Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] he [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their swords rang together , and Riven knew he was the weaker man . |
| 2 | I had to wheedle the information out of him , but Capron said he was the senior case officer on the investigation into Mills , and could confirm absolutely that it was Mills who was the Soviet agent who had betrayed my father . |
| 3 | Prime Minister John Major believed he was the right man for the job as he was a former assistant prison governor at Wandsworth and Brixton jails and was chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee . |
| 4 | Wilko said he s the best athlete he has seen playing football . |
| 5 | Madonna said he was the sexiest man in the world . |