Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I guessed it was the bald man 's son . |
| 4 | ‘ I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson . |
| 5 | For a moment she was confused ; she thought it was the thin man , and she could n't work out how he 'd got behind them . |
| 6 | He thought he was the odd man out as far as nationality was concerned because everybody else , including me , was North American . |