Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 2 | If he were aimed specifically at the race another time he would probably go very close . |
| 3 | He took a briefcase with him , as if he were going back to the Works . |
| 4 | Marlow himself , listening to Jim 's confused , hesitant version of the affair as the court-martial proceeds , realises that ‘ with every instant he was penetrating deeper into the impossible world of romantic achievements ’ and cuts across the young man 's evident yearning to make some heroic restitution by the blunt reminder , ‘ If you had stuck to the ship , you mean ! ’ |
| 5 | He was moved on to the job when we were short-handed last winter , and up-graded from labourer . ’ |
| 6 | The river dream came to him again , he was wading deep into the current , its coldness griped him by the crutch , shocking him , he must reach that bluish hovering light on the far bank — trees towering above — a house , a tall bulky building towering above him … |
| 7 | Charles was clearly fascinated by Mr Mercer 's story of how he was shot twice by the Chinese and held prisoner for two years . |
| 8 | One witness , a taxi-driver , said : ‘ The police car stopped the van right in front of ou ‘ The policeman ran after him , but as he turned the corner he was shot twice in the back . |
| 9 | He was shot twice in the chest by a lone , unmasked gunman at the front door of his home at Palmerston Park , Holywood Road , at around 9.40pm . |
| 10 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 11 | At the last festival , Ib Anderson was the undoubted star , and we were told he was leaving immediately after the festival to join New York City ballet . |
| 12 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 13 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 14 | The Lebanese man in the dock says he was invited back to the flat , and it was Kim who threatened him with a knife . |
| 15 | To most people he must have seemed simply drunk and he was bundled away from the equipment and dumped six feet below to the floor by a couple of the DJ team . |
| 16 | This was the beginning of a close association and collaboration lasting for twenty-five years , interrupted only by Bulleid 's war service from 1915 to 1919 , when he was involved mainly in the operation of military railways serving ammunition dumps near the front in France . |
| 17 | He was leaning forward across the table , staring at me with a sort of frustrated belligerence . |
| 18 | He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall . |
| 19 | He was leaning comfortably into the corner of his seat reading the unmistakable pages of the London Financial Times . |
| 20 | When she looked up he was leaning elegantly against the table , watching her . |
| 21 | He was leaning out of the shelter . |
| 22 | He was leaning nonchalantly against the open door , looking , she noticed disgustingly , fresh and handsome , despite the late hour . |
| 23 | Ken Connelly , 52 , who suffers from an aorta aneurysm , a problem with his main artery , was about to be operated on when he was turned away at the last minute — on two occasions . |
| 24 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 25 | He was turned down by the " Goldsmith Libel Fund " , an eccentric exercise in philanthropy which bankrolls plaintiffs of conservative persuasion ( notably Tory MPs ) who bring libel actions against media organisations perceived as left-wing ( eg the BBC ) . |
| 26 | But it was n't the camp reactions he was troubled about at the moment , it was Mrs Robson 's . |
| 27 | He was treated pre-operatively by the physiotherapist who taught him deep breathing exercises . |
| 28 | In this instance he was referring chiefly to the international press . |
| 29 | He vanished again behind the boat-house , and when I saw him again he was aiming fast for the cliff path , with the bag once again slung over his shoulder . |
| 30 | One minute he was busking away on the cabaret circuit , the next he was on late-night TV , and then suddenly he was grinning all over the tabloids . |