Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to the foundation on which his advocacy of the primacy was based , it can be summed up by saying that he thought it was an integral part of the rights of the church committed to his care , testified to by the living members of the community and the tradition which they inherited . |
| 2 | But he said he thought it was an Irish fellow you know and I said well where does he live ? |
| 3 | Born black in the Aliso Project , in the days before it became Mexican , he became a cop 20 years ago because he thought it was an honourable job . |
| 4 | He was standing miles away and he thought it was an aggressive posture . |
| 5 | He said she was an avant-garde feminist who — when he first met her — was proud of the fact that she already had a child whose father no one knew . |
| 6 | He said it was an exciting but logical acquisition . |