Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bruce 's forces were defeated first in Methven wood by the English , and then beside Loch Tay by Comyn 's uncle , the Lord of Lorn The king 's sister and the Countess of Buchan who had crowned him were dragged out of sanctuary where they had been sent for safety , and exhibited in cages hanging from castle walls at Roxburgh and Berwick . |
| 2 | When the Catholic archbishop came out against Noriega , and fatwahs against him were read out in church , the church services in the middle class suburbs turned into political demonstrations against the regime . |
| 3 | A mutiny against the rowing establishment last summer by oarsmen being coached by him was patched up in time for the world championships in Yugoslavia , but at the end of the championships Spracklen declared that he had no future in British rowing . |
| 4 | For all he knew , Gwen was lying upstairs dead and the man in front of him was building up to another outburst . |
| 5 | The man who jumped him had gone and the crowd about him was drawing back in horror . |
| 6 | The only way to deal with him was to fall back on the technique that had always served her best . |
| 7 | The only interesting thing about him was to speculate why on earth a sparky girl like Nicola should want to marry him . ’ |
| 8 | But when it was discussed by councillors , a move to censure him was ruled out of order by the convener , Jackie Tait . |
| 9 | Nor did any intuition , any extra sense , alert him to the fact that part of the case he was quietly and imperceptibly building up inside him was going up in smoke . |
| 10 | BRITISH TELECOM boss Iain Vallance was let off the hook yesterday when a bid to jail him was thrown out of court . |
| 11 | The Bishop 's resignation was announced at a Press Conference held at the Cathedral , when a statement by him was read out by the Diocesan spokesman . |
| 12 | He saw the flash of Osbern 's teeth before the struggling mass all around him was rocked sideways by the shock of the cavalry ; of live men flinging themselves out of its pathway and of dead men thrown after them . |
| 13 | It seemed the aroma of him was growing all around her , damp and masculine , the smell of rain in a forest . |
| 14 | The anger that the insults to his intelligence had aroused in him was put aside by the amazement that surrounded the question , and again he mouthed , ‘ What ? ’ then added , ‘ In line ! |
| 15 | He were made up with them ! |
| 16 | He was lying with his head in the hollow of my neck and shoulder , breathing quietly ; his voice had a languorous , far-away sound , as if he were rocking slowly in a hammock on a hot summer day . |
| 17 | We watched that last night do n't matter we watched that last night and he were chittering away about summat , I were n't taking a lot of notice |
| 18 | The restriction was upheld by the Privy Council which rejected the argument that Deacons were only entitled to protect such part of their goodwill as would be threatened by Bridge if he were to set up in practice on his own account , ie that part of the firm 's goodwill as attached to the particular department in which he had worked . |
| 19 | Obviously the candidate will complete this section , but if he were to reflect honestly on his work and what he was allowed to do then his response would not advance his cause . |
| 20 | Now I have nothing against Terry as a person , although I do not think I would cross the road to help him if he were run over by a lorry , but that is neither here nor there . |
| 21 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 22 | If he were aimed specifically at the race another time he would probably go very close . |
| 23 | Yeah and he were coming out with eleven |
| 24 | Hooper said that after all the speculation it would be ‘ disappointing , but not the end of the world ’ if he were left out against Spartak . |
| 25 | Hooper said that after all the speculation it would be ‘ disappointing , but not the end of the world ’ if he were left out against Spartak . |
| 26 | It was as if he were shitting out of every pore . ’ |
| 27 | The moon was shining full on his face — it seemed as if he were staring up at it . |
| 28 | It was as though he were making up for inadequacies of which he was aware but which he tried to pretend were not there . |
| 29 | But , my , if he were to come home at Aintree on Old Applejack how the tale would be told . |
| 30 | No hearts were going to be broken , he told her with the frankest face , if he were to run off with a Protestant and have a dozen kids . |