Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once he 'd recharged his batteries I 'm sure he realised it was the wrong decision . |
| 2 | And he was embarrassed further when he realised he was the last to finish . |
| 3 | Yet he realized it was the best he was likely to get from Nora and that , on balance , he would do well to think of it as ‘ Nora 's apology , ’ accept it as such , and hope that these aberrations in her behaviour would die away . |
| 4 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 5 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 6 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
| 7 | He assumed she was the younger daughter of the couple who lived on the second floor , until she spoke . |
| 8 | He claimed it was the fabled treaure , buried in 1945 , of the Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita . |
| 9 | ‘ He swore it was the genuine cross . |
| 10 | He thought they were the local militia . |
| 11 | He never darkened its doors , but he thought it was the proper place for weddings and christenings and funerals , and he was always prepared to rig up lights for the annual parish nativity play , with a dimming spotlight to beam sentimentally on the Virgin Mary . |
| 12 | He thought he was the odd man out as far as nationality was concerned because everybody else , including me , was North American . |
| 13 | whereas Caesar did n't take the crown because he was ambitious , he knew it was the right thing to do . |
| 14 | But he insisted it was the best way to banish the bitterness of the recent past . |
| 15 | Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In the meantime , he eventually sold the Company as its peak in 1987 , he had made another small fortune , and with some 30 aeroplanes and 80 pilots on the books he felt it was the right time to let it go . |
| 18 | He said they were the self-indulgent ramblings of a patches-on-the-elbow peasant , and who the hell did he think he was anyway ? |
| 19 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |
| 20 | Three Indian mats and a beautiful deep purple , rose-orange and sepia white-fringed Turkish carpet ( he said it was the only one ‘ they ’ had , so no credit to his taste ) . |
| 21 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 22 | and he said it was the only year that he has n't . |
| 23 | One child referred to in court as child A , finally admitted taking James Bulger to a railway embankment near Walton but he said it was the other boy child B who threw bricks at him and hit him with a stick and a metal bar . |
| 24 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |
| 25 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
| 26 | He said it was the crucial first step in the process of removing the scars from the Lanarkshire landscape . |
| 27 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |
| 28 | Oh he said it was the wrong number he said erm and Mrs erm |
| 29 | He said it was the last ’ closed shop ’ in Britain and it had to go . |