Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] he was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Melancia maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |
| 2 | Melancia , who resigned after being served with a summons in connection with the alleged bribery , denied all charges of corruption and maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |
| 3 | The King , however , undeterred by this , told the Prime Minister that he believed that he was the only person who could carry the country through' . |
| 4 | Although his plans for political and economic reform had yet to be clarified , supporters of Ben Bella believed that he was the only politician capable of ending the social polarization caused by FLN economic policies and the growing appeal of Islamic fundamentalism , as demonstrated in June municipal elections [ see pp. 37549-50 ] . |
| 5 | He believed that he was the last hostage left . |
| 6 | In 1843 he declared that he was the Holy Ghost personified , and later that he was the prophet Elijah . |
| 7 | Mr Ensoll said the man had been interviewed by the investigation team , and stressed that he was the only person involved in the inquiry . |
| 8 | He knew that he was the shortest in the class by about three inches and that Mr Gillis was considerate enough to bark out the height of each boy after measurement so that everyone in the class knew the awful truth . |
| 9 | Coming out of the meeting , a lady was heard remarking , ‘ Mr Ramsey spoke very nicely but I do think he is young to be Master of a College ’ ; for she thought that he was the new Master of Magdalene whose name was the same except for the spelling . |
| 10 | Vlaminck always insisted that he was the first to have ‘ discovered ’ African or Negro sculpture ( and he and his contemporaries used the term ‘ art negre ’ generically to cover not only African but also Polynesian art and indeed any tribal art at all that came their way ) and his claim was to pass into legend , although Gauguin himself possibly owned examples of African as well as Polynesian sculpture . |
| 11 | The section XI teacher , who had particular responsibility for Balbinder , said that he was the least of her worries . |
| 12 | When he retired in 1971 his manager , Mr Barrett said that he was the best digger driver they had ever had . |
| 13 | Short and chubby , he once said that he was the only senior Hong Kong official who could see eye-to-eye with the equally diminutive Deng Xiaoping . |
| 14 | In the end , he said that he was the only survivor of a four man crew of Killer-type androids sent here to annihilate two criminals and return an object to his controllers . |
| 15 | Deists believed in the existence of God , and held that he was the necessary ‘ First Cause ’ and ‘ Supreme Architect ’ of the universe . |