Example sentences of "he was [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's more , Joe Wallace was so pissed that night 'e did n't 'ave an inklin' who 'e was talkin' to or what pub 'e was in for that matter , so there 's no come-back from 'im at least . |
| 2 | The detective constable who was supposed to be guarding him was out of the ward at the time chatting up some nurses . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Finding it quite difficult to get work but erm he was over at Christmas for a short time . |
| 5 | He was over like a shot . |
| 6 | Perhaps there had been a gust while he was over by the engine ? |
| 7 | Oh , well he was over by erm |
| 8 | ‘ You made his acquaintance when he was over in July researching Tristram Abberley ? ’ |
| 9 | Your Mr may have explained the position to Joe of Samuel McCauls Limited when he was over in Northern Ireland last September , but Joe did not inform me of your company 's position . |
| 10 | He was around for five minutes when I arrived and then he vanished . ’ |
| 11 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 12 | There was many 's a tramp that would have taken the A nine then but this one in particular and he was very very fond of him and he would ask when he was around to that he would get over to see him . |
| 13 | Although there was the time when he was round about that age and had developed meningitis . |
| 14 | ‘ He was round to me at the office the other day , wondering if I had any letters . |
| 15 | Yes , so that 's , he was round after his money every week . |
| 16 | But she discovered what he was up to and confiscated the church . |
| 17 | At which point I asked Mr Heseltine what he was up to . |
| 18 | When he caught Steve he asked him what he thought he was up to Well , said Steve , my mum and dad have split up . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , no writer , however self-sufficient , writes without a thought of an audience , and Tolkien was happy to discover anyone who could appreciate what he was up to . |
| 20 | Well , I knew he was Up to something because , with the old nurse , he 's always had the injections in his arm . |
| 21 | On the other hand he was proud of what he was up to , and it was exciting and in a good cause ; so he talked about it . |
| 22 | He began on a new plan and Endill tried to ask him what he was up to but every time he approached , Mould shouted , |
| 23 | He wo n't say what he was up to , but his clothes are all dirty and a great big tear on his sleeve . |
| 24 | I used to talk to him regularly about what he was up to . |
| 25 | ( Gary was the only exception I knew to this rule , and then only when he was up to no good ) . ’ |
| 26 | He skirted a small lake and walked straight into a patch of quicksand He was up to his shins before he realised what had happened . |
| 27 | Then he was up to the silvery layer of the surface . |
| 28 | Of course , a birth certificate allowed a man to be a bit flamboyant , while the directory , which might bring him trade , needed to be perfectly honest about what he was up to … |
| 29 | WE ALL KNEW WHAT HE WAS UP TO AGES AGO |
| 30 | ‘ We all knew what he was up to ages ago , ’ says society columnist Taki Theodoracopulos . |