Example sentences of "he [vb past] be [prep] charge " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chief Superintendent McLean says that last summer the resources he allocated to the protection of the Ks were greater than those given to anything , other than really serious crimes such as murder , in the two years he had been in charge of Hounslow division . |
| 2 | He had been in charge of situations for the previous half century , since he had commanded guns on the Barham at the Battle of Jutland , as a midshipman , in the First World War . |
| 3 | Consequently he placed advertisements in Russian newspapers , stating that he had been in charge of the production and clarification of Veuve Clicquot wines for a number of years where he succeeded in achieving perfect limpidity . |
| 4 | He had been in charge of an Army motorcycle team which managed to raise the money for a £10,000 minibus for handicapped children . |
| 5 | He had been in charge of the Recorder Club ; he had taken boys sailing at Toddbrook and Salcome ; he taught so-called " dead " languages but made them live : quieter and gentler pursuits than many , no doubt , but performed with enthusiasm and commitment . |
| 6 | Two days ago — one day ago — he had been in charge of his destiny . |
| 7 | If he had been in charge , we would have been out of the Community , because that was the basis of his election campaign . |
| 8 | if he had been in charge , things would have been very different . |