Example sentences of "he was [vb pp] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sukarno suffered from malaria ; in 1938 he was moved to Benkulen in Sumatra , perhaps for humanitarian reasons ( in 1936 Hatta and Sjahrir were moved from their vile jungle camp ) , or perhaps because the Dutch hoped that a more Islamic environment would complete his ‘ conversion , from politics to religion , for Islam in Sumatra was more powerful than the syncretic faith of Java . |
| 2 | Soon after John 's return from leave he was moved to Eastbourne . |
| 3 | We know that he himself referred to the daunting shadow of Beethoven 's greatness — and we can assume that public expectation was just as daunting , given that he was regarded as Beethoven 's heir . |
| 4 | He was regarded by Sir John Eliot [ q.v. ] as one of the ablest and most articulate critics of Charles I 's government . |
| 5 | Dynamius tried to lock them out of the city , but he was tricked by Gundulf . |
| 6 | Perhaps he was disturbed by Agrippa 's hard glance . |
| 7 | In a passage like this ( and there are several very like it , as we shall see ) , Pound 's interest in Aeneas is limited to the matter of his semidivine birth , how he was conceived by Aphrodite after she had assumed human form so as to lie with Anchises . |
| 8 | The previous week 30 of the country 's 60 examining magistrates had been dismissed , and the Attorney General of Antioquia province , the principal negotiator of the surrender of the Medellín drug cartel chief Pablo Escobar Gaviria in June [ see p. 38283 ] , had resigned after it was revealed that he was related to Gaviria . |
| 9 | He was compensated by Britain with Iraq . |
| 10 | There is widespread speculation that he was uncovered by Vladimir Kuzichin , a minor KGB official who defected last year . |
| 11 | Their joints were swollen with rheumatism , their eyes were dimmed with years , to a man they were short of breath and their hands trembled ; one old gentleman believed himself to be again taking part in the French wars , another that he was encamped before Sebastopol . |
| 12 | Another theory says that Jesus was only apparently human , another that he was adopted by God when he died , and still another that his body was human but his personality was divine . |
| 13 | John Kirwan has also changed his mind after he was heard on TVNZ after the World Cup saying that he was not prepared to play for New Zealand unless John Hart was nominated as coach . |
| 14 | When William Carey was suffering his final illness , he was visited by Alexander Duff , a young Scottish missionary . |
| 15 | Glassford had declared his intention of supporting Lord Dundas 's interest in the election , but when he was visited by Alexander Bruce of Kennet , who was managing the election for Lord Dundas , ‘ we really found all not so right ’ . |
| 16 | The day before he died , he was visited by Dr. Bates and Mr. Increase Mather ( of New England ) . |
| 17 | But he was checked at Trou . |
| 18 | As a result he was reprimanded by Henry Ireton [ q.v. ] for airing his views unnecessarily and not keeping to the point . |
| 19 | He was rebuked by Leonid Kravchuk , the Ukrainian President , who then announced that Ukraine would leave the rouble zone on Oct. 1 . |
| 20 | On 31 October 1605 he was by-elected for Evesham , taking the place of a man who had been an Exchequer colleague of one of his Bowyer cousins . |
| 21 | He was willing to take from the divergent policies of the Chinese and Russian parties whatever he deemed appropriate for success ; he was inspired by Mao 's mass mobilisation but equally impressed by the authority and ruthless direction shown by Stalin . |
| 22 | His reputation as a shipbuilder was still second to none and , having built a warship for the Sultan of Turkey , he was invited to Turkey to re-organise the country 's construction of warships . |
| 23 | In 1887 he was invited to Kensington chapel , where he was ordained 17 October 1889 : determined that Horne should be its minister , Kensington waited eighteen months for him to complete his course . |
| 24 | He was invited to London and all sorts of treats were held out to him as to how he would be entertained on such a visit , trips to the theatre and concerts , a specially organized tour of ‘ Swinging London ’ , Carnaby Street , the King 's Road and so on . |
| 25 | Once in New York he was invited to Wall Street where he addressed the assembled and hushed stockbrokers who had suspended business with the understanding that the talk would not exceed three minutes . |
| 26 | Late in 1868 he was invited by Colonel John Stewart Wood , the inspector-general of the RIC , to become his private secretary . |
| 27 | He was invited by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to give a recital for the Royal Family at Windsor Castle . |
| 28 | After a school meeting , he was invited by Tony Hadley , a teacher and coach , to go to Birchfield Harriers where he was told : ‘ You must join the club . ’ |
| 29 | After he retired from Parliament , he was invited by Edward Talbot , bishop of Rochester [ q.v. ] , |
| 30 | Furthermore , we have the unimpeachable information of his pupil Posidonius that he was invited by Scipio to be his companion on the diplomatic journey to the East about 140 B.C. ( fr. 30 Jacoby ) . |