Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were with him the night he died ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Naturally , I would prefer McCoist to play because if we were without him the Maltese coach , Philip Psaila , would be entitled to rub his hands in delight . ’ |
| 3 | It is clearly inconsistent for one who calls Jesus " Lord " to think lightly of those scriptures which were to him the supreme revelation of God . |
| 4 | Although I realized that my faulty literary judgment was the occasion for his reaction — for he must have been well-accustomed to reading manuscripts of surpassing dullness — because when lie wrote to Wakefield-Harrey it was in firm but polite terms , which , since they were from Eliot , were to him the next best thing to commendation . |
| 5 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |
| 6 | This was for him the beginning of an independent ‘ second career ’ after leaving the army . |
| 7 | That was his happiness , to talk to a captured ear was for him the thrill of seeing the Commandant 's office roofless and destroyed . |
| 8 | His idea of the " popular play " is important , since his devotion to the music hall and his belief that the poet can only be socially useful in the theatre spurred him on to achieve what was for him the unachievable : the plays bear all the marks of their deliberate and laborious composition . |
| 9 | Whatever the uncertainties of the precise dates , events and social connections in Rolle 's life it is clear from external and internal evidence that he felt increasingly compelled towards a solitary life because it facilitated contemplative inner life which was for him the reality to be cultivated above all other . |
| 10 | ‘ I was with him the other night and some of the things he was saying , I know that if he found out about us … ’ |
| 11 | Pat was with him the day a young woman approached him exceedingly politely while he was enjoying his veal — in one of his favourite Italian restaurants , Biagis , he would go for a filleted sole — and asked for his autograph . |
| 12 | He brushed aside all arguments of law , and concentrated on what was to him the central issue . |
| 13 | His study , with its big untidy desk strewn with folders of notes and the proofs of a book he was correcting , was to him the most congenial room in the house . |
| 14 | Thomas Gunson , of Middlesex , a glass seller , was to he the treasurer or receiver — advancing monies from time to time to carry on the works arid to pay miners or other workmen . |
| 15 | and erm , they were absolutely chocker , they were really full and he said erm , I sa , he said he had n't had to fill them up at all in all the time that it 's been running , and no , I asked him if he had any enquiries and nobody stopped him and asked anything about it , and then he turned to the other lad who was beside him the sales assistant and he said no I 've had no enquiries at all , so that was it . |