Example sentences of "and he [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orchard desired to be buried in St Frideswide 's church and he was probably the architect for the magnificent vault of the choir ( c .1478–1503 ) and for the cloisters of c .1489–99 . |
| 2 | For several months , Lavinia enjoyed a passionate affair with him and he was frequently a visitor to Shaw Place for he was a Luftwaffe pilot and shared Lavinia 's love of flying . |
| 3 | Farnaby is at his best as a miniaturist ; his fantasias are of little account but such tiny gems as ‘ Giles Farnaby 's Dream ’ , ‘ His Rest ’ , ‘ Farnaby 's Conceit ’ and ‘ His Humour ’ are unique , and he was also a master of the art of variation-writing . |
| 4 | He continued to take a very active interest in its affairs , and he was also a member of the Institutions of Mechanical Engineers and Naval Architects and of the London Chamber of Commerce . |
| 5 | People have said he er , they seem to think , that he was more , he was more the sort of territorially divide sheriff sort of er , league of division between er , the two lands , and he was also a sort of lookout post . |
| 6 | Yeah — i have not mentioned Ronny before — he has not been a regular in our national team — but he did play against Holland in our 0–0 away draw and he was also the man that headed in the 3–0 goal on wednesday in Norway 's humiliation of Poland . |
| 7 | The Bull God was the Sun God , and he was also the Earth-shaker . |
| 8 | But although he might not be bright , Balor 's head was on a level with Floy and Snodgrass as they sat astride the two horses and he was twice the size of either of them . |
| 9 | ‘ Hugh Forster was always a selfish pig , ’ Caro had said , ‘ and he was always a money-grubber — even as a little boy . |
| 10 | And erm he 'd gone to sea at a very early age and had er both steam and sail and you k I 've given you his history , er and he was quite a fellow . |
| 11 | And he was maybe a year younger . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been there four , and he was there a year before , so it 's five years . |
| 13 | It was not until 1589 that a single secretary , Louis de Revol , was entrusted with the supervision of foreign affairs in general ; and he was still an administrator , not a policy-maker . |
| 14 | He found the French officials and soldiers had all been interned and he was virtually a prisoner . |
| 15 | Almost certainly the eldest child — Theresa , was n't it ? — had been taught not to accept lifts from strangers , particularly men , and he was virtually a stranger . |
| 16 | Oh , yes , I was only a girl , and he was only a boy — but when my mother told me we would n't be coming back , and that I 'd very soon forget him , I believed her . ’ |
| 17 | So far as Hitler was concerned , and he was certainly the person who started the war , his objectives were , was to achieve a form of economic autarchy which involved the conquest of , of , of er territory in Europe er but which would not push his adversaries to the point of fighting a war of national existence . |
| 18 | His loyalty had stood him in good stead after the restoration , and he was now a commissioner of police for religious conformity — a post which did not prevent him from working in any other area which Horemheb , through the king , saw fit to appoint him to . |
| 19 | Marsh , the professor of Old Testament , had been a superlative teacher but his health was gone and he was now a passenger . |