Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] he was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the 1987 election he was cocooned at Labour headquarters , surrounded by television screens , satellite aerials and endlessly insistent telephones . |
| 2 | On his father 's death in 1867 he took over the business , and in the 1871 census he was described as ‘ chemist and dealer in foreign stamps ’ . |
| 3 | At one point he was quizzed by Jockey Club investigators and police detectives looking into the doping of Norwich , Bravefoot and Flying Diva , but no action was taken against him . |
| 4 | One evening he was summoned to the bedside of a dying lawyer , who had first robbed and then seduced a female client . |
| 5 | One moment he was shouting at the boys in the dorm to keep quiet , the next thing he was in the bathroom retching , then out on the landing , heaving and crying out . |
| 6 | Having lost one job he was interviewed at the Feltham Ordnance Factory , but was rejected as useless , ‘ having fallen asleep while waiting to be given instructions ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ The mate who was with him said one minute he was talking to Tony at the side of the road and the next he was flat on his back . |
| 8 | One minute he was talking about Leeds struggling against Wimbledon because they hoof it into the air , next minute that Wimbledon do/can play some nice football , the very next statement that they always just kicked it as hard as possible into the air . |
| 9 | One night he was talking to his father in the dining room . |
| 10 | Then one day he was sent for by the refining director and given twenty-four hours to make up his mind about a posting to the United States . |
| 11 | One day he was separated from his squad . |
| 12 | He said on the one hand he was agreeing with you , right that i it does n't matter how good a cyclist you are it 's the fucking car drivers , nine times out of ten , that cause the accidents on and then , on the other hand he was saying but I do n't see I I ca n't se ever see myself coming off you know , he 's fucking stupid ! |
| 13 | Merton 's early Edinburgh appearances read as a catalogue of disasters : one year he was set upon by a gang of burly Scottish lads when seeking to compete in the poster wars engulfing the festival , and another year he was rushed to hospital after only one show , having broken a leg in an intercomedian football friendly . |
| 14 | According to one source he was credited with five shot down and seven others damaged . |
| 15 | At one stage he was travelling to the TV studios in London by bus and sleeping overnight at a rail station . |