Example sentences of "he was [verb] [adv prt] [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 was moved on to the job when we were short-handed last winter , and up-graded from labourer . ’
4 On Christmas Day he was moved out by a policeman , and that , he said , was when he lost his faith .
5 Shortly after joining No 10 Squadron he was shot down during an attack on the Tirpitz at Aasfjord near Trondheim in Norway .
6 He was shot down by a Luftwaffe night-fighter . ’
7 I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day .
8 Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people .
9 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 .
10 The Lebanese man in the dock says he was invited back to the flat , and it was Kim who threatened him with a knife .
11 Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out .
12 He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall .
13 He was leaning out of the shelter .
14 He was turned down for an insurance policy on the grounds that he was too old .
15 However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department .
16 He was turned down by the " Goldsmith Libel Fund " , an eccentric exercise in philanthropy which bankrolls plaintiffs of conservative persuasion ( notably Tory MPs ) who bring libel actions against media organisations perceived as left-wing ( eg the BBC ) .
17 Having earned a rest , he was turned out in a paddock where he had grazed regularly .
18 But it was n't the camp reactions he was troubled about at the moment , it was Mrs Robson 's .
19 He was slapping about with a dustpan and brush , getting up the worst of the spilled coffee and other foods .
20 Otley 's cavalry twill and brogues were doing their best to keep up and he was breaking out in a sweat .
21 He swivelled from joist to joist , raker to rafter , feeling horribly like a monkey and getting very cold feet in the process even though he was breaking out in a sweat at the same time .
22 In the 10th round , he was ruled out for a foul , and lost his world championship .
23 The youngsters were so delighted when the final whistle went that they all jumped on the luckless coach , bruising his ribs so badly that he was ruled out of the next weekend 's third team fixture .
24 At the storming of this fortress on 19 January he was blown up at the head of his brigade when a French magazine exploded , killing 108 men .
25 He was blown out of the water on 17 January 1964 by Iain Macleod [ q.v. ] , who had just become editor of the Spectator , in one of the most famous and devastating articles that has ever appeared in that journal .
26 He was to go down to the Supersight factory for some practice with Harley and was then to go with him to a couple of the Continental tournaments . ’
27 He was pointing out into the audience as he said it .
28 He 'd probably never been to Brixton before — I could tell that from the way he was sinking down in the back of Armstrong the farther along Effra Road we got .
29 Look at Ben Hogan , a legend and a perfectionist who gave up the game when he was struck down by the dreaded ‘ yips ’ .
30 It occurred to him as he was crashing about in the cupboard among his own old mackintoshes , tennis racquets , gum boots , and broken picture frames that he might be doing the wrong thing .
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