Example sentences of "he was [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The detective constable who was supposed to be guarding him was out of the ward at the time chatting up some nurses . |
| 2 | His telephone rang almost at once ; he was through to the chief 's personal assistant , a grey-haired lady of vast experience who monitored and sometimes modulated communication ( other than face to face ) between the chief and the outside world — including his policemen . |
| 3 | He was over like a shot . |
| 4 | Perhaps there had been a gust while he was over by the engine ? |
| 5 | ( Gary was the only exception I knew to this rule , and then only when he was up to no good ) . ’ |
| 6 | Then he was up to the silvery layer of the surface . |
| 7 | He was up on the podium , still a bit pale and puffy , but recovering gamely from her suicide . |
| 8 | ‘ No , ’ said the boy , ‘ but why did his wife say he was up on the roof if he was n't ? ’ |
| 9 | He was up for a western , and he had the long hair , but after school he went to a barber and had his head shaved . |
| 10 | If he was up for a part in a Night Nurse commercial he 'd be sure to get it unless Mickey Rourke turned up for the same audition . |
| 11 | When Dustin told Brooks that he was up for the part in The Graduate , Mel said , ‘ But you 're an ugly little rat . |
| 12 | In fact , it was while he was up for the interview that he read in The Times the advertisement that had brought him to Burleigh : |
| 13 | He was up at the crack of dawn doing something unspeakable to the turkey , but the kids were up anyway . |
| 14 | He reckoned the boy had doubled the price for his ice cream because he was up at the smart end of town , not plying his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis . |
| 15 | And he got his name and he was up in the quarry during the morning and he 's giving him his final warning that if he does that again he 'll book him . |
| 16 | Pete says that on one flight recently he was up in the air for nine hours so you have to take food and drink with you to keep going … in this country survival is not a problem but it can be hard when you 're flying across deserts and things like that |
| 17 | Next , surely , he must have thought he was up against a demon intent on destroying him for no reason at all . |
| 18 | He could see Steen 's face in its pained repose , and felt certain that he was up against a case of murder . |
| 19 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 20 | His senses told him he was on to a good thing and his senses were rarely wrong . |
| 21 | Maybe he thought he was on to a good thing . |
| 22 | Jean-Paul was in no doubt that he was on to a good deal . |
| 23 | Multiply that up by two or three hundred stores , and you will see he was on to a good thing . |
| 24 | Then he was on to the cabin top and releasing the main halyard . |
| 25 | Within a short while he was on to the subject of Libya 's exports . |
| 26 | I just saw the bit where he was on about the erm short sighted hedgehog . |
| 27 | And then he was off up the stairs with Wilson , panting behind , trying to fathom the significance of his relief . |
| 28 | Now he was off to a nine p.m. to one a.m . |
| 29 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
| 30 | Telling MPs why he was off to the ‘ icy wastes ’ of the backbenches , the ex-Fun Minister said he felt like Captain Oates — the member of Scott 's Antarctic expedition who walked out into the snow to die to give his companions a better chance of survival . |