Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] he was [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I told them he was a quiet , shy , unassuming minor civil servant who read a lot of books , they 'd have the weirdo squad from Social Services round straight away . |
| 2 | The judge , Lord Mayfield , jailed Smyth for a year and told him he was a persistent offender with a bad record . |
| 3 | I told him he was a Chinese box . |
| 4 | If , and to my mind it 's a colossal if , if she managed to seduce him and then told him he was the father-to-be , and if he believed it , it would have been more his style to pack her off home to her parents and provide for her . |
| 5 | I raged inwardly against his injustice and vindictiveness ; I told myself he was a pro-Jewish fanatic , and anti-feminist to the point of misogynism ; that he was a bigot , a bully and a nepotist ( this last was more than unfair , as the extent of his nepotism was his sister 's husband 's niece who was a chambermaid ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I reminded him he was a public servant , ’ said Doug . |