Example sentences of "he was [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On leaving Oxford , he was secured the position of honorary attaché at the embassy in Tokyo in 1902 , but never allowed himself to become much interested in Far Eastern affairs . |
| 2 | Until he was contacted the arriving forces had no idea of what to expect . |
| 3 | ‘ Laurence Taylor died at Stubbylee of Asiatic Cholera , having arrived from Liverpool only on Saturday last ; he was interred the same day at the old Baptist Chapel . ’ |
| 4 | In late July and early August , he was assigned the sombre task of accompanying the body of Gerda Taro in its journey back to France . |
| 5 | He strongly opposed the orthodox post-colonial constitution proposed by the British government , in which he was assigned the role of constitutional monarch presiding over a Westminster-style parliament . |
| 6 | In 1982 he was given the ceremonial post of vice-president . |
| 7 | Ironically , fate intervened and he never did make that his career , which is probably just as well , since when he was given the task many years later of steering British Aerospace into the private sector he crossed swords with more than a few civil servants and did n't have a lot of time for them . |
| 8 | ‘ The patient received the same amount of air as he was given the previous week . |
| 9 | This cemented his place in the Test team , although it would be another year or so before he was given the new ball , and then it was just a question of piling up the scalps as the main strike bowler . |
| 10 | For this reason he was given the green light to prepare more detailed proposals for further consideration . |
| 11 | Day after day , he was given the same old put-off by the stage doorman about Viola not being there . |
| 12 | He was given the Distinguished Flying Cross , though his service record showed no combat missions , and he waited till 1952 to claim it . |
| 13 | He was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom ( America 's highest civilian award ) earlier this year . |
| 14 | Tritsis 's career as a stormy petrel continued when he was given the education portfolio in 1987 — he was unshipped the next year by a protracted teachers ' strike . |
| 15 | When he retired as Secretary-General in 1960 he was given the Padma Vibhushan , the second-highest Indian honour ; in the Lok Sabha ( India 's Lower House ) Nehru paid an extremely rare tribute to a civil servant , saying that Pillai 's departure created ‘ a certain blank ’ . |
| 16 | After an eye test he was given the rank of petty officer engineer and directed to Victoria Station to take charge of 20 similar recruits . |
| 17 | Mackay had no love for the Jacobite cause and in spite of his defeat at the Battle of Killiecrankie , he was given the task of subduing the Highlands , where he built the fort at the head of Loch Linnhe which became known as Fort William . |
| 18 | He was given the most cathartic laundering of his life , but his reputation — and his earnings from sponsors — shot up when he published the story in magazines around the globe . |
| 19 | After being shunted from the Bass Centre to Zildjian to Sound Control in Scotland ( the present dealers ) he was given the number of Warwick in Germany . |
| 20 | Apart from estates elsewhere , he was given the lands of Battle , Easebourne and Bayham in 1538 . |
| 21 | ‘ He was given the title of honorary research assistant but articles began appearing in newspapers which described him as a consultant , ’ says a doctor who knew him . |
| 22 | Palace had Andy Thorn stretchered off with concussion , but he was given the all-clear after X-rays . |
| 23 | Newton transformed the game after Fleck limped off following a kick up the backside and he was given the lone striker 's role . |
| 24 | It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through . |
| 25 | In this sense he was given the keys of the kingdom of Heaven . |
| 26 | He was the model for the main character in the film , Altered States , and in his autobiographical novel , The Scientist , Lilly tells how he was given the drug by a doctor to cure a recurring migraine . |
| 27 | Twenty-seven years on , in 1977 , he was duly awarded with another request to visit Buckingham Palace when he was given the OBE. |
| 28 | He was given the freedom of the town two years ago . |
| 29 | They acquitted Simon Berkowitz after he told them he was given the shock document , stolen from the Liberal Democrat leader 's solicitors , in a pub . |
| 30 | He met Diana in 1988 when he was given the job of coaching Prince William in horsemanship . |