Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oranges were given to him by Mr. Singleton of Houghton 's … he realised in Supt. Learmont 's office that the people he received them from might not have the right to give them . |
| 2 | We 're selling that with all the other medals some of which were British campaign medals , some were given to him by countries like Poland because of his special friendship or good deeds |
| 3 | Many , ranging from large estates to small-holdings in towns , were given by him to his French supporters and to those English whom he could tempt over to settle in northern France . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , the dealers who were gathered with him at the wine bar succeeded in changing his mind . |
| 5 | The crowds who flocked to listen to John 's preaching of repentance were baptised by him in the Jordan in penitent expectation of the age of fulfilment which he proclaimed . |
| 6 | The standing stones were grouped round him like sentinels , their heads bowed , their feet rooted in the earth . |
| 7 | The court heard the shift supervisor at Three Mile Island change his testimony on the crucial relief-valve temperatures that were reported to him during the incident . |
| 8 | Tears misted her eyes as she stared back at him , wishing she did n't feel so confused , and heard him curse softly , as though the words were torn from him against his will . |
| 9 | Müncheberg ; the crew were seen by him to be getting into a dinghy . |
| 10 | A set of Edinburgh Crystal glasses and a decanter were presented to him on behalf of Lyles by Ralph Ellis , Chief Executive of Stoddard Sekers International Plc . |
| 11 | The Court of Appeal held that the jurisdiction clause was not binding on B. The way the documents were presented to him for signature was misleading : B was entitled to assume that the two copies of the terms were identical . |
| 12 | He was bailed on Feb. 5 , but further charges relating to another 10,000,000 yen were lodged against him on Feb. 17 . |
| 13 | ‘ I know the words he came out with were those of other people , the writers , but they were written with him in mind . |
| 14 | were turned to him in profile : |
| 15 | They were looking at him with an air that mingled irony and respect . |
| 16 | Seven pairs of eyes were looking at him with open hostility , even the youngest 's who was not yet four . |
| 17 | The two women were looking at him with great attention but it was the mother who spoke first . |
| 18 | The pilots were looking at him with a mixture of dread and shock . |
| 19 | He was just about to shrug off the question with ‘ I du n no ’ when he noticed that George and the twins were looking at him for an answer . |
| 20 | He joked that the other diners were looking at him like a wife-batterer . |
| 21 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 22 | Palmer 's views were shared by the other Northern Residents who , early in his career as Lieutenant-Governor , were organized by him into an effective pressure group known as the Conference of Residents . |
| 23 | Humans were lurching towards him from everywhere . |
| 24 | He sought my advice on one or two matters where complaints were made against him of alleged libels , which I had no real difficulty in seeing off and about which he wrote me appreciative letters . |
| 25 | Further works at Westminster Palace were entrusted to him in April 1346 , and included the final stages of St Stephen 's chapel , and he was to impress masons and carpenters for Edward III 's expedition against France . |
| 26 | But he was struggling to score goals and the fans were turning against him until New Year 's Day 1991 . |
| 27 | Much as poetry was becoming a part of him , his most natural form of self-expression , and the one that reached him first , was music ; side-by-side they were to advance with him throughout his developing days and early professional life . |
| 28 | In at least one case , an artist has requested the option to buy back his own work , only for his letter to go unanswered ; Saatchi is known to have split up one series of paintings which were sold to him on the strength of verbal assurances that they would stay together . |
| 29 | He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby . |
| 30 | Ranulf and Dame Agatha were waiting for him near the Galilee Gate , the young nun apparently enjoying an account of one of his manservant 's many escapades in London . |