Example sentences of "he [was/were] under the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was under the impression that the renewal of his contract was a formality . |
| 2 | He was under the impression that the renewal of his contract was a formality . |
| 3 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 4 | Thickened his voice in the wrong places to try and convince us that he was under the influence . |
| 5 | In the burgh of Inverkeithing the effect would have been disastrous had not Captain Robert Cunningham 's money been lavishly dispensed among the councillors and magistrates , for as was to be expected , it had not been in Cunningham 's power to convince anyone in the town that he was under the protection of the Duke of Argyll . |
| 6 | This argument reflects the official view disseminated after the war had begun again that Edward had been coerced into accepting the treaty while he was under the tutelage of Mortimer and Isabella and that therefore he could not be bound by it . |
| 7 | While his parents could only be with him during the occasional break in a hectic schedule , at least Diana knew that he was under the same skies . |
| 8 | He was under the impression the dealers did n't know what he was doing . |
| 9 | A revelation which William James experienced when taking nitrous oxide took the form of doggerel , which he genuinely believed to be of enormous significance while he was under the influence of the drug : Higamous Hogamous , women are monogamous , Hogamous higamous , men are polygamous . |
| 10 | And in a second he was under the Man 's arm and out through the cage door , free and gliding over towards the fence by the benches . |
| 11 | He sat back in his chair again , dragging it round so he was under the shade too . |
| 12 | Apparently he was under the impression that she had arranged to see Richard again tonight ; he was also under the delusion that Richard was a Belgian whom she had just happened to pick up . |
| 13 | Igor Kasatonov , Commander of the Black Sea Fleet , refused to take the oath , saying that he was under the command only of the C.-in-C. of the CIS armed forces , Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov . |
| 14 | He wandered around until he was under the enormous swelling bulk of the fuel tank . |
| 15 | What I am suggesting is you knew there was an armed man in the flat , you were worried he was under the bed and if only concern was to get that bed up and over to check he was n't there , you did n't bother to wait to get Julie off it . |
| 16 | Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . |
| 17 | He remembered little about the fires because he was under the influence of drink and did not realise what he was doing . |
| 18 | You know he was under the covers . |