Example sentences of "[subord] he [was/were] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One man who has always known where he was going is Neil Taylor , the Kent beneficiary . |
| 2 | Just where he was now and where he was heading was uncertain , this possibly having much to do with the non-arrival of Murray and the Steward , since both would be coming from the West Country and Balliol was thought to be marching southwards down the middle of the land . |
| 3 | Where he was educated is not known but he was apprenticed to John Marshall , a surgeon from Kilsyth , who was in charge of Glasgow University 's Physick garden in 1704 ( a physick garden was a source of herbs and other plants used for medical purposes ) . |
| 4 | Not until after he was weaned was Joni reclaimed by his maternal grandmother , put in the care of an aunt , and finally placed with a family friend of very limited means . |
| 5 | The picture of Christ eating with his disciples shortly before he was crucified is on a long-term loan from the Royal Academy in London . |
| 6 | When he was appointed is not known , but it was before 1496 , for the rent roll dated Christmas of that year shows payment of £10 to him as priest and Schoolmaster at Stockport . |
| 7 | The position of women that Engels found when he was writing was therefore seen by him as the product of a moment of history . |