Example sentences of "he [was/were] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind , when I give 'im the wallet and 'e looked inside it , 'e was a mite more pleasant , even if I could n't see nothing but 'is mince pies and 'is 'ooter . |
| 2 | And Lord 'Awke , the captain — well , 'e was a lord as was n't drunk as a … anyways , 'e turns round and says , ‘ Peel , yer orft . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I told 'im 'e was a no-good whoreson an' 'e should n't 'ave wasted my time in the first place , ’ Billy replied , his blue eyes blazing at the memory of it . |
| 4 | These other girls — they take 'is 'and , they squeeze 'is cheek , they pat 'is 'ead , like 'e was a bébé ! |
| 5 | The inn was his vessel , the valley was the ocean , out there before him were a horde of small boats and pirates , flare ships and decoys , occasionally an enemy frigate or two hoving over the crest of a hill , sometimes a rich galleon sighted nearby which had to be pursued and boarded . |
| 6 | On the desk in front of him were a pile of grey videotape boxes . |
| 7 | Behind him were a crowd of men and horses ; Hearthwares in full armour , their breaths steaming in the coolness of the morning , Myrcans standing impassively , indifferent to the cold but nodding to Isay as he approached , and a pair of pack mules trying to bite each other 's manes . |
| 8 | Staring out at him were a pair of steady eyes that had lines of pain and care etched round them . |
| 9 | To his rear and flanking him were a group of grey tracksuited figures , armed with lethal looking machine pistols . |
| 10 | One of them , Peter Cornwell , later published a sunlit retrospect of what it was like to be one of Ebor 's ordinands , and how he valued the privilege that the bishop who ordained him was a thinker , as he put it , so profound . |
| 11 | The only passage I could find which could have referred to him was a section describing a debate during the LSE sit-in when the students were deciding whether to break down a pair of iron gates which lead to the bursar 's office . |
| 12 | With him was a friend dressed exactly the same . |
| 13 | Just to get to meet him and work with him was a thrill , but I got to kiss him , too ! |
| 14 | ‘ He knew and I knew , the obvious thing for him was a yorker . |
| 15 | God to him was a figure of terror , of impossible standards . |
| 16 | Close to him was a short , narrow ledge , to which someone had lashed the corpse of a young man . |
| 17 | The stewards all spoke French and the only person to get grease spilled on him was a British journalist who , perhaps , should have known better . |
| 18 | Near him was a door which presumably led to a room beyond . |
| 19 | Behind him was a kind of triptych with ferny foliage , to the left and right , enclosing a watery space in which rosy and silver fish shone between pond-weeds . |
| 20 | On the seat beside him was a half-empty bottle of bourbon — also handled with gloves . |
| 21 | It was of no account to Vinoba Bhave a Brahmin , whether the man before him was a Brahmin or an outcaste . |
| 22 | Above him was a bright layer of restless , silvery white , the balls of shining air rushing from his escape valve carrying their own brightness to the world of light above . |
| 23 | Facing him was a man — white , shaking and terrified . |
| 24 | Directly below him was a wooden ledge , and by twisting himself around he managed to lower himself on to it gradually . |
| 25 | He was lying stiffly on one side and curled close to him was a girl . |
| 26 | In front of him was a mound of concrete blocks , dust , jagged glass and twisted metal . |
| 27 | Behind him was a big CND poster , and beside it , another two , reading ‘ VICTORY TO THE MINERS ’ and ‘ COAL NOT DOLE ’ . |
| 28 | The romantic agony that had bewitched him was a million miles from the conjugal love he was now determined to celebrate . |
| 29 | Local people later told Derek that the man who had first approached him was a policeman . |
| 30 | In the crowd that surrounded him was a man called Jairus , who was the president of one of the local synagogues . |