Example sentences of "he was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E was making funny noises , ’ the maid offered importantly , and , pleased at the instant attention this won her , added , ‘ Like when me ma 's 'aving another . ’ |
| 2 | It seems that the whole force has been under the direct comd of General Loehr , until contact with him was lost many days ago . " |
| 3 | THE jury trying the case of a man accused of robbing a supermarket and shooting two people who tried to stop him was discharged last night after failing to reach a verdict . |
| 4 | For a start he was preaching that assurance was essential for salvation ; that is , you could know within you that you were well and truly saved . |
| 5 | He was preaching that evening at a chapel a couple of miles beyond Burford . |
| 6 | He was shot five times in a taxi cab in June , two months after being beaten by thugs with baseball bats . |
| 7 | ‘ He was shot last night when he was taking the dog for a walk . ’ |
| 8 | It was claimed that in developing an aggressive new foreign policy , he was disregarding nationalist dreams of recovering control of the mainland . |
| 9 | He was facing stormy Commons scenes this afternoon as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time . |
| 10 | He suddenly felt he was facing impossible odds . |
| 11 | It was just that it was intriguingly difficult to tell if he was issuing blunt ultimatums to a financial contact , or responding to some emotional problem at the other end of the line … |
| 12 | Frightened by the threat of invasion ( Fears in Solitude ) , he was beginning that slide or jump to the Right which angered and puzzled his liberal associates , though it is fair to say that his revolutionary sympathies , unlike Wordsworth 's , had never been more than superficial . |
| 13 | This was an action that he was to repeat many times before any true subjugation of the Saxons was achieved . |
| 14 | The child was born on 10 May 1977 and he was adopted two years later . |
| 15 | A spokesman said Mr Wood had opened negotiations with Standard Chartered , a London-based overseas bank , as far back as January , but only told Mr Buxton that he was leaving last Monday . |
| 16 | Erica and Edward had their usual disagreement , and Edward announced that he was leaving next day on more unspecified scientific business . |
| 17 | Sarella followed Peter outside into the courtyard as he was leaving next morning . |
| 18 | At Canton his early success , as commercial agent for opium merchants in India , led to his association with Magniac & Company , and by 1826 he was controlling that firm 's Canton operations . |
| 19 | utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ? |
| 20 | utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ? |
| 21 | Suddenly conscious that he was flashing past vehicles which appeared to be dawdling , he glanced at the speedometer . |
| 22 | The House of Lords held , in effect , that since the applicant was arguing that he had a contractual right under his lease to remain at the lower rent , he was asserting private law rights and so could raise the defence in the possession proceedings in the County Court and did not have to raise it by means of an AJR . |
| 23 | In his Mercedes he was stopped four times in the first few days . |
| 24 | The same year that he was dubbed biggest flirt , Debbie Kauffman was voted her year 's best looking girl . |
| 25 | Fernandez , as he was to do some years later , provided a link to Dave 's caddying days with one Severiano Ballesteros . |
| 26 | Very shortly before Maxwell embarked on his last voyage on the Lady Ghislaine he was discussing legal matters with the Legal Director of Mirror Group Newspapers , Arthur Davidson . |
| 27 | He was porking this hooker who was also in bed with a Russian spy . ’ |
| 28 | A rumour that he was casting 100 children went round St James 's School in Church Street , so instead of going straight home the girl pupils nipped off to the audition . |
| 29 | He was killed five days later when his Hurricane . |
| 30 | Tragically he was killed five days later in a third attempt . |