Example sentences of "[vb past] he was the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duncan Campbell Macewan , who for ten years had managed a sheep station in Australia bigger than Islay , had come home and claimed he was the oldest feuer in Bowmore and was one of the few whose feu was for life " while water runs and grass grows , " When the chairman asked " Do you suffer from late harvests ? " he was told " Sometimes , not very often . " |
| 2 | Duncan Campbell Macewan , who for ten years had managed a sheep station in Australia bigger than Islay , had come home and claimed he was the oldest feuer in Bowmore and was one of the few whose feu was for life " while water runs and grass grows , " When the chairman asked " Do you suffer from late harvests ? " he was told " Sometimes , not very often . " |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They all fancied him and thought he was the handsomest boy they had ever seen … . ’ |
| 5 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in the Times today , the ten board members said he was the best person to lead the corporation . |
| 6 | Madonna said he was the sexiest man in the world . |
| 7 | He was selected because those responsible for choosing the successor to a hugely popular MP considered he was the best candidate . |