Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] he was [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I learnt he was an old seaman who kept an inn , and he knew all the seamen in Bristol . |
| 2 | On another occasion , and because I felt he was a remote figure of whom the public knew nothing , I asked if he would be guest at an off-the-record private dinner-party to which I would invite half a dozen senior media people such as Robin Day , Perry Worsthorne of the Sunday Telegraph , and Tony Howard of the Observer for an exchange of views . |
| 3 | I felt he was an undesirable character . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson . |
| 5 | Indeed , to stay at the Langham was such a mark of having arrived in the world , that in a nineteenth century fraud case , a witness would declare : ‘ I knew he was a perfect gentleman . |
| 6 | I knew he was a good client of ours . |
| 7 | I knew he was an honourable guy . |
| 8 | I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part . |
| 9 | Despite Sir John 's brusque ways , I saw he was a well-respected , even loved , lord of the soil . |
| 10 | Erm Steve for some reason I thought he was a tall man , but he 's quite short is n't he ? |
| 11 | I thought he was a nasty little creep then and I still think so . ’ |
| 12 | I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really |
| 13 | Ooh I thought he was a flipping turnover that ! |
| 14 | I thought he was a splendid fellow then . |
| 15 | I thought he was a good player , who would be good for the club . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I thought he was a real charmer . |
| 17 | I thought he was a plucky old man and it worked out for him very well . |
| 18 | Then the Reverend called , with his news about the weather turning stormy , and I thought he was the last person we needed to hear from . |
| 19 | Yes , of course I thought he was an interfering shit . |
| 20 | I thought he was an old mate of Connon 's ? ’ |
| 21 | Matata slept outside and promised to keep the fire burning ; I hoped he was a light sleeper . |
| 22 | They had got his birth certificate , which confirmed he was the only son of Sydney Marriot Marr , Major , late of the Royal Artillery , and Helen Marie Armitage . |
| 23 | are shorter than everybody else 's and , but this one had a , a cape on with a gold braid which meant he was a big high up one , and he was just absolutely paranoid , I mean they reckon that the Matawa are such fanatics that they are just Greeks , you know they just , you know these ones that just |
| 24 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |
| 25 | She decided he was a good deal more accomplished than the people he served . |
| 26 | She thought he was a hard man because he had spoken of the sturdy beggars as no better than wolves to be strung up on trees as a warning to others ; he certainly had not helped her to escape out of pity . |
| 27 | She thought he was the handsomest of them all . |
| 28 | I know my mother would n't agree and she would be even mad if she knew he was a black boy . |
| 29 | Oh only a couple of weeks , no they were standing in the common room and she knew he was a virgin right and they were still going out and she knew he was a virgin when they first started going out and Rox goes oh so are you a virgin then erm erm James and he goes no and she was still going out with him and she knew that it was n't with her , obviously , and , and Roxy goes oh who was it then and he goes oh just two , two birds I met in erm Portugal and |
| 30 | Hein — you knew he was a qualified dentist ? |