Example sentences of "he was [vb pp] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the nature of his studies he was sent to work at the Esso refinery at Fawley . |
| 2 | He was sent to study at the University of Cambridge . |
| 3 | But while he was placed on the ‘ at risk ’ register he was allowed to remain at the foster home at Ysgubor Esgob , a smallholding near Gwalchmai . |
| 4 | He was forced to bend at the waist , looming over him . |
| 5 | Iron-hard fingers dug into Joseph 's thinning hair and pulled his head back until he was forced to look at the soft spoken man . |