Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his imagination he was both engine driver and passenger . |
| 2 | He was already master mason to the cathedral and about 1310 undertook the new work of the presbytery , at the joint cost of the bishop and priory . |
| 3 | Isabel had to admit he was not messenger material , but she was beginning to question the wisdom of her panicked flight from the castle . |
| 4 | He was formerly district manager and project manager with the National & Provincial Building Society . |
| 5 | Chief mason at Westminster Abbey from 1516 , he was also master mason of the chancel of St Margaret 's church , built for Abbot John Islip [ q.v. ] |
| 6 | Hayman was appointed CMG in 1963 , and the next year became Minister in Berlin , where he was also Deputy Commandant of British Military Government . |
| 7 | ( He was also Lord Mayor of the city in 1716 . ) |
| 8 | From 1834 to 1866 he was also county surveyor for Shropshire , a post previously held by John Hiram Haycock from 1824 until his death in 1830 . |
| 9 | He was previously deputy manager at the Arcade Hotel , Portsmouth . |
| 10 | He was previously finance director of , a private group of companies involved in pharmaceutical , minerals and colour processing . |
| 11 | He was previously promotions manager with British Coal , based in Durham . |
| 12 | The 48-year-old returns to the staff of the Bolton-based North Region , where he was previously tournament controller from 1986-88 . |
| 13 | ALAN CORK , fast becoming as big a folk hero at Bramall Lane as he was down Wimbledon way , has set a new record . |