Example sentences of "[adv] he was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently he was the National Chairman , which was a bit of a thrill ; on the other hand , he was also a terrific scruff . |
| 2 | So he was the first person who united the states of Castille and Leon , and the first who was called King of Castille ; for till this time the lords of that country had been called Counts . |
| 3 | Dickinson was the last to empty his tins , and so he was the top plane when bits of wood began spitting in all directions . |
| 4 | When they wrestled together he was the stronger ; he sent his arrows further and more accurately ; but when they ran races barefooted across the rabbit-bitten turf it was she with her long skinny legs and flying hair who left him far behind . |
| 5 | I never under stood why he had such fits of fury because normally he was the kindest and most considerate of men . |
| 6 | His single , minded pursuit of operational perfection had to be witnessed to be appreciated , He was the only Commander in the field that was able to change the entire concept of strategic bombing ; moreover he was the only Group commander with any worthwhile operational background , my personal researches accredit him with more than a full bomber tour of operations , and that includes his escape from Sweden . |
| 7 | Moreover he was the very fisherman who was mentioned in Our Watering Place as mending a little ship for a boy . |
| 8 | Yeah but all of them ate it and he was still he was the only one that died . |
| 9 | Steve sprang into action and moments later he was the proud father of a bouncing 7lb 12oz baby girl . |
| 10 | Charles , the bridegroom , was in some ways set apart from his three brothers ; for a start he appears to have been illiterate , whereas they were not , and also he was the only one who was not a cardmaker — or if he had learned the trade , he chose not to practise it . |
| 11 | Clearly he was the stronger fighter now . |
| 12 | He continued to conduct retreats : the old students at Cuddesdon , clergy at Pleshey in Essex , the Franciscans at Cerne Abbas in Dorset , the nuns at Whitby ; probably he was the first archbishop in the history of the see to make so much time for such days of peace , even though , for the conductor , they were days of intellectual and emotional effort . |
| 13 | QUITE simply he was the greatest living English painter — until he died . |
| 14 | He could n't well he was the head gamekeeper for Lord . |
| 15 | Six months ago he was the first to say publicly , ‘ The Government will have to sit down round the table with the terrorists . ’ |
| 16 | And Bill that was here he was the same . |
| 17 | And er and then he was the only one who did it . |
| 18 | Yet he was the kindest man you would wish to meet when the drink was n't on him . |
| 19 | Either he was dead straight , or else he was the sharpest operator-bar none , including the guy she 'd met on a singles ' holiday who 'd almost managed to convince her that he was on his final fling with only ninety days left to live — that she had ever encountered . |
| 20 | In front of everyone else he was the same as always and it was like those nights were a bad dream . |
| 21 | Again he was the charming young man who had knocked at the door just ten minutes earlier . |
| 22 | Outwardly he was the respectable accountant advising people how best to invest their life savings . |
| 23 | Therefore he was the true follower of Jesus Christ . |