Example sentences of "[verb] he [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found he was in good shape , but had no food in his intestines . |
| 2 | I believed he was in safe hands . |
| 3 | For a moment he imagined he was in another world , a simple uncomplicated world : a world where there was no place down below in the valley where men were being prepared for war ; that there was no place in Northumberland where a woman sat in a room all day with only her thoughts for company ; that there was no one called Carrie Smith ; that the world had dwindled and there was only this secluded garden and a secluded house , as had been said , with the hills to the back of it and the river at its feet and two women so unalike , yet alike : so understanding , so thoughtful of each other , and not only of each other , but of him . |
| 4 | And however well endowed he was with these qualities , he might still have difficulty on some points . |
| 5 | The sheriff has said he was in great agitation . |
| 6 | On July 5 the Sudanese news agency , Suna , reported that President of the secessionist republic , Abdel-Rahman Ahmed Ali , had said he was in daily contact with the USC and that " we believe that the Somali nation is one " . |
| 7 | ‘ On Saturday I saw he was in good condition and decided to play him . |
| 8 | For past all doubt he was on that path , he did find the poor soul dead , he did run to the castle , like an honest man , and tell the sheriff what he had found . |
| 9 | But three minutes later Captain Fuchs knew he was in real trouble when the unbelievable happened — the jumbo 's second starboard engine caught fire . |
| 10 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 11 | I thought he was on two days . |
| 12 | Well I thought he was on two days . |
| 13 | Thought he was on two days four times . |
| 14 | Well I thought he was on eight days then . |
| 15 | I think even Nigel thought he was on dodgy ground here , but it was worth a try . |
| 16 | He thought he was on safe ground with lavatories , but they were bored . |
| 17 | In Final Analysis Richard Gere plays Isaac Barr , a San Francisco psychiatrist , who thought he was in full control of his life until he met the stunning Heather Evans played by Kim Basinger . |
| 18 | And what does he think he was during these years ? |
| 19 | Do you think he was under any pressure from any source — financial , from relatives , from the staff ? |
| 20 | The voice he puts on for the customers , you would think he was in daily contact with the Lord Mayor or the Duke . |
| 21 | That lightness of his , each step as though he might take off altogether ! — and then , how he stood there , at the foot of the stairs , straight and slender ; you 'd think he was from another world , he was so pale and fine , with his glistening cropped hair … but he was scowling most horribly . |
| 22 | He could n't manage it and he said that he felt that he had to stop being an MP er for several reasons , one of them was that he thought most MPs like he agreed he was at certain times , were out of touch . |
| 23 | The gelding show-ed he was in good heart this week by winning at Edinburgh on Thursday . |
| 24 | Even when you wish he was on another planet . |
| 25 | All said he was of low intelligence , and as a trump card the defence brought in Professor Hans Eysenck to consider all the evidence . |
| 26 | Our hopes were high this morning after the Red Cross said he was in good spirits . |
| 27 | My heart sank when I heard him say he was in full support of the government 's policy . |