Example sentences of "[was/were] he the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was he the man from the PR agency ? |
| 2 | Was he the type of the world into which they had so unthinkingly plunged ? |
| 3 | The Holy Spirit was not to be confined to the narrow straits of Jewish respectability , nor was he the perquisite of the Church leadership . |
| 4 | Was he the cause of Emily 's distress ? |
| 5 | Was he the cause of all that fuss on the phone ? |
| 6 | Nor do I for a moment suppose that anyone there recognized him , nor was he the sort of author who basked in that kind of admiration . |
| 7 | Was he the author of the letter ? |