Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he opened the bag completely he realised it was a human being . |
| 2 | ‘ Once he 'd recharged his batteries I 'm sure he realised it was the wrong decision . |
| 3 | And he was embarrassed further when he realised he was the last to finish . |
| 4 | He realized they were no different from him : he and they were all people walking on the dusty road which ends in death . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 7 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 8 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
| 9 | He assumed she was the younger daughter of the couple who lived on the second floor , until she spoke . |
| 10 | He claimed it was the fabled treaure , buried in 1945 , of the Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita . |
| 11 | Sometimes the terrible debt he owed her was a churning sickness in his stomach that often rushed into his throat to warn him that one day it might choke him to death . |
| 12 | ‘ He swore it was the genuine cross . |
| 13 | Towering above Carol and Subhadra he decided he was a clumsy , cumbersome giant . |
| 14 | When we both started to laugh , I imagine he thought we were a weird pair ! |
| 15 | He thought they were the local militia . |
| 16 | I am big for my age and I did n't mind if he thought I was a young man . |
| 17 | He thought it was a great joke . ’ |
| 18 | Coun. Dave Walsh said he thought it was a visible demonstration of the slump in the property market . |
| 19 | The usual family gathering at the Andersons ' was held over until late January as Theresa had invited her parents and brothers and sister to her house for Boxing Day , and Pat said he thought it was a good idea . |
| 20 | She offered to do it for Simon and he thought it was a good idea but er he never quite got around to doing it . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But he said he thought it was an Irish fellow you know and I said well where does he live ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He was standing miles away and he thought it was an aggressive posture . |
| 26 | Well , if he thought she was a good-time girl then that was his affair . |
| 27 | He thought he was a moderate . |
| 28 | He thought he was the odd man out as far as nationality was concerned because everybody else , including me , was North American . |
| 29 | Looking up he saw it was a different man from the one who had chosen not to see . |
| 30 | He knew we were a naval vessel and he also knew that we were in the vicinity . ’ |