Example sentences of "he [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An ’ we now know he wuz the Triad connection , the one who took over the sect an' corrupted it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But was n't it ironic that he wuz the one who eventually blew everythin' wide open , an ’ led you to the chink 's drugs operation ? ’ |
| 3 | In Capital Marx argues that as a result of the peculiar history of capitalism , the capitalist , who is really a parasite on the workers , is represented as though he were the opposite ; as the source of production and the benefactor of the workers . |
| 4 | They never called me nigger ’ — was innocent at first , but then taken up as if he were the provocateur of a national crisis . |
| 5 | God 's righteousness was , therefore , imputed to him ; reckoned as if he were the most holy person of all . |
| 6 | This is well illustrated by a famous decree made by Barbarossa , in which he ruled that a fire raiser who had taken refuge in a castle must be delivered to justice by those who had sheltered him , but not if he were the lord of the castle-owner , or his vassal , or his kinsman . |
| 7 | The men around this table had come to accept his leadership also , more and more as if he were the President . |
| 8 | He is up and about before his father and he gets his father up , as if he were the parent and his father the sleepy child . |
| 9 | He had sat in front of her , in the square little room which was used as a study , as if he were the suppliant , and had seen her sharp little eyes , black as currants , move round the room , noting the gaps in the shelves where Father Kendrick 's leatherbound volumes had been stacked , the meagre rug in front of the gas fire , his few prints stacked against the wall . |
| 10 | Peter wondered if he were the only person she had n't bothered to tell . |
| 11 | Finally , ‘ Christendom ’ itself has betrayed Jesus by domesticating him as if he were the possession of the church , and by making faith the acceptance of formulae and practices hallowed by the authority of the past . |
| 12 | Molly took a handkerchief and tidied him up as though he were the room . |
| 13 | George , who was to be in charge of the wires , having earlier walked round her as if he were the hangman measuring her for the drop , said Mary Deare would come into her own when she flew . |
| 14 | Dawson felt as if he were the advance party for a dawn raid . |
| 15 | Ceolred is said not to have been a son of Osthryth , so that if he were the son of Aethelred by a subsequent marriage after Osthryth 's death , he would have been aged only about 10 or 11 at his accession . |
| 16 | But Kerrison did n't need to be far out , if he were the murderer . |
| 17 | ( 6 ) The person to whom an occasional permission is granted shall ensure that the provisions of this Act or any byelaws or regulations made thereunder relating to the conduct of licensed premises are observed in the premises or place in respect of which the permission was granted as if he were the holder of a public house licence , and if he contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence : Provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under this subsection if he proves that he used due diligence to prevent the occurrence of the offence . |
| 18 | ‘ the rights to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of the share , except that he shall not , before being registered as the holder of the share , be entitled in respect of it to attend or vote at any general meeting of the company or at a separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the company . ’ |
| 19 | such person shall as though he were the Policyholder observe fulfil and be subject to the terms exceptions and conditions of this Policy in so far as they can apply . |
| 20 | He sat up , corked the bottle , picked up his glass , pushed it away , cocked his head on one side , and said in a pathetic , slightly injured voice , as though he were the victim , not Sally-Anne , ‘ There — will that do , McAllister ? |
| 21 | as though he were the only god |
| 22 | If he were the only ‘ rookie ’ in defence , I would not be so worried , but Newsome and Wetherall are hardly going to be a stabilising influence . |
| 23 | " So I called , " Jenny went on , ignoring the interruption , " and there was this marvellous man , with Great-Aunt and Lizzie fussing round him as though he were the greatest gift to humanity . |
| 24 | After the way he treated my sister , I would n't go with him if he were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 25 | He were the first |
| 26 | And he was the only one not swooning over Kezia Lehmann . |
| 27 | He was the Director : he could lecture on whomever he liked . |
| 28 | Quite apart from his business acumen ( by the end of his commercial life he was the head of the largest clothing manufacturers — which his father had acquired earlier , originally named Freedmans — in the British dominions , as well as chairman or president of the most important trade bodies related to that industry ) he held very senior positions in such organisations as the Baron de Hirsch Institute , the Montreal Reform Club , the Montefiore Club , the Montreal Insurance Co , the Jewish Public Library , the Hebrew Educational Institute , the Canadian Jewish Committee for the Relief of War Sufferers in Europe , the Executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress , the Canadian Colonisation Committee , the Zion Athletic Club , the Zionist Organisation of Canada , and many , many more . |
| 29 | He was to be frequently found at various ‘ gigs ’ with his Buckskin Boys — a square-dance group of three , of which he was the leader . |
| 30 | He was the first man I ever thought of partnering . ’ |