Example sentences of "he was [adv] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E was all right this evenin' when I bought the paper off 'im . ’ |
| 2 | He was round there that night . |
| 3 | He was n't even half way down and he was growling . |
| 4 | " He was n't here this weekend , then ? " |
| 5 | He was n't there this morning . |
| 6 | ‘ He was up late last night plotting the overthrow of the capitalist system . |
| 7 | He joined P&O Ferrymasters in 1974 , transferring to P&O Roadtanks in 1979 , where he was most recently Financial Director . |
| 8 | He was very naturally scared stiff of using up all his remaining petrol and making a bad landing . |
| 9 | We 're seeing the end of a long period of Cold War which effectively the West have won because they have kept their defences up , er and I think as Tom King , he was out here last week , has said we need to keep a strong force here to make sure that the Soviets keep their side of the bargain and er start a withdrawal at some stage . |
| 10 | They sent him to proper schools — the first royal child not to have been educated by private tutors — but he was never just another pupil ; he was never allowed to forget the accident of birth that set him apart . |
| 11 | But despite Chant 's shows of empathy , he was still just another servant , content to attend upon his master as long as he was promptly paid . |
| 12 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |