Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] he the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were with him the night he died ? ’ |
| 2 | That was his happiness , to talk to a captured ear was for him the thrill of seeing the Commandant 's office roofless and destroyed . |
| 3 | This was for him the beginning of an independent ‘ second career ’ after leaving the army . |
| 4 | Whatever the uncertainties of the precise dates , events and social connections in Rolle 's life it is clear from external and internal evidence that he felt increasingly compelled towards a solitary life because it facilitated contemplative inner life which was for him the reality to be cultivated above all other . |
| 5 | Pat was with him the day a young woman approached him exceedingly politely while he was enjoying his veal — in one of his favourite Italian restaurants , Biagis , he would go for a filleted sole — and asked for his autograph . |
| 6 | Thomas Gunson , of Middlesex , a glass seller , was to he the treasurer or receiver — advancing monies from time to time to carry on the works arid to pay miners or other workmen . |