Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thus a revolution in British fiscal policy which Chamberlain advocated in the name of Empire ; and from his Birmingham speech in May 1903 until he was struck down three years later his advocacy of tariff reform and his Imperial theme dominated British policies . |
| 2 | He was tied up that evening , apologies , and the rest of his team were out of town . |
| 3 | When I saw him stood upright before me , I could not be sure to what extent he was hunched over due to infirmity and what extent due to the habit of accommodating the steeply sloped ceilings of the room . |
| 4 | He was hunched over next to her , clutching at his stomach . |
| 5 | He was torn up real bad from all my gunfire . |
| 6 | Gregory 's father died when he was still a boy , and he was brought up first by his great-uncle , Nicetius , then a priest in Chalon-sur- Saône , but later bishop of Lyons , and afterwards by Avitus , archdeacon of Clermont , where his uncle Gallus was bishop . |