Example sentences of "[vb past] he be the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson . |
| 4 | Their swords rang together , and Riven knew he was the weaker man . |
| 5 | He thought he was the odd man out as far as nationality was concerned because everybody else , including me , was North American . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Madonna said he was the sexiest man in the world . |