Example sentences of "[conj] he was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dotty told him he was worrying needlessly seeing he was a Methodist , a belief which favoured an artificial rather than a natural classification of guilt . |
| 2 | Mr Franklin went there at the end of the 1970s , after the collapse of Keyser Ullman , the merchant bank where he was a director that was rescued by the Bank of England . |
| 3 | After four years in the Royal Artillery , Dignam was invalided out of the army and went straight to the Arts Theatre , where he was a delightfully tongue-in-cheek Shavian Angel and a foxy Claudius , proving Stanislavsky 's adage , as Agrippa in the Anthony Quayle/Edith Evans Antony and Cleopatra , that there are ‘ no small parts ’ . |
| 4 | The British Eighth Army 's V Corps , where he was a staff officer , had been giving top priority to Operation Beehive , preparing a strategy to fight the Yugoslavs if necessary . |
| 5 | So it is that tomorrow , ITV will screen a profile of the man who spent the first eight years of his life in Abyssinia ( now Ethiopia ) and graduated to serious eccentricity via an English prep school ( where he was beaten ) , Eton ( where he learned to box ) and finally Oxford ( where he was a boxing blue and acquired the dramatically-bent nose which for six decades has lent drama to what would in any case have been a distinguished face ) . |
| 6 | Hewitt-Jones went up to Christ Church , Oxford , where he was a pupil of Bernard Rose ( who later recorded his Magnificat , written for Magdalen ) . |
| 7 | As an assistant bishop his ministry included regular visits to the churches and schools of the archdiocese , where he was a favourite among the children , thousands of whom he confirmed . |
| 8 | Boot was educated at King Edward 's High School , Birmingham , where he was a near-contemporary of M. H. F. Wilkins ( later Professor M. H. F. Wilkins FRS of DNA fame ) . |
| 9 | C. P. Snow I met only at feasts at Churchill College , where he was a Fellow . |
| 10 | His name lives on in the Fairbairn Centre for the Deaf , Southampton , where he was a committee member for many years . |
| 11 | At thirteen he entered Clare Hall , Cambridge , where he was a brilliant and versatile pupil . |
| 12 | Uxbridge , Middlesex-based VeriFone ( UK ) Ltd has announced the appointment of John Hinds as vice-president and general manager of the International Division of its parent company VeriFone Inc ; Hinds joins the company from AT&T Co where he was a senior vice-president and had been president of the AT&T International arm since 1987 . |
| 13 | DigiBoard has appointed Jon Williams as European marketing manager : Williams joins from Novell Inc , where he was a senior European product manager , and will be based at DigiBoard 's German operation in Cologne . |
| 14 | He was educated at Christ 's Hospital , where he was a contemporary of the current MCC secretary Lt-Col. John Stephenson and his predecessor Jack Bailey . |
| 15 | He was educated at local schools and at the Leeds Mechanics ' Institution and Literary Society , where he was a diligent student in drawing and mathematics . |
| 16 | He was a strong churchman and after seeing two or three patients on a Sunday morning would go without fail to St George 's United Free church , where he was a senior elder . |
| 17 | After a family move to Hampstead when he was eight , he was sent to a local preparatory school , then to Highgate School , where he was a prefect , much liked by the other boys for his honesty and uprightness . |
| 18 | He was a King 's scholar at Eton College ( 1866–71 ) and went on to King 's College , Cambridge , where he was a Browne 's medallist ( Greek epigrams ) in 1874 and gained a first in the classical tripos in 1875 . |
| 19 | He was educated at Horris Hill and Winchester , where he was a scholar and which he left after the summer term of 1914 . |
| 20 | In the absence of correspondence , the clearest impression of Sherland 's attitudes and concerns is provided by his contributions in Parliament , where he was a prominent speaker and committee man . |
| 21 | He went to the Revd W. Woods 's private day-school and then to Trinity College , Dublin , where he was a distinguished athlete . |
| 22 | 7 year old Chris is revisiting the Radcliffe Infirmary ward where he was a patient two months ago . |
| 23 | He enjoyed gardening and hill-walking in the Pentlands and loved walking his ‘ Westie ’ round the block in the Grange , where he was a kenspeckle figure . |
| 24 | In Cambridge , Mr Rushdie said it was an honour to be asked to speak at the college , where he was a student in the 1960s . |
| 25 | In fact it was a pub down in Deptford , down by the Surrey Docks , where he was a friend of the landlord , using his back room as a base . |
| 26 | Some teachers felt that the advantages were directly linked to the headteacher and whether or not she or he was a good business manager . |
| 27 | What happened if ( as was the case in 1327 ) the new king had no son , or he was a minor ? |
| 28 | or he was a virgin ? |
| 29 | Except he was a German and they do n't play cricket . |
| 30 | Hebrews 5.8–9 tells us that : ‘ Although he was a Son , he learned obedience through what he suffered ; and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him . ’ |