Example sentences of "[pron] he [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preacher is involved in a titanic confrontation , in which he is a tiny Lilliputian . |
| 2 | He seems not to have thought , for example , about the future role of the Communist party or the way in which elections — of which he is a living symbol — might shape a future Soviet Union . |
| 3 | Last week Couples left his clubs in the bag , relaxed and watched basketball , of which he is a great fan . |
| 4 | Tim Corrigan , the Barman , is another somewhat colourless personality who appears to have no strong views on anything other than racing form , of which he is a devoted follower . |
| 5 | Likewise , though a loyal supporter of the societies of which he was a valued member , he managed to remain detached from any of the inevitable petty politics . |
| 6 | Mr de Bellaigue has 30 years ' experience as an investment analyst , much of it spent following the publishing and printing sectors , on which he was a regular contributor to The Bookseller . |
| 7 | Lawrence is now branch manager of Newcastle , prior to which he was a successful sales manager with the Healthcare division . |
| 8 | He won the Open in 1887 and 1889 and designed the old Sunningdale course ( opened in 1901 ) and the Huntercombe course , in which he was a major shareholder . |
| 9 | It is selected from the pages of the BDN , to which he was a frequent contributor and on whose editorial board he served for a long period : A combined system is one which includes all useful methods and techniques and adapts them and uses them according to the particular needs of the child . |
| 10 | In the first round of voting on Jan. 12 Zhelev , backed by the ruling Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) of which he was a former chairman , had unexpectedly failed to win the necessary overall majority , but obtained 45 per cent as against 30 per cent for Valkanov and 17 per cent for the third-placed Georgi Ganchev , a former fencing champion who stood as an independent , in a field of 22 candidates . |
| 11 | Lowther was an active parliamentarian , serving on 141 committees during his first decade , during which he was a reliable supporter of the government and received a grant of lands between the tides at St Bees–Whitehaven from Charles II which proved of considerable importance in his local battles . |
| 12 | This magnificent , and still valuable , work earned him in 1920 the Lyell medal of the Geological Society of London ( of which he was a senior fellow and later vice-president ) and an honorary doctorate ( 1919 ) from the University of Wales . |
| 13 | Most evenings after dinner there was music at his Headquarters in Stenay , with the Crown Prince himself sometimes playing the violin , at which he was a fair performer . |
| 14 | My clients were relieved , but the brothers , George and Mike Stevens , were not , and had made their feelings plain to Andrew Buccleuth in language that he did not normally hear outside the fringe theatre , of which he was a generous patron . |
| 15 | The five smaller parties represented in the new ‘ coalition government ’ yesterday withdrew their support for Mr Krenz , saying they did not believe his assurances that he was unaware of the large-scale corruption among the previous communist leadership of which he was a vital part . |
| 16 | Through the pages of the Edinburgh Review of which he was a founding figure , from the pulpit , in lectures and pamphlets , Smith challenged political , social , and religious cant . |
| 17 | ‘ Did n't I tell you he 's a New Yorker ? ’ she smiles back . |
| 18 | ‘ He 'll tell you he 's a male nurse , ’ Rickie said , ‘ but he 's really my bodyguard . |
| 19 | ‘ He said to tell you he was a patient man with a long memory , and that revenge is the sweetest taste of all . ’ |
| 20 | I just mean after the way he had lived , how was he ever going to convince anybody he was a white man ? |
| 21 | I would n't leave it with him he 's a right cowboy |
| 22 | Yeah I took mine to him he 's a right cowboy |
| 23 | Told him he 's a ignorant pig . |
| 24 | After the mass murderer hit the deck , I got up and , resisting the temptation to fold my left forearm over my right elbow , make a prong of the middle finger of my right hand and then lift it in Quigley 's face while telling him he was a motherfucking asshole , I went to the door . |
| 25 | The judge , Lord Mayfield , jailed Smyth for a year and told him he was a persistent offender with a bad record . |
| 26 | Some would look with pity at a fool , sprawled across a bench , bottle in hand , others would curse , telling him he was a bad smell which would n't go away . |
| 27 | I told him he was a Chinese box . |
| 28 | ‘ I reminded him he was a public servant , ’ said Doug . |
| 29 | " You bad little fucker , " Ashton had said , which was typical of him , Steven had told him he was a foul-mouthed ignoramus , and stuffed his various papers and forms quickly into his trouser pockets and walked off , " Here ! " |
| 30 | Yeah well she was saying other day she 's he 's never away from her he 's a damn nuisance ! |