Example sentences of "[vb infin] he was the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 2 | His handwriting was so bad that Mr Sunderland had pinned his composition to the notice-board in the hall so everyone could see he was the worst writer in the whole school . |
| 3 | I did n't know who the guy riding it was , but through my police issue 200 × 6000 macroscopic laser-prism binoculars I could see he was the same guy who had just bopped the doorman in the head . |
| 4 | ‘ I should think he was the only creature for whom Lavinia truly cared . ’ |
| 5 | Everybody knew the blind fiddler and he had always his kilt on and But after a while , I do n't know , the next time he came round I mind he had trousers on and we did n't think he was the same man at all , no . |