Example sentences of "he was [verb] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was cautioned after his first offence when he was 13 . |
| 2 | He was digging in his minute patch of garden opposite Riverview , on the other side of the tow-path . |
| 3 | In fact his persistent signalling that he was absorbed in his own ‘ playing ’ was one of the factors holding the rest of the class back . |
| 4 | He was chanting in his childish voice and whirling something round his head . |
| 5 | On the one hand , he was loved for his own great ability , his loyalty to his teams , his concern for youngsters and all the other good work he did off the pitch , and for his warm , relaxed character that made him friends in many places . |
| 6 | These he made as aquatints , and the next series followed in 1796 — Series of Picturesque Views of the North of England , where by 1796 , the survey over , he informed the public that he was leaving behind his previous work and going to be a drawing master once again , but at 3 Lad Lane where he was again living with Hartley his half-brother . |
| 7 | Frank Jessop was in his late 60's when he started needing to get up three or four times each night to pass urine , and he was referred to his local hospital 's urology department . |
| 8 | He was referred by his General Practitioner whom he had consulted after experiencing recurrent episodes of upper abdominal pain and severe indigestion . |
| 9 | Once a virtuous king , whose subjects hailed him as a god , he was killed by his jealous brother Seth . |
| 10 | In addition Curzon fairly soon reverted to his habit of complaining about the way in which he was treated by his Prime Minister . |
| 11 | His graphic story has just been published in the Darlington Postgraduate Journal , edited by doctors at Darlington Memorial Hospital where he was treated after his second stroke . |
| 12 | Consequently he was recovering from his minor ordeal . |
| 13 | It is not clear , however , whether he was referring to his own ( earth science ) field , or to an average value for all the sciences . |
| 14 | It is not clear , however , whether he was referring to his own ( earth science ) field , or to an average value for all the sciences . |
| 15 | He let everyone think that he was calling from his own area , and not from the middle of their territory . |
| 16 | Then he was reaching for his own glass and inviting her to sit in one of the wicker armchairs overlooking the bay while he seated himself in the chair beside her . |
| 17 | After an eventful journey to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides , off the north-west coast of Scotland , he was joined by his younger brother , aged around 23 , James Keith , who had travelled through France to Paris like a military pied Piper , collecting Jacobites as he went , before embarking on a little 25-ton ship at Le Havre to sail round the west coast of Ireland . |
| 18 | Thus Stirling took himself to Jalo where he was joined by his depleted force who were flown in . |
| 19 | as if this was not enough , he was joined in his mad reverse by a colleague . |
| 20 | Few could at this stage afford to be as choosy as Fox Milton & Co Ltd when they sacked a new dealer on the grounds that he was dealing with his old Chartwell clients , so enraging Chartwell Securities . " |
| 21 | There was also a tinge of sadness in Gerry Britton 's voice when he was asked about his old club . |
| 22 | I do n't know how he guessed ‘ t was me with Ellen the other day , but he swore vengeance three years ago when he was banished to his smaller estate and forced to hand Tracy to the Sheriff of Gloucester , and he does n't forget . ’ |
| 23 | He was hampered by his Catholic sympathies , his inadequate local following , and his lack of independent political weight at court . |
| 24 | At the time of his death he was living with his 26-year-old girlfriend , Helen Dyson . |
| 25 | He was living with his third wife , the ice goddess Veronica , in an LA mansion , surrounded by the gifts of a lifetime — a six-foot , hand-carved tiger given to him by Deng Xiaoping , a robe given to him by Elvis Presley . |
| 26 | Of course , the Prince himself has not yet been spoken to , but his secretary , Chang Shih-sen advises me that the copies he was given on his last visit are gone . ’ |
| 27 | But he was given by his unmarried mum to a childless couple from Corfu , probably the only such adoption ever to take place in the Greek islands . |
| 28 | He appears under the name he was given in his orphaned youth — the Boy from Apulia . |
| 29 | He insisted that he and his family were ‘ all British ’ and he was seen by his younger son Quentin , in about 1935 , burning the documents of his American citizenship . |
| 30 | And , to complete his heartbreak , his car broke down when he was looking for his ninth win of the season at the Italian Grand Prix . |