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

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1 So his political background and other skills made him the logical candidate ’ .
2 The distant klaxons told him the whole camp was being mobilized .
3 Some critics called him the new Tennyson , and he had a collection of unpublished works with him on the plane which crashed into a mountain , just eight miles from Kathmandu .
4 Those who liked the Prince called him Slender Billy , while his detractors called him the Young Frog .
5 The Russians denied him the decisive pitched battle on which he had counted .
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