Example sentences of "he was [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Gary was the only exception I knew to this rule , and then only when he was up to no good ) . ’ |
| 2 | Then he was up to the silvery layer of the surface . |
| 3 | He was up for a western , and he had the long hair , but after school he went to a barber and had his head shaved . |
| 4 | He reckoned the boy had doubled the price for his ice cream because he was up at the smart end of town , not plying his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis . |
| 5 | His senses told him he was on to a good thing and his senses were rarely wrong . |
| 6 | Maybe he thought he was on to a good thing . |
| 7 | Jean-Paul was in no doubt that he was on to a good deal . |
| 8 | Multiply that up by two or three hundred stores , and you will see he was on to a good thing . |
| 9 | Now he was off to a nine p.m. to one a.m . |
| 10 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
| 11 | He had a bag with him , a small suitcase really , so I asked if he was off on a late holiday . |
| 12 | The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country . |
| 13 | Through the swing doors , and he had not registered what was happening to him until he was out into the late afternoon cold and the open doorway at the back of the car was yawning for him . |
| 14 | It was partly because he was out of the top drawer , of course . |
| 15 | MIKE ATHERTON 's hope of retaining his England Test place took a blow today , when he was out to a careless stroke in front of Graham Gooch . |
| 16 | But he was out at a coronary , I believe , and by the time he arrived the baby was born . ’ |
| 17 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 18 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 19 | I rang the doctor , hoping he would suggest transferring her to Tewkesbury or Evesham , but he was out on a coronary emergency , so I had to wait . |
| 20 | He only started to relax when he was out on the stone-chip drive and walking away from the house . |
| 21 | He strode past the lines of guards and attendants , nodded to the pair of officers who lounged at their ease in the shadow of the enormous length of midnight-blue fabric which hung suspended from the ceiling in lieu of a screen , and slackened his pace only when he was out in the long gallery which ran supported around the entire upper floor . |
| 22 | He was out in the last over before tea after completing his 15th Test century . |
| 23 | Tension was mounting as preparations got underway for the first ever race between a balloon , a steamroller … and a narrowboat.As entrants arrived for the annual steam rally at Upton , the contestants in the battle of the giants were all expressing optimism.Balloonist Chris Viles reckoned he was in with a good chance : |
| 24 | He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married ! |
| 25 | Well , she felt in a fighting mood , and if he thought that he could make a fool of her in front of his girlfriend then he was in for a big surprise . |
| 26 | His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart . |
| 27 | After the second course he was back on a normal diet , gaining weight rapidly . |
| 28 | He was diverted during coffee by a thumb nail sketch of that fruitless expedition , but by the time the sommelier had visited the table with Cognac a second time , he was back to the great danger of ennui in the BEF , and 2nd Grenadiers ’ seven months in France spent cultivating a defensive mentality which could well be disastrous if hostilities ever broke out . |
| 29 | Now he was back at the sharp end . |
| 30 | He was back at the open unit on 9 June 1991 , but the following day he absconded again and this time was absent for 94 days . |