Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He roared up beside her and ground to a halt , the silence after the noise of the engine actually quite frightening , and he was out of the Land Rover and towering above her before she could even open her mouth . |
| 2 | Yes , but Ross gave up his job as a uhum , he was in with the Leeds , which was a bit stupid because he must of got a cheaper mortgage I should think . |
| 3 | He was back in the UK exactly one month after being shot down . |
| 4 | In 1920 he was back in the West End in a play called The White Man . |
| 5 | At the time of going to press he was back in the Gulf , where we hear from another source that he is a popular figure with the British forces — not always the case with French journalists . |
| 6 | Within a month he was back before the SFA , which increased his last fine to £2,000 and extended his ban for another season for violating the previous month 's punishment during the Scottish Cup semi-final against St Johnstone at Parkhead . |
| 7 | He was down in the Queen Victoria Hotel for two hours , plucking up courage on Double Diamond . " |