Example sentences of "he [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He joined Scott and Moffatt as an assistant in 1841 , but by the time of the Foreign and India Office commission , he was probably working on a freelance basis , as he was not mentioned by Jackson , nor was he included in a list of members of the office sketch club in 1866 . |
| 2 | The fact was he felt like a child again , powerless against forces he could not understand — let alone control . |
| 3 | Not only is he locked in a cage , but he is also treated as Tamburlaine 's ‘ footstool ’ . |
| 4 | Has he gone for a fortnight or a week ? |
| 5 | That 's er he worked in a shop probably at that time . |
| 6 | A man who was so evasive , so totally uncaring of anyone 's feelings — and what the hell had he meant about a relationship ? |
| 7 | Why had he left without a word to Miss Macdonald ? |
| 8 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
| 9 | Not only was he engaged in a war , but , as soon became clear , it was a war which was going badly and which threatened to become unpopular in both France and Britain . |
| 10 | Why 's he dressed as a clown ? |
| 11 | Had he conceived of a scheme to lead them out of the maze ? |
| 12 | Has he complained of a headache at all ? ’ |
| 13 | Why had he returned to a milieu which he must have known was a dangerous one for him ? |