Example sentences of "[vb past] he be a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gustave imagined he was a wild beast — he loved to think of himself as a polar bear , distant , savage and solitary . |
| 2 | Men claimed he was a shameless womaniser , but to women he was perfect , as if Wotan had dropped a bucket of pure sex from Valhalla and it had come to rest inside the muscled , blond Adonis . |
| 3 | A WANDERING busker with a record of 50 convictions for being drunk and disorderly was given a conditional discharge by Scarborough Magistrates yesterday after they heard he was a harmless nuisance . |
| 4 | She decided he was a good deal more accomplished than the people he served . |
| 5 | His shoulders were wide and even though he was sitting , Kate saw he was a large boy . |
| 6 | He was conscious of being watched by unfriendly eyes which show he felt he was a stranger intruding . |
| 7 | On another occasion , and because I felt he was a remote figure of whom the public knew nothing , I asked if he would be guest at an off-the-record private dinner-party to which I would invite half a dozen senior media people such as Robin Day , Perry Worsthorne of the Sunday Telegraph , and Tony Howard of the Observer for an exchange of views . |
| 8 | Once he had decided to write the Guide Book he realised he would have to do a considerable amount of writing and although he never felt he was a good writer , his unwavering intent carried him through . |
| 9 | I know my mother would n't agree and she would be even mad if she knew he was a black boy . |
| 10 | Indeed , to stay at the Langham was such a mark of having arrived in the world , that in a nineteenth century fraud case , a witness would declare : ‘ I knew he was a perfect gentleman . |
| 11 | He had heard many stories about Yanto , and knew he was a rough handful . |
| 12 | He knew he was a good horseman — no one had dared to tell him otherwise ! |
| 13 | I knew he was a good client of ours . |
| 14 | They knew he was a disqualified driver . |
| 15 | It was quite apparent that he knew he was a doomed man . |
| 16 | Hein — you knew he was a qualified dentist ? |
| 17 | He knew he was a dead man , no matter what happened — it was just a matter of time . |
| 18 | Of course we knew he was a celebrated painter , everyone did , and I think the neighbourhood felt quite disappointed when by moving down here he became less celebrated . |
| 19 | Even afterwards , when the worst was known , he certainly still thought he was a better man than Mengele ; perhaps even the nuclear physicist Edward Teller ( Father of the Hydrogen Bomb , Wicked Uncle to Star Wars ) . |
| 20 | Erm Steve for some reason I thought he was a tall man , but he 's quite short is n't he ? |
| 21 | I thought he was a splendid fellow then . |
| 22 | Ooh I thought he was a flipping turnover that ! |
| 23 | But , thought he was a nasty thing |
| 24 | I thought he was a good player , who would be good for the club . |
| 25 | Her new boyfriend was a young businessman and drove a Sprite and Pam thought he was a good catch . |
| 26 | He liked George Birkitt and thought he was a good actor . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , I thought he was a real charmer . |
| 28 | From Steve and Paul 's point of view , I reckon they thought he was a real card and that it would be a big laugh having him around . |
| 29 | She thought he was a hard man because he had spoken of the sturdy beggars as no better than wolves to be strung up on trees as a warning to others ; he certainly had not helped her to escape out of pity . |
| 30 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |