29 | He knew it was in the interests of the City that the Tories win the next election . |
| 30 | Before his reign the site would have been on the southernmost borders of the empire ; when he died it was at the empire 's heart . |