Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supposedly he was in disgrace for an affair with a female student ( the AFPFL , and particularly the Communists , were strictly puritanical ) but he was preaching a stiffer line against the British than any of the others . |
| 2 | After winning his first two Tour titles in the Piccadilly Medal and the Martini International in 1976 he was to record a further nine victories in the space of the next nine seasons . |
| 3 | He realized that he was supporting the weaker side , and was against the transfer of power to ‘ mere financiers and political economists ’ . |
| 4 | That it was the wrong remedy was discovered later when he was given a higher potency which helped the eczema but made the asthma worse . |
| 5 | On March 5 , 1991 , he was given a further 27 years for the murder in January 1979 of Gen. Constantino Ortín Gil , a former military governor of Madrid [ see p. 29454 ] . |
| 6 | He was given a smaller share than Bill , his twin David , and the youngest son , Charles . |
| 7 | Dexter was wary : he was using the banter to keep the man at a distance . |
| 8 | Though Pilger was a committed left-winger , he was lacking the finer points of the new feminist-influenced Right-On etiquette . |
| 9 | Leslie told me that he was considering a further transfer to the Special Air Service . |
| 10 | In fact , he was getting a stronger grip on himself as he went along . |
| 11 | And Dyson knew from the depth of humility and reverence in his inflection that he was getting a larger fee than even Lord Boddy . |
| 12 | In his office he had a blackboard , on which he transcribed diagrammatic models of the action , with letters of the ordinary alphabet for characters already invented and letters of the Greek alphabet for those whom he might need to invent ; he was contemplating a further six months of composition . |
| 13 | Two months later he was fined a further £100 and banned from the touchline until the end of that season for remarks to a linesman during a game at Dundee United . |
| 14 | He was studying the nearer balloon , calculating where it would be when he got there . |
| 15 | He was left a happier man , while Maureen was even more pleased ! |