Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francis Carco , who was a friend who had bought Modigliani 's work before the crowd , also bought Modigliani 's paintings , but he was given them for what he himself described as a ridiculously cheap price . |
| 2 | Simon Evans was hooked on his gameboy from the minute he was given it as a present . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm surprised he was given it at all , really . |
| 4 | He was given lots of cuddles because he kept looking at us as if to say ‘ What has happened to me ? ’ ‘ |
| 5 | The trouble was , of course , that among Henry 's sort of person , a rugby-playing surveyor , for example , or the kind of dentist like David Sprott who was n't afraid to get up on his hind legs at a social gathering and talk , seriously and at length , about teeth , he was considered something of a subversive . |
| 6 | The German Commandant had dreamt of a mute Jewish whore and when he was issued one for the duration his cup overflowed . |