Example sentences of "[noun prp] he was [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days later in Paris he was charged with criminal association and arms offences . |
| 2 | At the Franz Joseph he was greeted with great style and they were led into the terrace restaurant , to a table with a magnificent view over the whole of the Hochhauser valley , once more covered in snow . |
| 3 | In August he was kidnapped by Russian officers , hurried out of the country and bullied into abdicating . |
| 4 | In France he was courted by publicity-conscious surfers ; people asked him for his autograph . |
| 5 | Plans in August to become tutor to the children of a Derbyshire widow called Elizabeth Evans quickly foundered ( although Mrs Evans greatly admired Coleridge ) , and by the beginning of September he was speaking in decided terms of opening a day-school in Derby . |
| 6 | In March he was ordered with other northern lords to hasten to defend the border against Scottish invasion . |
| 7 | When Nicholas returned to Parkhead to play his home debut in a showpiece friendly against Everton he was greeted with rapturous applause . |