Example sentences of "[vb past] he in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 2 | BEFORE Germany 's press caught him in a questionable stockmarket deal , Franz Steinkühler looked like a working-class hero . |
| 3 | Seb had two feet on the ladder when Melody took him by surprise and caught him in a hug . |
| 4 | That weekend found him in a sunny mood . |
| 5 | He found him in a comer of the hall , already half-drunk . |
| 6 | Producer Ken Hyman went in search for him and found him in a bar in Belgravia ‘ as drunk as a skunk ’ . |
| 7 | We found him in a night club with his wife , and Flynn went straight up to him and flattened him with a single punch . |
| 8 | I later found him in a dressing room with a cigarette in his hand , but he was shaking so much he could n't light it . ’ |
| 9 | She found him in a small single room that was obviously intended to be his dressing-room or study , furnished with a single bed , rows of built-in cupboards , and under the window a desk and chair . |
| 10 | In fact , he found him in a state of positive animation , in conversation with Chatterton about the dangers of travelling by public transport . |
| 11 | He found him in a couple of minutes , before he had properly left the house . |
| 12 | Even Daley Thompson , who insisted he had very little interference from teachers , said they helped him in a non-involved way : ‘ They were all right ; they left me alone and let me get on with what suited me . |
| 13 | Just cos I beat him in a race . |
| 14 | McKenzie , who lost his WBO bantamweight title 13 months ago when another Puerto Rican , Rafael Del Valle , stopped him in a round , will now have to consider his future after becoming Britain 's first fighter this century to win world titles at three different weights . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm normal now , ’ Maggie assured him in a fuzzy voice as he helped her to the bed and lifted her on to it . |
| 16 | Frankie could not be one of them , yet he feared in his hear that it might be true , because when she called him ‘ Nigger ’ it wounded him in a special way he did not really understand . |
| 17 | Blinked a few times instead and told him in a croaky voice that I 'd met Erica Upton twice and had sat next to her at dinner . |
| 18 | The society told him in a letter : ‘ We would advise that as you retired from work in December of last year , you are no longer eligible for cover under this policy . |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 20 | ‘ Rachel 's , ’ Maria told him in a quietly biting tone , although she was still shaking inwardly . |
| 21 | But she could not , so she simply told him in a flat tone , ‘ We 've recently started exporting to Europe and Japan . |
| 22 | ‘ You know why , ’ she told him in a lemon voice . |
| 23 | ‘ I love you , Fernando , ’ she told him in a hoarse whisper , ‘ you must believe that … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 've changed since last night , ’ Ruth told him in a soft murmur . |
| 25 | ‘ My father came home yesterday , ’ she told him in a rush . |
| 26 | The Economist interviewed him in a chintzy suite at Claridge 's . |
| 27 | He died in May and the Seales buried him in a shallow grave in a park . |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't need to come down with me , ’ she advised him in a stifled tone as she moved towards the door . |
| 29 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 30 | He also realised that this was a situation far beyond his metier and summoned the duty staff officer , who arrived resplendent in full ceremonials , pantaloons , highly polished knee-length riding boots , and regulation yellow walking stick , and visited Shaw in his billet and confronted him in a corner , where he held court . |