Example sentences of "he [vb pp] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They left him slumped in a drunken stupor against the church wall . |
| 2 | The piper was coming towards him wrapped in a black cloak , playing … what had he been playing ? |
| 3 | That is his strength — but also his weakness , since music tends to take second place and leave him locked in a radical cabaret slot from which he is unlikely to emerge . |
| 4 | There was a big picture of him dressed in a fancy cowboy suit and Stetson hat , riding the pony Buddie had bought from a circus because it would n't allow the big men to ride on its back . |
| 5 | In no way is he shown in a sympathetic light . |
| 6 | ‘ Has he acted in a strange manner recently ? ’ |
| 7 | Neither was he born in a fabled rock 'n' roll city like New York , London or Berlin . |
| 8 | Is he engaged in a desperate election ruse ? |