Example sentences of "[verb] [that] he was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Melancia maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |
| 2 | Melancia , who resigned after being served with a summons in connection with the alleged bribery , denied all charges of corruption and maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |
| 3 | It is not merely that there are portraits of him at every turn , for there are almost as many of Inglis , nor could it be claimed that he was the greatest lawyer , for he had many rivals for that title even in his own generation , yet it is beyond argument that he was the most influential advocate ever to walk the floor of Parliament House . |
| 4 | One day Mr Hurd woke up to find that he was the Foreign Secretary , pinched himself , and found that his first big job was forcibly deporting the boat people in Hong Kong back to Vietnam . |
| 5 | Ever since she had realised that he was the new officer she had been dreading the moment they would have to actually start working together . |
| 6 | But this ploy fails , partly because such a conception fails to tell us what is to count as ‘ adding 2 ’ , and partly because it relies upon a smooth interpretation of ‘ every ’ ; but we could ask about ‘ every ’ the same questions as we are asking about' + 2' , for there is always the possibility that someone should after a while begin to use ‘ every ’ as we would use ‘ every other ’ , maintaining that he was the only one in step . |
| 7 | On Dec. 29 national radio reported the lifting of the state of emergency in North-West Province , stronghold of SDF leader John Fru Ndi , who had been released from house arrest by early December but was continuing to claim that he was the real election victor [ see p. 39179 ] . |
| 8 | It was in the nature of a goodwill invitation , nothing more , none of us realising that he was the one man in Punta Arenas who had some idea of why an old wooden-walled East Indiaman , built like a frigate , should have been reconditioned and brought south by the Argentine Navy during the war . |
| 9 | On realising that he was the only person charged with breaking into the bank , Middleton said , he had decided to stop protecting the ‘ real criminals ’ . |
| 10 | The King , however , undeterred by this , told the Prime Minister that he believed that he was the only person who could carry the country through' . |
| 11 | Although his plans for political and economic reform had yet to be clarified , supporters of Ben Bella believed that he was the only politician capable of ending the social polarization caused by FLN economic policies and the growing appeal of Islamic fundamentalism , as demonstrated in June municipal elections [ see pp. 37549-50 ] . |
| 12 | He believed that he was the last hostage left . |
| 13 | With everyone in the room so happy , Seb tried hard not to let it show that he was the only one less than ecstatic over the forthcoming wedding . |
| 14 | His successor as curator , Arthur T. Bolton [ q.v. ] , claimed that ‘ it is no disrespect to his distinguished predecessors in that office to assert that he was the best curator that ever held that position of trust ’ , an opinion that was shared by ( Sir ) John Summerson , who succeeded Bolton . |
| 15 | In 1843 he declared that he was the Holy Ghost personified , and later that he was the prophet Elijah . |
| 16 | And you were then told that he was the great propagandist of those who went around a dozen years or so later breaking down these storeyed windows , richly dykes , because it was of course profane and idolatrous to have that dim religious light in your churches . |
| 17 | A man who 's recently died called Percy Stalwood who lived next door reckons that he was the last person to use the well . |
| 18 | When he defected to Benetton last year after just one outing , his old boss Eddie Jordan still charged him £150,000 compensation per Grand Prix race for the privilege of confirming that he was the nearest thing to Ayrton Senna since , well , Ayrton Senna . |
| 19 | We know that he was the archetypal loyal Thatcherite Back Bencher in the Second Reading debate four years ago . |
| 20 | Considering that he was the youngest player on the field at just 20 he had a memorable cap debut and seems destined to enjoy a lengthy career in Scotland 's senior squad . |
| 21 | In view of the evasive comments he later made on this latter episode ( Canon Demant tells of his being pressed by some German students and saying that he was the last person to be able to answer them ) , I believe that he had experienced a moment of horrifying self-revelation ‘ of all that he had done and been ’ and thought , which had opened up a wound that could not heal . |
| 22 | As this date coincides with the time of Miller 's comment , it seems that he was the incompetent engraver . |
| 23 | In June 1483 , to judge by Mancini ( the only chronicler writing without hindsight in this respect ) , Gloucester preferred instead to emphasize that he was the legitimate heir of York . |
| 24 | In June 1483 , to judge by Mancini ( the only chronicler writing without hindsight in this respect ) , Gloucester preferred instead to emphasize that he was the legitimate heir of York . |
| 25 | When he had not returned by lam , it was assumed that he was the wanted man . |
| 26 | He must be more patient and brace himself up to realise that he was the only person who could tackle the present chaotic state of affairs , ' This was the fourth time the King had told MacDonald that he would not accept his resignation . |
| 27 | Mr Ensoll said the man had been interviewed by the investigation team , and stressed that he was the only person involved in the inquiry . |
| 28 | He knew that he was the shortest in the class by about three inches and that Mr Gillis was considerate enough to bark out the height of each boy after measurement so that everyone in the class knew the awful truth . |
| 29 | Coming out of the meeting , a lady was heard remarking , ‘ Mr Ramsey spoke very nicely but I do think he is young to be Master of a College ’ ; for she thought that he was the new Master of Magdalene whose name was the same except for the spelling . |
| 30 | Vlaminck always insisted that he was the first to have ‘ discovered ’ African or Negro sculpture ( and he and his contemporaries used the term ‘ art negre ’ generically to cover not only African but also Polynesian art and indeed any tribal art at all that came their way ) and his claim was to pass into legend , although Gauguin himself possibly owned examples of African as well as Polynesian sculpture . |