Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An –easy conscience chafed him like his new , scratchy tweed suit , caused him the same persistent discomfort as the broken spring he was hatching out beneath his buttocks . |
| 2 | With a lunge , he grabbed the bag from between her fingers and flung it across the parquet , where it landed with a thump before skidding to rest beneath a radiator , then before she could react to such a flare of violence he was reaching out for her , dragging her into his embrace , his lips ravening hungrily over her own with a fever of desire that sent shock waves of fear and desire quivering through her . |
| 3 | Even during the summer term he was wrapped up against the elements in waterproof jacket and leggings — his head encased in a leather helmet with ear-flaps . |
| 4 | ‘ Is it any wonder he was cast out of paradise ? ’ |
| 5 | In the winter he was driven back in again . |
| 6 | ‘ As a youngster he was sent out to Australia to work as a jackaroo on a sheep station . |
| 7 | As a child he was kicked out of school for various incidents , including throwing a desk at a teacher when he was just nine years old . |
| 8 | As a child he was brought up in Kent . |
| 9 | Fortescue dropped the manuscript he was reading on to the table . |
| 10 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 11 | This kind of treatment caused resentment among the petty-minded officialdom which ran the British professional game , and when Boomer was chosen for the 1927 Ryder Cup team he was picked up at Cherbourg en route to America and made to wear what every Frenchman was supposed to wear — a beret . |
| 12 | For a moment he was swept back into the past to those days when her temper would flare into demoniac rage . |
| 13 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 14 | Having made his eccentric gesture , John returned to his position at the bow of the boat and to the strains of a rousing strathspey he was rowed back to the shore . |
| 15 | But in his next match he was sent off for twice attacking the goalie . |
| 16 | He seemed to be possessed of a driving need to review and revitalise everything , calling for frequent staff meetings , inviting ideas on production methods and working schedules , and when he was n't at his desk or out at a meeting he was cooped up with Mike Freeman in the downstairs office or in one of the other departments . |
| 17 | The New York-based journalist , who was researching a book about the U.S.P.G.A. Tour , simply stepped under the ropes and trailed the group he was following out onto the peninsula . |
| 18 | At its meeting on 30 October 1990 , the board received a report from Ian Wells , a senior enforcement officer , on the progress of an investigation he was carrying on into the affairs and business of the Winchester Group , an appointed representative of Norwich Union . |
| 19 | There was nothing sinister about this change — he had simply reverted to the name he was born under after a search to find the identity of his real parents . |
| 20 | On Christmas Day he was moved out by a policeman , and that , he said , was when he lost his faith . |
| 21 | Within minutes of being given the treatment his walking was much improved , and the following day he was walking around without any sticks and was also able to climb up and down stairs unaided — a thing he had been unable to do for at least two years . |
| 22 | He clashed with his superior and was moved to a different section , and after a series of complaints about his behaviour he was sent back to England at the request of the ambassador at the beginning of May 1951 . |
| 23 | You know that stuff he was going on about for special like continuous pressure and all that sort of crap . |
| 24 | He stood up on his chair all the way through lunch , with the gravy running down his great red face on to his bib and flying off the spoon he was waving on to other people 's clothes ; and in his loud , pharyngitic voice he kept up a perpetual background noise of questions and comments . |
| 25 | Seeing the first signs of salt water he was landed on by lots of flies which got into his eyes and irritated him more than the dust . |
| 26 | The next morning he was woken up by someone kicking at the shop door . |
| 27 | When we all left the office this morning he was hurrying off to Paddington a pace and a half behind his wide-eyed philosopher , fielding stray oranges and packets of plectra . |
| 28 | Later in the game he was sent off for his part in a vicious brawl . |
| 29 | On the only occasion when Warnie tried to probe Jack on the origin or true nature of his relationship with Minto he was shut up with great vehemence . |
| 30 | She took the mug he was holding out to her , eyeing its contents suspiciously . |