Example sentences of "[vb past] he [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or Hofmannsthal telling Strauss how ‘ delighted and moved he was by the music ’ ? |
| 2 | To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes . |
| 3 | Sean was intent on not coming back as he believed he was in the right , but he did feel very upset . |
| 4 | He stayed on , though it seemed he was on the point of departure , for moments together , stuck to his own indecisiveness like an insect on the tacky strips of paper designed to catch them . |
| 5 | And er god you should of heard him , god if it ai n't Ross all over again , mummy , mummy and she left him there , as I said when they first came he was in the far bedroom , well now I suppose with all these people she 's rearranged it indoors and he 's in the one next to our house , and she 's shouting at him and er it went on how , I ca n't tell you how long , I mean , Bev and I was talking through bedrooms you know |
| 6 | The guy was probably dead when we tipped him into the shaft — we just assumed he was at the time though the older I got the less sure of that I was — but even if was n't , he must have been killed when he hit the bottom ; it 's thirty metres at least . |
| 7 | Saul of Tarsus after his Damascus road experience spent three days in fasting and prayer ; that showed he was in the receptive mood which invited the Spirit to come . |
| 8 | Allchin began by admitting that Microsoft has had a problem communicating its approach to object technology and claimed he was on the panel to put the record straight : there are objects in Windows NT because there is an object management system in the kernel — its simply not exposed to users . |
| 9 | He claimed he was in the UK for a conference . |
| 10 | I got such a shock I forgot he was behind the glass and thought he was going to shove his face right into mine . |
| 11 | When Bodie arrived he was in the company of a female operative whom he introduced as Liz Spalding . |
| 12 | He still had enough of his wits to take great care not to let his hands touch her or anything else , but she sensed he was on the edge of collapse . |
| 13 | According to popular myth , Law discovered he was on the list to leave Old Trafford from a TV report when he was visiting his sick mother in Aberdeen . |
| 14 | This meant he was on the line to the local education authority . |
| 15 | He felt he was at the heart not just of Royalbion House , not even of London , but of the entire cosmos . |
| 16 | When the trains came in or out , sending the pigeons wheeling from the vaulted roof and the steam rolling against the windows , Meredith felt he was on the poop of some ancient brig sailing a ghostly sea . |
| 17 | The Prince felt he was in the company of someone very special , took great delight in time spent talking to him , and was inspired by all that he heard . |
| 18 | At school he dared answer back to the Headmaster — politely — when he felt he was in the right . |
| 19 | Next thing I knew he was at the door , insisting that I accept the invitation and asking me if I was prepared to make another documentary with him ! |
| 20 | He felt wet grass under his cuffed hands , knew he was on the verge of a road somewhere . |
| 21 | He knew he was on the home straight . |
| 22 | She knew he was on the verge of losing his job . |
| 23 | With a slow erotic motion , she slid her smouldering twat up and down his pulsating shaft , until she knew he was on the very point of ejaculation . |
| 24 | She knew he was on the brink of orgasm , and was aware of a gathering in her own loins . |
| 25 | ‘ I knew he was on the take , but I never had enough evidence to show Hamilton . |
| 26 | Myeloski was angry in his reply , mostly because he knew he was in the wrong . |
| 27 | Those who knew he was in the area recognized him immediately . |
| 28 | with its pleasant tag , Vivit post funera virtus , he knew he was in the transept crossing . |
| 29 | One wheel would n't retract , although he was n't aware of it at the time , and the next thing he knew he was near the ground . |
| 30 | He thought he was in the restaurant . |