Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [be] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a time at Wells Theological College he was ordained deacon in 1877 and became his father 's curate at St John 's church , Bishop 's Hull , near Taunton . |
| 2 | What an absolute pig he was this evening . |
| 3 | But this day he was all action , stepping right up to Nick and thumping him hard . |
| 4 | Earlier in this career he was Assistant Accountant at Inverness and later Accountant at Newton Stewart . |
| 5 | David Speedy 's eighth goal of the season he 's top scorer here he got a couple in the last home game against Notts County and that was as Ron perfectly described it a real predator in action there . |
| 6 | Zuckerman Unbound ( 1981 ) reaches its climax at one of Roth 's frequent funerals — in this case , that of Zuckerman 's father — after which Henry charges Nathan with killing their parent by writing ‘ that book ’ , the liberated Carnovsky , and with believing like the bastard he is that fiction does n't have consequences . |
| 7 | John Mitchell was employed on the building of the Caledonian canal ; his diligence and skill were noticed by Thomas Telford [ q.v. ] and for the last eighteen years of his life he was principal inspector of the roads and bridges in the Highlands of Scotland . |
| 8 | ‘ I never think about Kev 's age and most of the time with his vast experience he 's one step ahead of the strikers we face . |
| 9 | After serving on various eyres and assizes , he became chief justice of the King 's Bench in 1274 and remained so until 1290 ; in the last ten years of the reign he was chief justice of the Common Bench . |
| 10 | In the penalty box he is above par . |
| 11 | And when a man is in an ill humour he is fit company only for himself , neh ? ’ |
| 12 | I have the idea he was some kind of critic . |
| 13 | From the early 1920s until his death he was joint editor with H. Duncan Hendry of the Wren Society volumes . |
| 14 | Not even the time he was dunked head first in a tub of dubious liquid , and brought up gasping for breath : ‘ Make him sing God Save the Queen ! ’ they shouted . |
| 15 | During this time he was ordained deacon and priest . |
| 16 | Less than a month separates the publisher 's acceptance of the book and Nietzsche 's completion of the revision ; and during part of this time he was busy preparing lectures on Plato and , unexpectedly enough , on Latin epigraphy . " |
| 17 | And then they say , Well the guy he 's next door I do n't know him but I just thought I 'd put him on . |