Example sentences of "he was [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way to deal with him was to fall back on the technique that had always served her best . |
| 2 | The Bishop 's resignation was announced at a Press Conference held at the Cathedral , when a statement by him was read out by the Diocesan spokesman . |
| 3 | He saw the flash of Osbern 's teeth before the struggling mass all around him was rocked sideways by the shock of the cavalry ; of live men flinging themselves out of its pathway and of dead men thrown after them . |
| 4 | The anger that the insults to his intelligence had aroused in him was put aside by the amazement that surrounded the question , and again he mouthed , ‘ What ? ’ then added , ‘ In line ! |
| 5 | Marlow himself , listening to Jim 's confused , hesitant version of the affair as the court-martial proceeds , realises that ‘ with every instant he was penetrating deeper into the impossible world of romantic achievements ’ and cuts across the young man 's evident yearning to make some heroic restitution by the blunt reminder , ‘ If you had stuck to the ship , you mean ! ’ |
| 6 | He was moved on to the job when we were short-handed last winter , and up-graded from labourer . ’ |
| 7 | On Christmas Day he was moved out by a policeman , and that , he said , was when he lost his faith . |
| 8 | The river dream came to him again , he was wading deep into the current , its coldness griped him by the crutch , shocking him , he must reach that bluish hovering light on the far bank — trees towering above — a house , a tall bulky building towering above him … |
| 9 | Shortly after joining No 10 Squadron he was shot down during an attack on the Tirpitz at Aasfjord near Trondheim in Norway . |
| 10 | He was shot down by a Luftwaffe night-fighter . ’ |
| 11 | Charles was clearly fascinated by Mr Mercer 's story of how he was shot twice by the Chinese and held prisoner for two years . |
| 12 | One witness , a taxi-driver , said : ‘ The police car stopped the van right in front of ou ‘ The policeman ran after him , but as he turned the corner he was shot twice in the back . |
| 13 | He was shot twice in the chest by a lone , unmasked gunman at the front door of his home at Palmerston Park , Holywood Road , at around 9.40pm . |
| 14 | He was endowed too with a very strong male chemistry . |
| 15 | He was to remain there for a further six years . |
| 16 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 17 | At the last festival , Ib Anderson was the undoubted star , and we were told he was leaving immediately after the festival to join New York City ballet . |
| 18 | He had been so proud and happy to be returning to his family with the news of his impending marriage , yet now he was leaving home as an outcast . |
| 19 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 20 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 21 | The Lebanese man in the dock says he was invited back to the flat , and it was Kim who threatened him with a knife . |
| 22 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 23 | To most people he must have seemed simply drunk and he was bundled away from the equipment and dumped six feet below to the floor by a couple of the DJ team . |
| 24 | This was the beginning of a close association and collaboration lasting for twenty-five years , interrupted only by Bulleid 's war service from 1915 to 1919 , when he was involved mainly in the operation of military railways serving ammunition dumps near the front in France . |
| 25 | He was leaning forward across the table , staring at me with a sort of frustrated belligerence . |
| 26 | He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall . |
| 27 | He was leaning casually against a nearby brick pillar , his dark eyes watching her carefully . |
| 28 | He was leaning comfortably into the corner of his seat reading the unmistakable pages of the London Financial Times . |
| 29 | When she looked up he was leaning elegantly against the table , watching her . |
| 30 | He was leaning out of the shelter . |