Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] he [was/were] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She thought he was the handsomest of them all . |
| 5 | If she remembered he was the same man whom her son had once employed , there was no way of telling from the awed reception she gave him . |
| 6 | She said he was the same at home , only wanted to play with toys and watch TV , he would n't do any ‘ work ’ . |
| 7 | And he was embarrassed further when he realised he was the last to finish . |
| 8 | He thought he was the odd man out as far as nationality was concerned because everybody else , including me , was North American . |
| 9 | Like any good manager Donald Wilson chose David Whitaker to story edit Doctor Who because he felt he was the best man for the job . |