Example sentences of "he was [verb] of the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 At the Easter vestry in 1818 Merceron was voted out , and shortly afterwards he was convicted of the charges against him and imprisoned for eighteen months .
2 In particular , he was warned of the errors likely to be associated with naive projections of past accounting profit calculations , whether based upon historic or upon current costs .
3 He was thinking of the places under review : Belmodes , his house in Mouncy Street , Rose Hilaire 's flat .
4 As his feet touched the bottom he was thinking of the tanks the Allies had intended to land on the rocky promontory before him ; clearly this was not possible , for now in the starlight he could see its rock face was impassable .
5 But after a detailed examination of the house they said he was suspected of the shootings .
6 But after a detailed examination of the house they said he was suspected of the shootings .
7 He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast .
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