Example sentences of "[vb base] he was the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kee looked at Karen and said quietly , ‘ Some people say he was the strongest houngan of all , the houngan we call Baron Samedi . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I liked him ’ , one daughter summed up a grandfather who had been orphaned in the Irish potato famine : ‘ he was an old man , and I was only nine when he died , but as our father was at the [ First World ] War , I suppose he was the only man in the house . |
| 3 | I believe he was the Wandering Jew , doomed to live forever . |
| 4 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 5 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |