Example sentences of "he was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all he knew , Gwen was lying upstairs dead and the man in front of him was building up to another outburst . |
| 2 | He was darting up to each of the dogs in turn , ears pricked , eyes blazing with devilment , dabbing a paw at them then streaking away . |
| 3 | The Metropolitan Police have said that Courtney offered his services — but he was turned down for any work . |
| 4 | It was simply out of duty to his only child that he was venturing out at all . |
| 5 | In 1954 , he was cut off from all classified material because of earlier association with Communists — who included his own brother . |
| 6 | He was carried up to that garret , probably in a state of stupor , drunk or drugged . |
| 7 | He was striking out in all directions , trying to be a painter . ’ |
| 8 | Within minutes of being given the treatment his walking was much improved , and the following day he was walking around without any sticks and was also able to climb up and down stairs unaided — a thing he had been unable to do for at least two years . |
| 9 | But he was laid up after that and we did n't see him for days . |
| 10 | My son did get a job in a button factory and an optician 's but he was laid off from both because of lack of demand . |
| 11 | Welcome to Molyneux , Headley , Brian Horton 's with me , the United manager because he was brought up in this part of the world , must be very proud of what you brought up here for the second half Brian , but so disappointed after that first half showing . |
| 12 | He looked ahead to where the road curved openly up to the left , free road ahead , that 's where he was going up on that open road ahead with this great sense of power behind his eyes , behind his shoulders , in his thighs . |
| 13 | I mean that 's a , a thing that er I remember seeing a TV documentary and there was this bloke , I du n no if he was from the Terence Higgins Trust , I do n't think so , but erm er anyway he was going on about this , this very thing that there 's often the homophobic imagination er has this sort of slippage between you know , consenting adult activity and if you 're gay , if you 're homosexual then this probably means that you 're also interested in seducing children , you 're also interested in sado-masochistic activity er you 're also interested in , you know , a whole variety of other , you know , things which |
| 14 | I was in the car park and er , I got back into the car and , with Mrs , the phone rang and it was erm Mr , he was going out at half past three . |