Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] in an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the town hall clock struck twelve he found himself in an untidy cul-de-sac beneath the railway arches . |
| 2 | We shall return to the second part of the old horseman 's description : here it is necessary to emphasize that he used it in an exceptional way . |
| 3 | ‘ You may perhaps gain the kingdom of heaven by your prayers , ’ he told him in an unkind moment , ‘ but never the kingdom of Great Britain . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll definitely stick to wearing them in the future , ’ he told me in an exclusive interview . |
| 5 | He put her in an open boat , with no oars , at the mouth of the River Aberlessie which , the chronicle says , was called ‘ The Mouth of Stench ’ because of the thousands of rotting fish cast on the sands . |