Example sentences of "[verb] he [be] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After both the disaster and the sinking in the Channel last week , the government will Lord did you know he 's the Shipping Minister ?
2 How did I know he was the world 's greatest ?
3 As a further result women were subordinated sexually , because the change to patriliny and monogamy restricted the sexual freedom of the woman , in that it was essential for the man to know he was the father of her children .
4 For Brian to be certain he was the father of any child of Tina 's , for anyone to know he was the father of any child of Tina 's , he would have had to keep her for months on an island inhabited only by the pair of them .
5 He would confess all , go on his knees , say he was the Prince 's slave , buy him expensive presents …
6 I mean , I can remember him on this , er on this bike and then he rose to be a manager and er as he was , I say he was the manager fo er magistrate up until he retired last year .
7 His about-face once in office pleased economists , but robbed him of his mandate : the voters no longer believed he was the man they had elected .
8 He would sit and hold her , rocking her gently to and fro as if she was a child whilst she , muttering gibberish , rubbed salt into his wound by believing he was the nobleman come back to claim her .
9 Now Mallius Seneca , who says he is the uncle of Seius Oceanus , is claiming the property on the ground of proximity , but Maximus claims it for himself since the person to whom he was asked to restore it has died .
10 I ask whether this property should belong to the trustee-heir , Captain Valerius Maximus , or to Mallius Seneca who says he is the uncle of the deceased boy .
11 The prosecution says he was the driver of the Renault 25 .
12 Gregory says he was the son of a slave and that he came to prominence in the household of king Charibert , whence he was promoted to being comes of Tours .
13 Barry Lloyd , who set up the Gulf Families Association , and still counsels soldiers and their families , says he was the victim of a smear campaign .
14 He says he was the victim of medical negligence twenty five years ago at Oxford 's Radcliffe Infirmay when an unecessary operation is said to have left him severely disabled .
15 One of John Hill 's best friends , who 's helped found the Cotwsold Motorboat racing club with him 30 years ago , says he was the sports leading lights …
16 To quote Piesse again , " If there is much legal jargon and intricacy of arrangement [ the client ] may feel he is the victim of some art practised perhaps for the draftsman 's own purposes or at least with neglectful indifference to its effect on ordinary people " ( p54 ) .
17 I do n't expect he 's the consultant , or even the registrar — they do the operations .
18 Well , Shannon had never met an idol yet who did n't possess feet of clay , and there was nothing to suggest he was the exception .
19 And if you want to know , I would n't have thought he was the type to be interested-not at all . ’
20 In October , she and the baby moved to London to join her former boyfriend , Danny Palmer , also then 16 , who may have thought he was the father .
21 Adebayo remembers his reaction : ‘ If you meet Victor you would n't believe he 's the author of a book , he looks more like a gangster .
22 And he claimed he was the victim of a ‘ mystery ’ vendetta .
23 I reckoned he was the minister Clare was planning to denounce and I set about trying to discover his secret for myself . ’
24 DALE GORDON is only a fringe player at Ibrox but he reckons he 's the envy of almost every top footballer in England .
25 If the passenger is not in possession of a licence , but states he is the holder of the necessary licence , further enquiries will be made by the police officer to ascertain whether or not he is a duly licensed driver .
26 I know he 's the Devil showing me the world that can be mine .
27 Let me just give you a little illustration that might help , you know in thinking of the erm the fusion of the divinity , the divine nature and the human nature , erm is it Clarke Kent , is that the guys name on television , you know the character , you know the guy that walks around you know he 's the boy next door type figure with glasses and all the rest of it , he 's no macho figure that and then in a transformation take place and woof goes flying through the air does n't he , what is he , he 's Batman is n't he
28 I mean , I know he 's the star and all that , but I 'm damned if-I 'm going to be upstaged , even by him … ’
29 ‘ When he is standing in front of me and I know he is the person who has taken my daughter away — that is when it will be hard .
30 He said ‘ Yes he s a very good little goalscorer — hell always score goals — Wimbledon know he s the man they have to look after ’ .
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