Example sentences of "[vb base] he [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His family say he is a changed man . |
| 2 | Useless for Boswell to point out that notwithstanding the title ‘ Doctor ’ , physick did not belong in Johnson 's otherwise comprehensive repertoire , and here it was that the landlord made a distinction which so pleased Johnson : ‘ They say he is the greatest man in England , except Lord Mansfield . ’ |
| 3 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in The Times today board members say he is the best person to lead the corporation . |
| 4 | Some people say he 's a famous opera singer who likes to come incognito back to his roots . |
| 5 | I 've heard some solicitor say He 's a great believer in your looking after yourself the kids will understand . |
| 6 | ‘ People say he 's a nice guy . |
| 7 | say he 's a nice little fellow ! |
| 8 | You must have control of your class , sometimes if you do n't , under , when I say he 's a weak teacher I do n't mean he 's a bad teacher . |
| 9 | Folks say he 's a hard man , but he 's all right , really . |
| 10 | They say he 's a hard bastard , like his dad . |
| 11 | But they say he 's the greatest photographer of all time . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Collett 's employers say he was a first class driver . |
| 13 | To come back to Jonathan for a moment , you say he was a great liberal , he was an admirer of Lloyd George ? |
| 14 | I heard one of the constables say he was a tip-top detective from London . ’ |
| 15 | Bran the Blessed — some say he was a Celtic God , some a virtuous king — is really responsible for the legend of the ravens . |
| 16 | They say he was a big boy do n't they ? |
| 17 | ‘ Sometimes he 'd cry about this , ’ she recalls , ‘ and say he was an awful nuisance to me . |
| 18 | Kee looked at Karen and said quietly , ‘ Some people say he was the strongest houngan of all , the houngan we call Baron Samedi . ’ |
| 19 | He could have been the finest brain surgeon England has ever seen … even blind he is a superb concert pianist … |
| 20 | ANC leaders decided to take on Gqozo because they figure he is the easiest to topple . |
| 21 | Cos I mean it 's easy to think cos Mao , we know he 's a communist or whatever |
| 22 | Well I know he 's a clever chap . |
| 23 | But I mean you know he 's a workaholic and he expects everybody to be the same and then he works in there by the time I get there in the morning he works , works solidly right through until I leave there at night , you know . |
| 24 | Speedy can of course you know he 's a good little leaper for a small lad but they 're not just gon na be able to whack the ball up there . |
| 25 | I know he 's a late convert , but he 's not the only one . |
| 26 | that you know he 's a retired gentleman |
| 27 | Yeah , but you know he 's an old , I mean you know the guy he 's quite an old , old fart basically he likes to be looked after |
| 28 | Martha said : " And do n't start making objections , just because you know he 's the better fisherman . " |
| 29 | ‘ Now I know he is a tough tennis player on any surface , ’ he said . |
| 30 | For all we know he was a complete stranger . ’ |