Example sentences of "he [vb past] be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that when the French were here , a man could enlist with the forces and still claim paternity for children born during his absence , even if he 'd been away a couple of years . ’ |
| 2 | He 'd been there a week when violence flared around his squad of green and frightened youngsters . |
| 3 | He looked as if he 'd been home a while . |
| 4 | Each had an incomplete faith because the aspect of truth he sensed was only a part of the full truth of who Jesus is . |
| 5 | The abbey he lorded was essentially a preserve for the well-endowed ; thirty or so monks surrounded by a staff of several hundred servants , controlling the life of a substantial area . |
| 6 | He had been dead a week before they realized he was n't breathing . |
| 7 | It was n't that I was n't listening , I heard him all right ; but I was busy with my own thoughts , or , rather , my own feelings — the two were inextricably mixed together at this moment — and what he said was merely a background to the tumult that was going on inside me . |