Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd probably never been to Brixton before — I could tell that from the way he was sinking down in the back of Armstrong the farther along Effra Road we got . |
| 2 | It occurred to him as he was crashing about in the cupboard among his own old mackintoshes , tennis racquets , gum boots , and broken picture frames that he might be doing the wrong thing . |
| 3 | He experienced the joy of scoring Omagh 's first two goals in the opening period but had the opposite feelings of emotion when he was sent off in the last minute . |
| 4 | Mike Marsh became the third Anfield star to be shown the red card in successive European Cup Winners ' Cup matches when he was sent off in the closing stages of the defeat against Spartak Moscow on Wednesday . |
| 5 | He was b he was born up in the mountains |
| 6 | He was swallowed up in the fog . |
| 7 | He was tied up in the garden but was put in a pen at night . |
| 8 | It would give him pleasure to make jokes that were n't funny while he was dressed up in the wedding-dress of a woman he claimed had been murdered also . |
| 9 | He was thrown about in the back of the car and the driver was having a Chinese attack of the wobblies made worse by bouts of dizziness and sickness due to the height at which they were travelling . |
| 10 | When he arrived in Bristol he was put up in the old Bright 's ( temperance ) Hotel at the rear of the present Dingle 's store . |
| 11 | He was put down in the spare bedroom with the blinds closed against the sun , and Jim sat with him telling him stories until he fell asleep . |
| 12 | Ronnie , 54 , hit the headlines when he thumped the mayor in the face after his civic car ran over Christmas lights he was stringing up in the centre of Frome , Somerset . |
| 13 | Clarissa said she was glad she had n't known he was walking about in the open . |
| 14 | Despite the fact that he was personally on only the periphery of the Polanski affair , he was caught up in the backwash , in the resultant discussion of the wider issues of the counter-culture , and it was in this category that the critics had firmly placed their new star as the analysis of his role in Easy Rider continued through the run-up to the Oscar presentations and beyond . |
| 15 | Prayers for the safety of John Dakyn were probably necessary , as he was caught up in the religious controversies of the age . |
| 16 | Although he admits there were ‘ times it felt like farce — chasing a guy through the woods who was chasing the ghost of his dead father ’ , Bradley nevertheless says there were moments when he was caught up in the atmosphere . |
| 17 | As he passed again on the other side of the road on his way back forty minutes later he was caught up in the very worst time of day for traffic . |
| 18 | And just yesterday he was spotted in in the Northampton area . |
| 19 | When I changed buses there was just time to get the sweets and bananas — the bananas were very good today ; and on the other bus there was a nice driver who said that if I sat near the front he would let me off at the crossing if he was held up in the traffic , instead of my going on to the bus stop and having to walk back ; because of the rain . ’ |
| 20 | Although she had never read any of his books , she was well aware of the high regard he was held in in the literary world . |
| 21 | Gallacher led the Newcastle protests which increased in their ferocity after he was pulled down in the box and denied the penalty that would level the score . |
| 22 | Noah was jealous because Oliver went out to burials while he was left back in the shop , so he treated him even worse than before . |
| 23 | A few minutes later he was jerking around in the grip of an atrocious dream , and she woke him up . |
| 24 | Born of humble parents early in the twelfth century , he was brought up in the fenlands round the Wash , and early in life wandered among the shoals and quicksands round the mouth of the Welland in search of wrecks and treasure . |
| 25 | And although he was brought up in the Protestant culture of Scotland 's capital , he is a fervent supporter of Celtic , the club of Roman Catholic persuasion in the hostile territory of Glasgow . |
| 26 | well the slight adjustment so to get it , get it right , that 's what you 're paid for and he 's , that 's where he was , that 's where he was brought up in the trade , and he could take a piece of cloth in his hands , he had rolls of cloth , and he said that was made such a way , the quality of this cloth is because and that |