Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was facing stormy Commons scenes this afternoon as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time . |
| 2 | The House of Lords held , in effect , that since the applicant was arguing that he had a contractual right under his lease to remain at the lower rent , he was asserting private law rights and so could raise the defence in the possession proceedings in the County Court and did not have to raise it by means of an AJR . |
| 3 | The Turks are particularly skilled at copying all manner of goods , and the young RAOC Supply Specialist Corporal visited six Bedford suppliers in the local town , and drank at least a gallon of cif , before he was satisfied that he was buying genuine Bedford parts ! |
| 4 | He was to teach Sixth Form Mathematics with great distinction from 1921 until his own retirement . |
| 5 | He was receiving last minute instructions from the professor . |
| 6 | He was asked this question abotu ten years after the book came out and he said he 'd never do a sequal . |
| 7 | He was given two telephone numbers to contact MI5 , 01–222 5471 and 01–637 7319 . |
| 8 | However his teachers recognised his exceptional qualities and he was given junior teaching posts which enabled him to register at the University of Pennsylvania , where he obtained his Master 's degree and began to work towards a PhD , specialising in philosophy . |
| 9 | Whatever the reason , he was given good trade rates . |
| 10 | Garry Cornes , 26 , a haemophiliac , was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1985 after he was given infected blood products . |
| 11 | He was given 160 hours community service and ordered to pay £200 compensation . |
| 12 | He was given three penalty points and ordered to pay £15 towards prosecution costs . |
| 13 | It was also suggested that he was using Interior Ministry files to discredit political opponents , and thereby promote the Czechoslovakian People 's Party to which he belonged , in the lead-up to the June elections . |
| 14 | A further study of Les Sylphides reveals Fokine 's great understanding of the dance rhythms which he felt he had to make visible whenever he was using well-recognised dance forms . |
| 15 | The last time I saw him was at Pine er was at on the as T V series at Pinewood , where he was acting second unit director . |
| 16 | Life has changed for Loris Capirossi since he was crowned 125 world champion last September . |
| 17 | He was kept busy writing lectures for he found the faculty grossly understaffed . |
| 18 | Yes , a fortnight ago he was appointed chief art advisor for Devon |
| 19 | In 1989 he was appointed assistant Group accountant and in 1990 became Group accountant . |
| 20 | He was to sire ten UK champions , a record only equalled by the Elsden 's other great stud dog , Ch. |
| 21 | He was wearing black track suit bottoms , black white and yellow T-shirt and three-quarter length yellow coat . |
| 22 | ‘ He had a great long stride — like he was wearing seven league boots . |
| 23 | His legs were bare and he was wearing Indian leather sandals , the kind you had to soak in water before you first put them on . |
| 24 | He was wearing disreputable-looking denim bermudas . |
| 25 | He was wearing old plaid trousers , over-large and loose as pantaloons , and tied at the ankles with string . |
| 26 | When I was a child he was selling insurance , then he was offloading imported sheepskin coats in the London street markets , then it was free range eggs . |
| 27 | Mr Wise , who is 42 , felt that he had reached his peak at Reuters in 1987 when he was made technical projects manager . |
| 28 | He was made Senior Art Adviser for the West Riding County Council in 1947 , where he worked among other things , on a policy of buying pictures for schools . |
| 29 | She goes when she was born either he was chewing some chewing gum and it fell out and it went ins caught in your mum 's prinny and it glued it together See you tomorrow dudes . |
| 30 | He was elected Right Hand Man to the Duns Reiver which involves taking part in Border festivals as far afield as Langholm , and Lanark . |