Example sentences of "he [was/were] thus [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | My recollection was that the detective story was one of E. Phillips Oppenheim 's , and that it concerned a horrific murder whereby the victim was , so to speak , liquefied and poured down the sink , so that the ‘ essence ’ of him was thus disposed of . |
2 | He was thus dismissed by the England camp as a complete lunatic whose criminal slogging should not be allowed to sully finer sensibilities . |
3 | Whatever the reason , the Regent was no less determined to try to capture Balliol while he was thus detached from his main force . |
4 | It was while he was thus engaged in the Plaza of Broken Moons that disaster struck . |
5 | His deification as the patron of craftsmen , but more importantly as a god of wisdom , medicine and healing , had occurred by the Late Period and he was thus identified by the Greeks with their god of medicine , Asclepios . |