Example sentences of "[was/were] he a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , I remember Mr Simpson , the landlord of the Ploughman 's Arms , saying once that were he an American bartender , he would not be chatting to us in that friendly , but ever-courteous manner of his , but instead would be assaulting us with crude references to our vices and failings , calling us drunks and all manner of such names , in his attempt to fulfil the role expected of him by his customers . |
2 | Was he a red-blooded Englishman or a cold-blooded psychopath ? |
3 | Was he a regular visitor ? ’ |
4 | Not only was he a good judge of horseflesh , but he was capable of treating most ailments which occurred both in the hunters and the heavy farm animals . |
5 | Your father — was he a good husband to her ? ’ |
6 | ‘ Was he a good lover ? |
7 | ‘ Was he a good doctor ? |
8 | The boys liked Basil for they felt that not only was he a good teacher , he was also a man . |
9 | No longer was he a diffident youth . |
10 | But was he a fellow choir man as well ? |
11 | Was he a real charmer ? |
12 | I mean was he a rich peasant , was he a poor peasant or |
13 | Not only was he a first-class commentator , he was also a true gentleman of the old school who was not afraid to criticise the sport 's overpaid prima donnas when they started throwing tantrums and acting up on court . |
14 | Was he a great man robbed of political success by his own misjudgement , or a pedant who should have stuck to his texts ? |
15 | Was he a young American with middle-aged English characteristics ? |
16 | Was he a savage creature with evil designs on me or was it his idea of a joke ? |
17 | Was he a new appointment ? |
18 | Was he a liberal MP in then ? |
19 | Sometimes that learning method is called the Hebean learning rule erm because it 's the sort of thing you find in animals erm Donald a famous what was he a famous neurophysiologist . |
20 | I mean was he a rich peasant , was he a poor peasant or |
21 | Was he a secret hero and was that why Gloria never talked about him ? |
22 | Ali 's cutting edge was his intellect : not only was he a renowned sportsman of brilliance , but he also commanded the world 's attentions through his insight , sarcasm and satire . |
23 | Albert was the epitome of the wing-half of the 1920s because , not only was he a ferocious tackler and a prolific feeder of his forwards , but he could come upfield himself to great effect and possessed a smashing shot of his own , so that the ‘ Feebury specials ’ of the period generated a great deal of enthusiasm among Palace fans — and no little anxiety to opposing goalkeepers . |
24 | Eventually Dot asked , ‘ Was he a brave man ? ’ |
25 | The cripple , for example , who had flung Allen into the stream , was he an honest man or a rascal ? |
26 | Was he an uninitiated infant |
27 | With a slow , teasing smile , he asked outrageously , ‘ So was he an eager lover , my little friend ? |
28 | Not only was he an important member of the ministry ( though without a cabinet place ) , he was also , from his father 's death in 1706 , the head of his family and the leader of the Tory interest throughout south Wales . |
29 | ‘ Was he an identical twin ? ’ |