Example sentences of "he was [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was offered a knighthood in 1847 when Queen Victoria visited Cambridge , but he declined it and the honour which came to him was accompanied by little emolument . |
| 2 | He was covered in white frost from head to toe and he could n't stop his teeth from chattering . |
| 3 | He was covered in wet leaves . |
| 4 | Yesterday it was revealed that PC Hall escaped death by a whisker when he was shot at point-blank range . |
| 5 | He was shot in cold blood . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He was shot in cold blood because he knew too much and was about to blow the whistle , ’ a detective said . |
| 7 | He was beheaded by local peasants as he lay down on the hill to sleep after a large meal of local sheep . |
| 8 | When he had been on this diet for ten days he was tested with various foods . |
| 9 | He was inspired by British photographers Eamonn McCabe and Chris Smith during his early career . |
| 10 | Holyfield 's sensitivity outside the ring , which left him genuinely touched when he was recognised by non-boxing people in Barcelona during this year 's Olympics , extends to the criticism that champions in all sport have to learn to live with . |
| 11 | Naturally , he was stopped by British Customs ; what gay men returning from Amsterdam ( or San Francisco , or … ) is not ? |
| 12 | When Vice-President Nixon toured the area in 1958 he was pelted with rotten eggs and jostled by angry demonstrators . |
| 13 | Stallholders and shopkeepers looked on with bemusement as he was pelted with bad fruit . |
| 14 | He was enfolded by warm feelings . |
| 15 | ‘ But he was killed by Israeli commandos in Damascus . ’ |
| 16 | Just over two hours later he was killed in nearby Great Western Road . |
| 17 | He was treated with intravenous fluids and antibiotics . |
| 18 | He was treated in intensive care at York District Hospital and transferred to St James 's Hospital , Leeds . |
| 19 | He was plagued by ill health in his youth but recovered to enter the vellum bookbinding trade , with which he was associated in a variety of capacities for nearly forty years . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He was not to fly operationally on Malta again however , for on release from hospital in March , he was despatched to Middle East Headquarters in Cairo . |
| 22 | When he did , he was assured of immediate payment . |
| 23 | Soon he was joined by other Europeans and henceforth it became a common sight to see one or other of the ladies or gentlemen of the " confident " party slapping away at the trough where once the dhobi had slapped ( for on the day after the Collector 's appearance the dhobi had vanished from the enclave , either because he considered it too dangerous to remain any longer now that the commander of the garrison had assumed the caste of dhobi or , more likely , because he resented the competition ) . |
| 24 | Shortly before the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in July 1986 he was transferred to other duties , much to Diana 's dismay . |
| 25 | Knighton 's fiercest response came when he was asked about reported demands . |
| 26 | He was stabbed in broad daylight by a young Muslim . |
| 27 | He was stabbed in broad daylight by a young Muslim . |
| 28 | He was met with extreme suspicion and often a rudeness that was doubtless considered patriotic , like Gary Cooper 's in Hollywood . |
| 29 | He was posted to northern France , and in 1952 published an account of his activities ( which extended to French Flanders , Belgium , and Holland ) in Normandy Diary , a book of permanent value to the antiquarian and architectural historian , and one that can be read with pleasure by the non-specialist as an engaging but unconscious self-portrait . |
| 30 | She liked Yeats well enough , and although poetry meant little to her , she could see that he was destined for great things . |