Example sentences of "[vb past] he was [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Castenada ( 1970 ) , for example , found he was dealing with new events and totally new ways of understanding . |
| 2 | Ludens , amazed at his own emotion , found he was kneeling on one knee . |
| 3 | Rain believed he was reaching towards one of the cups on the table , but Barbara Coleman stood across the table from him and she recoiled . |
| 4 | At first doctors believed he was suffering from little more than sunstroke . |
| 5 | As he warmed to his theme , George forgot he was talking to one individual , and through him to a huge lay audience . |
| 6 | Mrs Stevenson told The Art Newspaper , ‘ Ted has a golden eye , but the board felt he was lacking in certain areas that were necessary here ’ . |
| 7 | A lot of hard work goes into it , but young Mr Hitch felt he was paid in full : ‘ When the band strikes up , when you start up that village and folk cheer , there is a big lump in your throat , and that is when you are paid back . ’ |
| 8 | Richard knew he was related to Tory somehow , but was not sure if cousin was quite the right word . |
| 9 | ‘ Help me ! ’ said a voice in his head , and Jack knew he was listening to one of the Ram children . |
| 10 | Roger 's face had flushed , and she knew he was thinking about that wallet . |
| 11 | ‘ Or , let me say , I knew he was behaving as other people 's fathers did n't behave . |
| 12 | She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ‘ Lubor ! ’ she laughed . |
| 13 | He thought he was suffering from some sort of glandular disease . |
| 14 | I thought he was going for three weeks . |
| 15 | Anyway , he insisted he was coming at half past seven . |
| 16 | Graeme Wright , editor of Wisden since 1986 , announced he was quitting at last night 's launch of the 1992 edition , held at the East India Club , London . |
| 17 | Then the 62-year-old globetrotter from Bristol revealed he was looking for two more women ! |
| 18 | The club 's community development officer , Mike Rigg , said he was looking for eight unemployed young men and women , aged 19 or over , to organise soccer schools as part of the 12-month Employment Training plan . |
| 19 | Glasgow businessman Douglas Timmons , 42 , said he was ambushed by gun-wielding rioters who hurled a brick through the windscreen of a car he was in . |
| 20 | Mr Gruson went upstairs where he said he was threatened by one of the gunmen . |
| 21 | He said he was circling in that round of despair where you do n't care one iota what happens to you or anyone else . |
| 22 | ‘ She said he was laughing at that time and she just wanted to frighten him . ’ |
| 23 | I wondered what he wanted , so I did it ; and in the interval of the rehearsal he came and said he was suffering from nervous shock because the moment I started he realized I was doing exactly the contrary of all the things he had taught the orchestra . |
| 24 | Cos he said he was coming between ten |
| 25 | He said he was coming for some gnocchi tonight . |
| 26 | Afterwards , Mr Major said he was used to political turbulence and the ‘ rough and tumble ’ . |
| 27 | Police had not named the man last night , but locals said he was known as Big Leo , of Thorntree . |
| 28 | Yesterday the Rev John Wilson , minister at Corporation Road , said he was encouraged by local people 's response to efforts the church is making to provide a focus for a range of activities . |
| 29 | He said he was going at 40 to 60 miles per hour . |
| 30 | ‘ He said he was going to trained to go on a crash team . |