Example sentences of "he [was/were] [prep] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And he were in next bed to me , the truckle beds you know .
2 Aye , he were in last night .
3 Well he was on last night .
4 he was on last night , now that 's quite a good programme
5 He was on last night was n't he in something else ?
6 He was in seventh heaven , so excited .
7 Yeah , he was in first thing .
8 As the race headed towards the final 10 laps , he was in second place , but under serious pressure from Piquet 's Benetton and the fast-approaching Ferrari of his team-mate .
9 In 1970 , his hard times continued : not for the first or last time in his career , he found himself in trouble with the authorities , being disqualified twice , once when he was winning and once when he was in second place .
10 Most of the time , though he was in fourth gear , a long-legged overdrive which wafted the big saloon along effortlessly .
11 Jekyll is his normal self again — at least , he was until last week .
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