Example sentences of "he was [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday it was revealed that PC Hall escaped death by a whisker when he was shot at point-blank range . |
| 2 | Graeme Wright , editor of Wisden since 1986 , announced he was quitting at last night 's launch of the 1992 edition , held at the East India Club , London . |
| 3 | Erm he was using at that time an R registered Ford Escort er , which was er , only insured third party , fire and theft . |
| 4 | Erm he was using at that time an R registered Ford Escort er which was er only insured third party fire and theft . |
| 5 | My other half ordered from a catalogue disc drives to assemble compu , er a home computer and he was looking very carefully cos computer parts can be quite expensive and he was looking at national catalogue for the best prices . |
| 6 | For a moment he thought that he was looking at another river — black , smooth and straight between its banks . |
| 7 | Talking of reruns Madam er deputy speaker , er I almost feel I 'm involved in a series of reruns with the er with the minister himself because er in a series of bills er committees in the eighties , standing committees on the building societies bill , on the banking bill , on the financial services er bill , as they all were , er he was speaking at that time er in favour of more effective regulation , backing the votes of this side er for kind , the kind of policies it 's introducing today . |
| 8 | The manuscript suggests that he was born at some date between 1485 and 1492 , and his latest completed work is dated 1546 . |
| 9 | Indeed , he was moving at top speed , as though some demon pursued him , but Robbie struggled — the only word for it — in his wake . |
| 10 | Dennis eventually went off with her on his own , leaving Nicholson to return alone to their hotel where he acted out some kind of ritual guarding of their rooms , ready to forewarn of an attack he was expecting at any moment from some non-existent Red Indians . |
| 11 | He was educated at New College , Oxford , as one of a small band of mature students sponsored in 1937 by the Oxford Delegacy for Extra-mural Studies , got a soccer Blue , and became a lifelong worker for the WEA . |
| 12 | He was educated at New College , Oxford , and proceeded to the degree of BCL in 1599 , having become MA and studied civil law for three years . |
| 13 | He was educated at top school Ampleforth — not Eton as many believe . |
| 14 | He was educated at local council schools until he obtained employment as a shipping clerk , working with several companies until he was thirty-eight . |
| 15 | He was educated at local authority schools in Lowestoft , Hemel Hempstead , and London , and evening classes in Manchester . |
| 16 | He was educated at secondary school in Vienna and at the University of Vienna , where he graduated in medicine in 1927 . |
| 17 | Payton scotched speculation he was unsettled at Ayresome Park . |
| 18 | ‘ She said he was laughing at that time and she just wanted to frighten him . ’ |
| 19 | Somehow she had hit him when he was running at full speed and almost out of range . |
| 20 | he was so carried away with Newley that I believe quite unconsciously , Newley crept into Bowie 's voice and , as you know , he 's been accused of copying Tony Newley , but I do n't think he was really aware of what he was doing at that time . |
| 21 | However , most of the work he was doing at this time was of a minor nature . |
| 22 | At 21 Henry Skelton had his life before him … a brilliant artist and musician he was studying at New College , Oxford . |
| 23 | She , Topaz , would love Andrew whilst she still drew breath , but he was imprisoned at High Brook with a wife he loathed . |