Example sentences of "he was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , if 'e was in the area it 's a foregone conclusion 'e 'd pop in . |
| 2 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |
| 3 | ‘ We therefore conclude that there was de facto , albeit voidable contract , between the owners and Ballay ; that it was by virtue of that contract that Ballay took possession of the goods ; that accordingly the transfer of the goods to him was with the consent and express authority of the owner and that accordingly there was no lack of authorisation and no appropriation . |
| 4 | We therefore conclude that there was a de facto , albeit voidable contract , between the owners and Ballay ; that it was by virtue of that contract that Ballay took possession of the goods ; that accordingly the transfer of the goods to him was with the consent and express authority of the owner and that accordingly there was no lack of authorisation and no appropriation . |
| 5 | We 've been talking to Michael Medleycote from the British Tourist Authority , and one of the points I was making to him was with the recession and also the Gulf war people are very concerned , a ) there 's the cost of flying , but also they 're concerned of course about security . |
| 6 | Confucius or Conrad or whatever you call him was on the doorstep . |
| 7 | So when I saw James ( true story this ) in Sainsbury 's , I walked up to him , leered , banged him on the elbow with a bottle of freshly squeezed orange juice and said , ‘ Tom Jones ! ’ because the last time I meet him was on the Tom Jones TV programme . |
| 8 | He also liked to remind him that the first time he had seen him was during the military parade in Cairo to celebrate Kuhammad Rea 's marriage to Princes Fawzia in 1939 . " |
| 9 | The passport that the Colonel had given him was in the inside pocket of his anorak . |
| 10 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 11 | The strange relationship she had with him was like the painting , she thought — nothing quite what it appeared , unveiling new facets each time she considered it . |
| 12 | Conversely , a foreign national resident abroad would find that the transaction with him was within the Act if , but only if , he was physically present in this country at the time of the transaction . |
| 13 | He had not given his name in Russian and the bunk that was allocated to him was against the wall at the furthest stretch from the narrow band of heat that the boiler might service . |
| 14 | It made them all laugh when Peter said that come to that , what he did with him was against the law since Jay was not yet twenty-one . |
| 15 | Upstairs , he was down the he 's just his clothes away . |
| 16 | He was down the pub . |
| 17 | Joe started when Harry 's elbow caught him in the ribs as he said , ‘ I wonder if my illustrious brother will be as insufferable as he was during the Christmas holidays ? ’ |
| 18 | ( c ) Calculate , in terms of days , whether or not Grieg was more ( or less ) efficient in collecting his debts during the year ended 31 March Year 14 than he was during the previous year . |
| 19 | Willi came up to see how he was during the morning . |
| 20 | As for the King , Tyndale asserted that he was above the law and was obliged to account for his actions only to God . |
| 21 | He was above the idea of taking advantage of headhunters through accepting free lunches and trips without intending to move : ‘ Time is one 's most valuable commodity . ’ |
| 22 | To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes . |
| 23 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 24 | Her door was set back so that she did n't see him until he was past the cars in the centre of the courtyard . |
| 25 | He forced his way through the rye till he was past the chestnuts , then turned to his right . |
| 26 | But when he came to trade them in and filled in his application , he was told he was beyond the age limit . |
| 27 | He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks . |
| 28 | Where did he used to stay when he was up the glen ? |
| 29 | And then he was up the stairs to her room , to find there her few poor possessions — but still no Sally-Anne . |
| 30 | He said he 's like to try just not er old en Robert Hardy 's our special patron really here , he 's very interested in coming to the banquet , he was up the other week was n't he , last Friday whenever it was . |