Example sentences of "he was [adv] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some ways he was rather young and a bit hasty . |
| 2 | He was over sixty and a relatively wealthy man , with a wife who was financially independent . |
| 3 | He was n't sure that a god of any kind would make asides to the audience , let along speak in Middle English and quote Wordsworth . |
| 4 | He said he was not satisfied that a case had been made that a nuisance was being caused . |
| 5 | He said he was not satisfied that a case had been made that a nuisance was being caused . |
| 6 | So , the economic , philosophical and biological criticism of Marxism all point in the same direction : that though ‘ muddled Mr Owen ’ was , of course , wrong in supposing that sweet reasonableness and an appeal to the best in human nature would , following the organisation into general unions of workers in productive industry , enable them to take control of it ; and further , by thus reconstituting society as an industrial democracy , remove its evils and usher in an era of plenty and universal happiness , he was not wrong because a clear-sighted Mr Marx 's alternative was right . |
| 7 | It was calculated from a breath test taken then that he was nearly one and a half times over the limit for driving at the time of the accident . |
| 8 | He was also asleep when a gramophone blared from the open window of a flat in the block across the way . |
| 9 | Quicker than Sterland — but he was also quicker than a lot of defenders in those days . |
| 10 | He was also more than a little scandalised at the girl 's matter-of-fact acceptance of what had happened . |
| 11 | Above all , ‘ Sandy ’ Thom was esteemed by his colleagues ; he was truly egregious but a kind man and a good skipper , whether of a yacht 's crew , a survey party , or a department . |
| 12 | He was so low that a wing-tip touched the ground , causing a ground loop . |
| 13 | His body ached mainly through lack of sleep , he told himself , reluctant to admit he was so unfit that a mile walk had drained him of energy . |
| 14 | He was about two and a half metres tall ; naked muscular chest and short dark hair . |
| 15 | I think Jeanette said Tom had that problem cos he did n't speak until he was about two and a half and they thought he was you know a bit daft |
| 16 | He was only four and a half when his father died . |
| 17 | Obviously he was then lucky that a lot of outstanding players began to come into the team at the same period , men like Richards , Greenidge , Roberts , Holding , Croft , Garner , and he had material of the highest class on which to work . |
| 18 | He was sent over to make an arms deal with the British government and being a military man he was extremely loyal and a little blinkered . |
| 19 | They told us three and a half , but there again a lot of rescue people do cut the ages of their dog , but , but , our , our two vets agreed he was around three and a half , between three and a half and four , look at his teeth and his coat and his bones . |
| 20 | He was as cranky as a bad-tempered goat , always putting his head down and charging into things that annoyed him . |
| 21 | And anyone could see he was as simple as a child , just by the look of him . ’ |
| 22 | In fact he was as sharp as a man half his age . |
| 23 | To her relief , he was as caring as a perfect knight , as his hand moved erotically against the resilient walls of her distended orifice ; until she felt him pull it from her like a huge cork . |
| 24 | He was as good as a real daddy . |
| 25 | He still wore his hair in a pony-tail , complete with ribbon , and wore an ankh on a chain around his neck , but beneath the veneer of a harmless flower-child gone to seed he was as acquisitive as a bower-bird . |
| 26 | That he was as queer as a nine bob note . |
| 27 | They carted him like a scarecrow , his heels scoring the gravel , but he was as stubborn as a pig in a cart , he would never squeal without a hard prod ; Donald Stewart the blacksmith had to grip his wrist to make him sign the paper . |
| 28 | We rode him in a rubber snaffle with a cavesson noseband and provided you did not pull at him , he was as light as a feather . |
| 29 | We rode him in a rubber snaffle with a cavesson noseband and provided you did not pull at him , he was as light as a feather . ’ |
| 30 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |