Example sentences of "he [verb] [was/were] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The lawyer had always maintained that the money he received was a legitimate success fee for the vital role he played in the bitterly fought takeover battle . |
| 4 | A Turkish print worker alleged a Harley Street doctor paid £2,500 for him to donate a kidney to a patient he believed was a fellow countryman . |
| 5 | ATURKISH print worker alleged yesterday that a Harley Street doctor paid £2,500 for him to donate a kidney to a patient whom he believed was a fellow countryman . |
| 6 | Richard Baxter was further saddened by the loss of thousands of precious books in the fire , which he believed was a great loss to ‘ piety and learning ’ . |
| 7 | When I used to ask him where he was going he would tell me ‘ To Phucke ’ , which he claimed was a small town to the north of Inverness . |
| 8 | In the Surrey side he inherited were a few reputedly awkward personalities . |
| 9 | That Bingham-Jones boy had been a nuisance all day ; he was a spoiled brat ; and what he needed was a good smacking . |
| 10 | All he needed was a sweeping black cloak … |
| 11 | I introduced Rickie to McIllvanney who screwed his face into what he thought was a pleasant smile then , after exchanging an inanity or two , fled to his office . |
| 12 | My father earns too much money and he was not prepared to subsidise me to do what he thought was a ridiculous waste of time . ’ |
| 13 | He asked Mr Jotter who had picked the vowels and why they 'd chosen the letter ‘ u ’ instead of ‘ s ’ which he thought was a nicer shape . |
| 14 | On his appointment , the wages were increased from £90,000 a year — which he thought was a poor salary — to £220,000 a year . |
| 15 | MY BOYFRIEND had what he thought was a fungal infection on his feet . |
| 16 | Once past the chalets Gazzer took what he thought was a short cut through the dunes . |
| 17 | The first thing he saw was a buff-coloured exercise book . |
| 18 | Soon , someone will ask if the man he saw was a blond guy in a blazer streaked with mud . |
| 19 | FitzRoy immediately guessed that what he saw was a new species . |
| 20 | All he wore was a baggy pair of red corduroy shorts held up by braces , and a pair of battered leather sandals . |
| 21 | I had borrowed ten quid from Joe — later repaid , and the only interest he demanded was a chaste kiss in front of the BBC in Langham Place . |
| 22 | And what he felt was a fraternal love . |
| 23 | Mr Steven Hadley , defending , said Williams 's wife , Andrea , 30 , died of cancer and he went to the medical centre in Pinner armed with a knife intending to make his wife 's GP , Dr Patricia Carson , apologise for what he felt was a wrong diagnosis . |
| 24 | Gauguin 's glorification of the art and life of the South Seas was part of a conscious revolt against what he felt was a corrupt society and the art which it inspired . |
| 25 | Once he has come reasonably to the conclusion that this will happen , the question whether his decision to issue the particular instructions that he gave was a reasonable one in the circumstances is subject to a further test of reasonableness . |
| 26 | The address he gave was a false one in Market Harborough in the Midlands . |
| 27 | What he gave was a chronological narrative , apparently searching his memory as he went along . |
| 28 | When he had seen it being done by publicans a mallet and a stake had been used , but all he had was a rusty bracket . |
| 29 | what he had , what he had was a biggish lorry with a low |
| 30 | What he had was a pampered , spoilt brat whose only interest in life was lipstick and what was on at the pictures . |