Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps three , ’ he said mildly at last , as if he were answering the simplest and most natural of questions . |
| 2 | We were appearing together at a literary lunch in Cleethorpes — he was promoting the latest edition of his diaries — and someone was playing the organ whilst we were eating . |
| 3 | Edward was not a great reader but he knew quite well that he was broaching the oldest and most central concern of literature ; he felt appropriately diffident . |
| 4 | And more than once he lost his way because he was remembering the bluest eyes he had ever seen . |
| 5 | Events there were taking much the same course as they had in Portugal , and as Mark had resolved that problem in double quick time , he was considered the best man to deal with this new problem situation . |
| 6 | James Maxton [ q.v. ] , later ILP leader , became one of his converts ; and by 1914 he was instructing the largest economic classes in Europe . |