Example sentences of "he [was/were] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was something in the Civil Service . ’ |
| 2 | Unfortunately ( or perhaps fortunately ) he was nothing of the kind . |
| 3 | Calton left the Army in the late Seventies but he was nothing like the characters from the award-winning TV drama Civvies . |
| 4 | He made no sound : he was one with the land . |
| 5 | He was someone from the palace compound . |