Example sentences of "he was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was moved on to the job when we were short-handed last winter , and up-graded from labourer . ’ |
| 2 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 3 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Lebanese man in the dock says he was invited back to the flat , and it was Kim who threatened him with a knife . |
| 6 | He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall . |
| 7 | He was leaning out of the shelter . |
| 8 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | But it was n't the camp reactions he was troubled about at the moment , it was Mrs Robson 's . |
| 11 | The youngsters were so delighted when the final whistle went that they all jumped on the luckless coach , bruising his ribs so badly that he was ruled out of the next weekend 's third team fixture . |
| 12 | At the storming of this fortress on 19 January he was blown up at the head of his brigade when a French magazine exploded , killing 108 men . |
| 13 | He was blown out of the water on 17 January 1964 by Iain Macleod [ q.v. ] , who had just become editor of the Spectator , in one of the most famous and devastating articles that has ever appeared in that journal . |
| 14 | He was to go down to the Supersight factory for some practice with Harley and was then to go with him to a couple of the Continental tournaments . ’ |
| 15 | He was pointing out into the audience as he said it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Look at Ben Hogan , a legend and a perfectionist who gave up the game when he was struck down by the dreaded ‘ yips ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | While there he was called up by the England squad when the touring team ran into injury trouble last summer . |
| 20 | While there he was called up by the England squad when the touring team ran into injury trouble last summer . |
| 21 | Recently he was called up by the Customs and Excise about 20 videos ( mostly tapes from TV ) a friend had sent him from America . |
| 22 | In these uncertain and troubled circumstances he was called back to the one thing outside his faith in which he could place his trust . |
| 23 | He continued , ‘ That friend of yours , the Scotsman , Duncan something or other , he was called out during the night to deliver something to 45 Royal Marine Commando . |
| 24 | He was looking up at the sign over the door . |
| 25 | He was looking down at the pavement outside the house . |
| 26 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 27 | When they had gone , Maria glanced at Luke , but to her relief he was looking down at the photos Florian had left behind , his expression inscrutable . |
| 28 | He was looking out of the window at his lovely new garden , at the exquisite magnolia just breaking into its goblet-like , glowing blooms which were , since Monday , also his . |
| 29 | He was looking out over the prison courtyard , watching the sheets of rain falling , the brightness of the observation lights along the prison walls reflecting in his eyes . |
| 30 | Sitting safe in the big tree , hidden within the protective myriad of bough , branch and leaf , he was submerged in a greenish half-light filtered through layer upon layer of natural growth , and he was looking out from the dimming or dappling shelter of his high cave into the dazzle of a rare summer brightness beyond . |