Example sentences of "he [was/were] a writer " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he was a writer with a number of plays to his credit , none of them great successes but all worthy of note . |
| 2 | To put the man in his place , Nigel said that he was a writer who got his best ideas in the small hours . |
| 3 | ‘ And there was this one guy and he was a writer and he lost … ’ |
| 4 | I thought he was a writer and a sociologist ? ’ |
| 5 | He was a writer who attempted to create order and coherence , and yet his central vision was of " the Void " . |
| 6 | He was a writer of the fidgety , costive kind whose works are long in the planning , and meticulous in the execution — only at the very end of a project , when the scaffolding , the foundations , the walls and roof and even the plaster were laid down , did spontaneity and delight take over , in the actual play of , play with , words themselves . |
| 7 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 8 | He was a writer . ’ |
| 9 | Wait a bit — Viola said he was a writer of some sort . |