Example sentences of "he [was/were] the [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the perfect committee chairman : he loved committee work when it was productive , and it always was when he was in the chair . |
| 2 | Yet when in action he was the perfect fighting machine with a total disregard for his own personal safety . |
| 3 | On the whole Callaghan 's choice of Crosland was wise : not because he was necessarily better as Foreign Secretary than Roy , but because Roy had an important task to perform at the Home Office where , on the admission of both friend and foe , he was the best Home Secretary of his generation . |
| 4 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He was the best revue star we ever had , ’ said Michael Codron . |
| 6 | When he retired in 1971 his manager , Mr Barrett said that he was the best digger driver they had ever had . |
| 7 | Susan , like Breeze , possessed the golden gift of putting people at their ease , and old Cornelius Fennell — for he was the world-famed art collector — proved to be far more amenable than one would have supposed . |
| 8 | He was the former Republican leader in the House of Representatives , and had been chosen as Vice-President for his reputation for honesty rather than for any outstanding political qualities . |
| 9 | He was the reigning world champion and he 'd won the first two races of the season . |
| 10 | He was the junior physics master . |
| 11 | He was the first gold medal winner ( 1902 ) of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy , his obituary in Nature noting : ‘ It is given to few men to discover a process which has had such a far-reaching effect in almost every branch of civilised life . ’ |
| 12 | It was preceded by lengthy backbench Opposition speeches which prompted Mr Christopher Chope , junior environment minister , to point out that he was the first government speaker for some four hours . |
| 13 | The defensive headers of the tall , red-haired Roberts soon made him a familiar figure at Highbury , and he was the first defending centre-half to earn the name ‘ policeman ’ or ‘ stopper ’ . |
| 14 | Caradryel achieved another distinction — he was the first Phoenix King to die peacefully in bed . |
| 15 | He was the first Phoenix King who did not inherit an unstable kingdom or take the throne in the aftermath of a war . |
| 16 | He was the first football manager to appreciate the importance of such harmony and to put it into effect . |
| 17 | ‘ Breaking down old traditions , he was the first club manager who set out methodically to organize the winning of matches , ’ observed the Daily Mail . |
| 18 | On Dec. 29 national radio reported the lifting of the state of emergency in North-West Province , stronghold of SDF leader John Fru Ndi , who had been released from house arrest by early December but was continuing to claim that he was the real election victor [ see p. 39179 ] . |
| 19 | As it turned out , he was the only taxi driver not to try to cheat me . |
| 20 | ‘ But he was the only tennis player that any of us could relate to . |
| 21 | His single , minded pursuit of operational perfection had to be witnessed to be appreciated , He was the only Commander in the field that was able to change the entire concept of strategic bombing ; moreover he was the only Group commander with any worthwhile operational background , my personal researches accredit him with more than a full bomber tour of operations , and that includes his escape from Sweden . |
| 22 | He was the individual race champion and a member of the winning Tetbury Rugby club team . |
| 23 | His attitude was that he was the greatest gossip writer on Fleet Street and only the best was good enough for his column . |
| 24 | From 1946 to 1948 he was the last deputy chairman of the Southern Railway before nationalization . |
| 25 | And he was the last person Carver needed just now . |
| 26 | It was Henry the Eighth 's he was the last Catholic chamberlain actually . |
| 27 | He was the quintessential film star in that he never played anyone else . |
| 28 | and give him a rough time and he was the longest serving rep with . |
| 29 | Poor Will , he was the archetypal country doctor . |
| 30 | He was the archetypal Legion recruit . |