Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] be [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 About a week later he realized he was in a locked ward with iron bars .
2 To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes .
3 Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round .
4 I mean , I can remember seeing an interview with er , John Geilgud and he 'd he 'd done Hamlet many years ago and er but he said he 'd it was in a totally different way you know , different
5 Sean was intent on not coming back as he believed he was in the right , but he did feel very upset .
6 He claimed he was in the UK for a conference .
7 When he arrived it was at a very particular time of day .
8 He guessed they were for the morals group , since neither he nor Mrs Frizzell ever really read a book , and he put them down again , still mystified .
9 He figured it was worth a nickel to call me at the Globe , and he 's not a wasteful man . ’
10 He sensed she was in a position to tell him .
11 You may not believe this , but though Richard and I have now known each other for eighteen years on and off , the first time he kissed me was in the car-park last Thursday . ’
12 Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water .
13 He would n't eat them , cos he thought they were in the other potato .
14 He thought it was like a record — that you go to Number One immediately .
15 He 'd spoken as if he thought she was in the habit of collecting fiancés and engagement-rings .
16 He thought he was in the restaurant .
17 When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? "
18 He knew he was on the home straight .
19 One wheel would n't retract , although he was n't aware of it at the time , and the next thing he knew he was near the ground .
20 Myeloski was angry in his reply , mostly because he knew he was in the wrong .
21 with its pleasant tag , Vivit post funera virtus , he knew he was in the transept crossing .
22 I knew he had been a colleague of my father ; I wondered how he knew I was on the Sort-to .
23 When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time .
24 He knew it was in the interests of the City that the Tories win the next election .
25 Before his reign the site would have been on the southernmost borders of the empire ; when he died it was at the empire 's heart .
26 He felt he was at the heart not just of Royalbion House , not even of London , but of the entire cosmos .
27 Her right arm was linked through Patrick 's and her left hand was also closed over his arm ; he felt he was in a vice .
28 He felt he was in a nightmare .
29 At school he dared answer back to the Headmaster — politely — when he felt he was in the right .
30 Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best .
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