Example sentences of "he [verb] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , whe whe whether or not we consider him to have been a black sheep , then we certainly have erm , rather gone into his character . |
| 2 | Modest in the sense that he never proclaimed his talents — and they were real and varied : he was , I have heard , a very good businessman , and I know him to have been a first rate chess player and a notable painter . ’ |
| 3 | Spending even this short amount of time with him had been a big mistake . |
| 4 | He wanted to blurt out that she looked beautiful in blue , that he 'd like to kill the man who 'd been in her flat the previous evening , that he hoped her date with him had been a miserable failure , that he had hardly slept a wink all night , beside himself with jealousy . |
| 5 | Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen . |
| 6 | What he produced was a gen-u-ine statement of skin ; a document to be placed alongside other such documents , delivered with the same How's-your-father flourish as a graffiti slogan on a council estate wall or a boot planted through an Asian 's shop window or a gallon of petrol poured through the letterbox of a Bengali family 's home . |
| 7 | Because where he goes is a smaller school where they go and erm I think something like that is nice for them to actually |
| 8 | McKenzie was urged to play a season with the Randwick Colts ( under-20 ) and the first player he met was a burly hooker called Kearns , who like Farr-Jones , was unable to win a first XV team berth at prestigious Newington College . |
| 9 | He breathes , then asks in what he thinks is a gentle voice , ‘ What 's the problem Saturday ? ’ |
| 10 | So jury service he thinks is a terrific way of improving the jurors . |
| 11 | He has been a managing director since 1986 and Deputy Chairman since 1990 . |
| 12 | My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would have liked to be here this evening because I know well that he has been a tremendous support to my hon. and learned Friend and his family in many small and touching ways , which I know have been deeply appreciated . |
| 13 | He has been a fantastic friend helping me with financial work . ’ |
| 14 | The Leader of the Opposition claims that he has been a consistent supporter of the Common Market for years , but everyone knows that he was a consistent and bitter opponent of it for many years . |
| 15 | He has been a consistent advocate of ensuring that the law of the land is adhered to . |
| 16 | He has been a superb Foreign Office minister . ’ |
| 17 | He has been a professional for almost two years and has a ring record of nine wins out of 10 contests , his lone defeat coming when he was out-pointed by Manchester 's Russell Davison for the Central Area title . |
| 18 | Said Anderson : ‘ He has been a great fillip to us not just with his excellent performances on the field , but throughout the club . |
| 19 | Too often Kendall seems preoccupied with finding a place in the team for Alan Harper , and although he has been a great servant to the club over the years , Everton will only be a really good side when he is playing in the reserves , and I do not mean that as an insult to Alan . |
| 20 | ‘ He has been a perfect gentleman , ’ she said quickly . |
| 21 | In every instance , Norman still somehow managed a smile , for , if nothing else , he has been a good loser . |
| 22 | Remember , I 'm giving you this money because he has been a good boy . |
| 23 | Far from Mr Atkins being considered the distant , unsympathetic figure depicted in the article , he has been a frequent visitor to the school over the past two years , giving support and advice to help us achieve our aims . |
| 24 | Tristan Garel-Jones is not a household name but he has been a key player in British , and particularly Tory , politics over the past two years . |
| 25 | Since August 1991 he has been a key member of the Planning Team preparing for the European Summit Meeting at the Palace on 11 – 12 December 1992 and organising the subsequent reinstatement works . |
| 26 | He has been a doughty fighter over a long period in favour of the use of democracy and dialogue and in condemnation of the use of violence . |
| 27 | This may be made worse if the patient feels stigmatized because he has been a psychiatric inpatient . |
| 28 | He has been a non-executive director of Dalgety since 1990 . |
| 29 | Most MPs still reckon he has been a fine foreign secretary since his switch from the Home Office in 1989 . |
| 30 | He has been a quadriplegic ever since . |