Example sentences of "he was [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gustave met Mme Schlesinger at Trouville : he was fourteen and a half , she twenty-six . |
| 2 | And he was cleverer than a bag of monkeys , as his mother used to say , and would outwit them all . |
| 3 | The day I met him in London , he was disappointed because a black comedy thriller with Dennis Hopper and Kyle MacLachlan had fallen through . |
| 4 | He was unaware that a harassed Mr Dixon , caught between Hank , his parents and the school authorities , had disclaimed any knowledge of Hank 's whereabouts , except to say , when asked by the school secretary , that probably Hank had the flu — there was a lot of it about . |
| 5 | Lord declares that he was unaware that a contract had actually been signed with Harris — though he knew Harris was keen to write the biography — at the point when he wrote his own outline . |
| 6 | He was unaware that a Garda inquiry was being conducted into the allegation , he added . |
| 7 | Visiting the Isle of Man for the RCM in November 1940 , William Simpson was impressed with the efforts being made to give youngsters an education , though he was anxious that an ‘ English ’ influence should be maintained . |
| 8 | To tell me he would , she would come when he was four and a quarter . |
| 9 | Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins . |
| 10 | The fact that he was black and a Tory gave him a value out of proportion to his contribution to the local Party , so he was frequently trotted out at functions , and encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers . |
| 11 | He was sure that a bishop was not stopped by his bishoping from going on with some scholarly work . |
| 12 | When Philip Jessup visited MacArthur in January 1950 the general stated that the Soviet Union should perceive the advantages to be derived from a Japanese treaty and he was sure that a diplomat like Jacob Malik would appreciate the position . |
| 13 | Waiting seemed endless , he was sure that a guilty verdict would be returned . |
| 14 | He was better than a music-hall turn . |
| 15 | Decision : the aggravating features of the offence were the age of the victim ( 61 ) , the fact that as a taxi driver he was vulnerable and an easy target ; the isolated location in which the offence was committed ; the degree of violence and the fact that it continued after the theft had been completed ; the fact that the victim had been left , so far as the offenders were aware , unconscious , and the fact that two men were involved , and an implement may have been used . |
| 16 | He was convinced that a career lay in sport and reckoned the media influenced his perception of himself . |
| 17 | He was intrigued and a little disturbed by George 's attitude . |
| 18 | He was slight and a light yellow colour , with round shoulders , and Martha felt he was friendly . |
| 19 | He was asleep but a voice from behind me might have curdled anybody 's dreams . |
| 20 | ‘ He was mischievous and a bit of a tearaway . |
| 21 | ‘ I could see something was there ; Bernard had the persistence to obtain the site , he was doing something positive — already he 'd got a steel frame constructed for a building where the freight was formerly loaded — he was practical and a great motivator at the same time . ’ |
| 22 | A letter card came from France , but it told them little except that he was well and a letter followed . |
| 23 | Only he was six and a half feet in his socks , apparently , which tops me by an inch or two . ’ |
| 24 | He was young and a butterfly , flitting from branch to branch and all the time climbing . |
| 25 | ‘ He was unruly and a distraction in class and made an enemy of most of his teachers . |
| 26 | And he admitted he was shocked that an exorcist was brought in . |
| 27 | he was articled And a … sorta trainee at |
| 28 | But he said he was confident that a new offer by City director Christopher Needler to underwrite an increased overdraft will be accepted by the bank . |
| 29 | He was confident that a letter to the government in Peking would secure us a gift from the People 's Republic of a brace of breeding yaks . |
| 30 | Mr Donovan , 23 , Australian star of the West End hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , brought the action after the magazine published a doctored photograph and article which , he claimed , implied that he was homosexual and a liar and hypocrite for denying it . |