Example sentences of "he was [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was thoughtful a moment . |
| 2 | This week , he was relief-managing a pub in Rotherham and I 'd arranged to drive over to see him after 11 p.m . |
| 3 | Watson ended by firmly endorsing the power of genetics to improve the human condition ; a lot of people will dislike it , he added , but when he was young a lot of people had disliked Roosevelt — so what ? |
| 4 | As you face the station , he lived that side you see and er there , the room where they used to entertain their friends was just the other side of the wall the booking office , you see , and er he was such a kind man , his name was Mr |
| 5 | ‘ He told me that all his life he was such a shit , and he finally realized he could make someone as happy as he made me , ’ recalls Joey . |
| 6 | He intrigued her , he was such a rabbit , yet Edwin had told her that he was subject to outbursts of violent temper . |
| 7 | The reason he was such a flop was becuase he was sposed to herald the new era at Leeds . |
| 8 | And he was such a hypocrite was n't he ? |
| 9 | He was such a perfectionist . |
| 10 | Oh , he was such a baby ! |
| 11 | At the time of his trip he was such a novelty that he was featured in several Reykjavik newspapers , and treated with great hospitality wherever he went . |
| 12 | Kind of silly , is n't it , when it seems he was such a pain to you ? |
| 13 | He was such a fixture that no one noticed him any more . |
| 14 | He was such a tower of strength . ’ |
| 15 | Rudolf Seiters , head of the West German chancellery , who played a big role in the deals to ship more than 14,000 from Warsaw and Prague to the West in special trains , said he was confident a solution will be found for them too . |
| 16 | For heaven 's sake , she lectured herself despairingly , he was two-timing a fiancée back in England , and if last night 's incident had been any indication he was quite prepared to embark on a brief dalliance with her as well as Tara … |
| 17 | He was silent a moment . |
| 18 | He was silent a moment , as if something troubled him . |
| 19 | He was silent a moment , his face bleak . |
| 20 | He was silent a moment , then turned , tapping his cane against the tiled floor . |
| 21 | He was silent a moment and I thought he was n't going to answer that . |
| 22 | He was silent a moment , feeling the summer on his bones . |
| 23 | But they 're like you know , I suppose everyone goes through , I bet my dad was like that when he was younger a bit you know , all have a laugh and a joke and |
| 24 | Taff was blown to pieces in his trench earlier this evening , probably thinking he was safe a couple of feet or so below ground . |
| 25 | The detective chief-inspector said he was aware a superintendent had authorised the defendant 's detention to be extended for a further 12 hours . |
| 26 | In the announcement Christopher Gable , artistic director of the NBT , said he was astonished a rehearsal could be so misunderstood . |
| 27 | He was free a year later , however , when he was licensed under the Declaration of Indulgence , as a Baptist , to preach at his house in Chertsey . |
| 28 | Gary should have been a girl , she had thought , for he was half a head smaller than she was with fair curling hair , baby-blue eyes and long thick lashes that were the envy of every woman who met him . |