Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ You may recall my telling you that he was probably an agent for the High Police . |
| 32 | Orchard desired to be buried in St Frideswide 's church and he was probably the architect for the magnificent vault of the choir ( c .1478–1503 ) and for the cloisters of c .1489–99 . |
| 33 | He was probably the sort of liberal , Dexter thought , who boasted of the number of blacks he knew but whose acquaintance was limited to inviting them round to show off at trendy drinks parties . |
| 34 | These traits in Gandhi were no accident : he was profoundly a creature of the Anglo-Indian interaction , and a worthy adversary was indeed just what he aspired to be . |
| 35 | He was plainly a kind man but his meaning was quite apparent . |
| 36 | The public always see a fairly dour character , too , but with the players he was exactly the opposite . |
| 37 | Of these , Busia was to make his mark later : an Oxford graduate , the first African to be taken into the Colonial Service ( in 1942 ) , he was exactly the type the British would have preferred . |
| 38 | He was already a couple of metres above the girder . |
| 39 | He was already a walking compendium on nuclear public inquiries before the hearings started , amassing a library of material on Sizewell in his living room . |
| 40 | Richard Fitzhugh did not take seisin of his lands until 1480 and did not become politically active until after 1483 , but it is clear that he was already a satellite of his cousin the duke . |
| 41 | Richard Fitzhugh did not take seisin of his lands until 1480 and did not become politically active until after 1483 , but it is clear that he was already a satellite of his cousin the duke . |
| 42 | He was already a person of some eminence in Nonconformist circles , too ; he and his Methodist wife had enjoyed the distinction of being married by John Wesley in 1774 , and by 1799 he was himself a deacon in the General Baptist movement . |
| 43 | He was already a member of ecumenical committees . |
| 44 | If you and your gran are as wise as you think you are , you 'll be as nice to him as if he was already a member of the family . |
| 45 | The major forum for " constructive " thought remained in the Christian organizations of which he was already a member , and throughout the war he played a prominent part in their deliberations . |
| 46 | When Cliff went to Bangladesh he was already a member of Tear Fund but when he saw the suffering he felt that he had to do more and was ready to give up his singing career and follow his religious instincts to help these people . |
| 47 | I thought that he was already a man when I was born , that he had seen me growing up , and I thought of the strange , sad , frightening creatures who haunted the borders of the woods watching the children play . |
| 48 | It was only when Jean-Claude came to Paris and was settled in the attic , wondering what to do with the rest of his life , that he realized he was already a composer and the rest of his life would be spent composing . |
| 49 | He was already a canon of Notre-Dame-de-Paris , and was to be given the first vacant prebend at Bordeaux or Bourges by papal provision . |
| 50 | In 1902 , Joiner sold the mill to the Somerset-based Dulcote Leatherboard Co , of which he was already a partner , and the mill became home to a number of special processes , mainly for the manufacture of shoe stiffeners . |
| 51 | As a 19 year old Flight Engineer , he was already a veteran of 12 bomber sorties over Germany . |
| 52 | As a 19 year old Flight Engineer , he was already a veteran of 12 bomber sorties over Germany . |
| 53 | ‘ He was already a star , ’ says Claire Bloom . |
| 54 | Unfortunately , he was already an adult when he took up writing , and did not become fluent . |
| 55 | Aged only 53 , he was already the country 's longest-serving Prime Minister , having led successive coalition governments since 1982 . |
| 56 | He was equally a prey to " harpies and crimps " , the latter now , as he and other trade unionists claimed , paid by the Government . |
| 57 | He was just a fool . |
| 58 | No harm in him , he was just a bit of an eejit . |
| 59 | As for the wearer , or bearer of these tokens of the new age that was dawning in the East End of Glasgow , he was just a laddie . |
| 60 | He finally stopped when he was just a couple of feet away from her . |