Example sentences of "he was [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GEORGE GRAHAM last night startled Arsenal by admitting he was nowhere near a job for life at Highbury . |
| 2 | He was rather like a 12-inch gun with no gunlayer ; he always turned up to meetings late and disoriented , although he had a middle-aged secretary who used to follow him about with his diary and try to keep him in line . |
| 3 | He shot him when he was right at the top . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He was right at the end , ’ admits Marjorie Gedge . |
| 5 | he was right at the height of his Anthony Newley hang-up , so one problem was constantly reminding him that he sounded like Anthony Newley and trying to ‘ de-Newleyfy ’ him if you could . |
| 6 | But undoubtedly he was right on the mark when he wrote in his essay on Thomas Parnell some words which might aptly be applied to many writers at present being collected : |
| 7 | it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back |
| 8 | With an Auriga fitted to the back of his Swift he was right on the pace at Brands Hatch , qualifying up the grid , only to have his hopes dashed when he was adjudged to have left the pits against a red light during practice . |
| 9 | He was right along the end without a sink . |
| 10 | Perhaps he was away for the weekend . |
| 11 | While he was away at the buffet , MacMinimum said quietly to John : ‘ For God 's sake , say not a word on railways . |
| 12 | Then he sat down to watch the video of a film recorded while he was away at the funeral . |
| 13 | They were at it in the house , then in Felstead 's car on the way to the Club , all the time he was away from the bar . |
| 14 | The bill was prepaid , so that he was away from the hotel before the front desk was manned , and the car had started first turn . |
| 15 | Officials at the Social Services department of Gloucestershire County Council were saddened by Stephen 's death , but say as he was away from the home there was nothing they could do . |
| 16 | But if he was away from the Institute the day she disappeared … . |
| 17 | When she belatedly realised that she must be pregnant she could not tell the Englishman , because he was away from the camp leading an action against an important German supply dump . |
| 18 | Of the six men banned , Chapman was probably least involved , as he was away from the club when the malpractices allegedly took place . |
| 19 | Might have brought some of the stuff up while he was away from the table . |
| 20 | We cooked and served the meal that Sir Thomas had recently eaten ; it is true he could have taken the poison afterwards , however , or when he was away from the table during the entremets . |
| 21 | But again I was told that he was away from the office , and a girl who said she was his secretary could give no clear indication of when he was expected back . |
| 22 | And then he was away in no time … cor he was quick , straight from the Barcelona Olympics I think . |
| 23 | There was never any mention of further plans for parachuting after the first operational disaster , and the correspondents agree that he was away in the desert . |
| 24 | BROTHER CADFAEL had made one journey to the hamlet of Preston in search of the young man Aldhelm , only to find that he was away in the riverside fields of the manor of Upton , busy with the lambing , for the season had been complicated by having to retrieve some of the ewes in haste from the rising water , and the shepherds were working all the hours of the day . |
| 25 | He was probably under the impression that she wanted to buy some furniture . |
| 26 | No reply , but that was not unusual at three o'clock , since he was probably in a hostelry somewhere . |
| 27 | In 1629 he was again at the forefront of discussions on Arminianism , proposing the Thirty-nine Articles of 1562 as a basic standard of religious orthodoxy and denouncing the evil influence of Arminian advisers close to the king . |
| 28 | In 1992 , Sara 's son , Sonnie ( Palamine Cherish the Dream ) was judged top Special Puppy at only 10 months , and this year he was again among the award winners , being voted best Special Yearling . |
| 29 | He was already into the champagne and mansion bracket up in the hills and very soon began his first famous relationship , setting up home with Joan Collins . |
| 30 | She was too late however , as he was already at the door and a moment later , without a further word , he was gone . |