Example sentences of "i [verb] he be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean he 's a young man and he 's |
| 2 | I mean he 's a lovely |
| 3 | I mean he 's a happy little soul , is n't he , in in certain respects ? |
| 4 | I mean he 's a big skinny with glasses and whatever . |
| 5 | I , I looking for him cos they er , I mean he is a old farmer . |
| 6 | I mean he was a super chap , really lovely chap , ever so nice . |
| 7 | We read the , read the agreements differently to what they did but he 'd lean towards the drivers , conductors and he gave away a lot of what had tried to erm stop them from having because they were n't really entitled to it but he saw differently and gave it away and course once you 've given it away you , no way of retracting it , but then came in and , well , I mean he was a real transport man , his , his vision and his ideas were really good and he made it what it is today . |
| 8 | more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know |
| 9 | You must have control of your class , sometimes if you do n't , under , when I say he 's a weak teacher I do n't mean he 's a bad teacher . |
| 10 | Well I know he 's a clever chap . |
| 11 | I know he 's a late convert , but he 's not the only one . |
| 12 | ‘ Now I know he is a tough tennis player on any surface , ’ he said . |
| 13 | " Gemma dear , he has a right to be considered and I believe he is a fresh-air man — the Gages and the Bartram-Hyndes have all been brought up to that . |
| 14 | I believe he was a real bachelor with a ravishing mistress tucked away . |
| 15 | I suppose he is a good looking bloke . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I gather he 's a keen footballer . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I knew he was a good client of ours . |
| 20 | Despite Sir John 's brusque ways , I saw he was a well-respected , even loved , lord of the soil . |
| 21 | ‘ I bet he 's a workaholic . ’ |
| 22 | I bet he 's a passionate type — all hot-blooded and Spanish and macho ! ’ |
| 23 | Erm Steve for some reason I thought he was a tall man , but he 's quite short is n't he ? |
| 24 | I thought he was a nasty little creep then and I still think so . ’ |
| 25 | I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really |
| 26 | Ooh I thought he was a flipping turnover that ! |
| 27 | I thought he was a splendid fellow then . |
| 28 | I thought he was a good player , who would be good for the club . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , I thought he was a real charmer . |
| 30 | I thought he was a plucky old man and it worked out for him very well . |