Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he were aimed specifically at the race another time he would probably go very close . |
| 2 | He was moved on to the job when we were short-handed last winter , and up-graded from labourer . ’ |
| 3 | Charles was clearly fascinated by Mr Mercer 's story of how he was shot twice by the Chinese and held prisoner for two years . |
| 4 | One witness , a taxi-driver , said : ‘ The police car stopped the van right in front of ou ‘ The policeman ran after him , but as he turned the corner he was shot twice in the back . |
| 5 | He was shot twice in the chest by a lone , unmasked gunman at the front door of his home at Palmerston Park , Holywood Road , at around 9.40pm . |
| 6 | The Lebanese man in the dock says he was invited back to the flat , and it was Kim who threatened him with a knife . |
| 7 | To most people he must have seemed simply drunk and he was bundled away from the equipment and dumped six feet below to the floor by a couple of the DJ team . |
| 8 | This was the beginning of a close association and collaboration lasting for twenty-five years , interrupted only by Bulleid 's war service from 1915 to 1919 , when he was involved mainly in the operation of military railways serving ammunition dumps near the front in France . |
| 9 | Ken Connelly , 52 , who suffers from an aorta aneurysm , a problem with his main artery , was about to be operated on when he was turned away at the last minute — on two occasions . |
| 10 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 11 | He was turned down by the " Goldsmith Libel Fund " , an eccentric exercise in philanthropy which bankrolls plaintiffs of conservative persuasion ( notably Tory MPs ) who bring libel actions against media organisations perceived as left-wing ( eg the BBC ) . |
| 12 | But it was n't the camp reactions he was troubled about at the moment , it was Mrs Robson 's . |
| 13 | He was treated pre-operatively by the physiotherapist who taught him deep breathing exercises . |
| 14 | He was heartened too by the French sky , clean and limpid after the smoke and fog of the Borinage . |
| 15 | When he was asked specifically about The Guardian report he said it was ‘ misleading ’ . |
| 16 | The youngsters were so delighted when the final whistle went that they all jumped on the luckless coach , bruising his ribs so badly that he was ruled out of the next weekend 's third team fixture . |
| 17 | He was convicted largely on the basis of a confession which he later retracted . |
| 18 | At the storming of this fortress on 19 January he was blown up at the head of his brigade when a French magazine exploded , killing 108 men . |
| 19 | He was blown out of the water on 17 January 1964 by Iain Macleod [ q.v. ] , who had just become editor of the Spectator , in one of the most famous and devastating articles that has ever appeared in that journal . |
| 20 | He had managed to reconnoitre the area between the South Foreland and Beachy Head and to study the roads between there and London when he was given away by the careless talk , prompted by malice , of the ambassador 's homosexual secretary , a subsequently notorious transvestite , the Chevalier d'Éon , who later lived as a woman . |
| 21 | He was seen twice near the village of Langley Park on Saturday night , and yesterday a woman noticed him on the busy A167 dual carriageway on the outskirts of Durham City about 10 miles from Lanchester . |
| 22 | Nun decided that Nut , the sky goddess , in the shape of a cow , should take Re and carry him above the earth , although this meant that he was seen only in the day and the earth became dark at night . |
| 23 | Look at Ben Hogan , a legend and a perfectionist who gave up the game when he was struck down by the dreaded ‘ yips ’ . |
| 24 | While there he was called up by the England squad when the touring team ran into injury trouble last summer . |
| 25 | While there he was called up by the England squad when the touring team ran into injury trouble last summer . |
| 26 | Recently he was called up by the Customs and Excise about 20 videos ( mostly tapes from TV ) a friend had sent him from America . |
| 27 | In these uncertain and troubled circumstances he was called back to the one thing outside his faith in which he could place his trust . |
| 28 | He continued , ‘ That friend of yours , the Scotsman , Duncan something or other , he was called out during the night to deliver something to 45 Royal Marine Commando . |
| 29 | Her hand lay gently on his shoulder , barely pressing against him , yet it seemed he was gathered there at the point of contact , his whole self focused in her touch . |
| 30 | He was fatigued even before the start of the fourth game when he was late back on to court . |