Example sentences of "he [is] [vb pp] a [num] " in BNC.

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1 He 's survived a ninety minute spin in a washing machine , and apart from bruised ears and a broken claw , seems none the worse for wear .
2 ‘ He has won two championship medals , he 's played a million games and he 's got the character to overcome setbacks like the one at Ibrox . ’
3 On top , he 's given a 3 500 housing allowance , and can look forward to a pension of up to 19 500 pounds a year .
4 And , of course , he 's so revered for this sleight-of-hand that he 's constructed a two and a half hour show to appeal mainly to his legions of cultish disciples who 've been waiting quite a few years for him to make sense again .
5 He 's lost a dozen in a decade and this goes some way towards explaining his surprisingly philosophical attitude to his own bad luck .
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