Example sentences of "he was [adv] [vb pp] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was both angered and grieved that he did not know Liza 's whereabouts , nor the sex of her offspring . |
| 2 | He let Mac have his Celtic whims , everyone did ; he was vastly experienced and had been right so often . |
| 3 | Consequently , he was officially denounced and stripped of his rank , pension and medals for " discrediting the honour and dignity of a state security officer " , and threatened with criminal charges . |
| 4 | On 8 January 1959 he was officially inaugurated and two days later formed the first government of the new republic , headed by Michel Debré . |
| 5 | In a rough kind of way he was good-looking , but he was heavily built and looked an aggressive type . |
| 6 | He was evidently moved and nervous . |
| 7 | Harry began shouting , which was not at all surprising , as he was easily provoked and was being made to look a fool . |
| 8 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 9 | He was accordingly arrested and taken to Vine Street Police Station where he duly provided two specimens of breath in the intoximeter . |
| 10 | But he was undeniably withdrawn and pensive . |
| 11 | He paid calls to La Vieille Cité , famed for its antiquities , where he was politely entertained and actually bought a little Renaissance bronze relief , but no one had heard of a cross coming on the market in recent years . |
| 12 | I was quite surprised to see he was wide eyed and quite awake when when he came to my flat . |
| 13 | Police launched a nationwide hunt for Ahrjinder Singh Dosanjh — known as Bobby — after he was viciously beaten and bundled into a van . |
| 14 | Mann , though in possession of an official permit to hold meetings on trade unionism in Hamburg , was nevertheless put on a boat back to England ; on returning six weeks later , he was again expelled and various activists served short periods in prison . |
| 15 | He was already shaved and dressed . |
| 16 | ‘ He was later cautioned and released without charge , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 17 | He was partly irritated and partly mystified . |
| 18 | In his lifetime he was widely loved and admired as ‘ the seraphic Ken ’ even by those who deplored his political stance . |
| 19 | As club manager , however , he was widely travelled and widely respected on the Continent , spreading the name and prestige of Arsenal in his imperialist fashion . |
| 20 | As we know er Darwin published his great work in eighteen fifty nine cos he had to , he really did n't want to but was forced , but in eighteen seventy one he published another important book called the Descent of Man or Evolution in Relation to Sex and in this book Darwin established a principle , which a which at the time he was widely criticized and ridiculed and this was the principle of female choice . |
| 21 | He was immediately arrested and charged with tending or intending to pervert justice , which he denies . |
| 22 | He was immediately seized and thrown into prison , where he remained in chains for a further seventeen years , finally falling sick and dying before a suddenly contrite Alfonso could order his chains removed . |
| 23 | He was nearly scalped and broke his arm and collarbone when he smashed against it . |
| 24 | ‘ He was strong willed and always trying to assert his opinions . ’ |
| 25 | He was slightly built and liked to joke in public about his prominent ears and simian features , though contemporaries were much more likely to be arrested by the large and melancholy brown eyes . |
| 26 | He was repeatedly punched and kicked as he lay helpless on the ground , and suffering a fractured cheekbone , a broken arm and damage to his left eye . |
| 27 | Not every funeral furnisher was able to go independent , and relied on the wholesalers to provide items for which he was rarely asked and consequently had no need to stock . |
| 28 | He was badly hampered and discouraged by the lack of a studio . |
| 29 | He was badly shaken and needed nine stitches in a head injury . |
| 30 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |