Example sentences of "he were a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inn was his vessel , the valley was the ocean , out there before him were a horde of small boats and pirates , flare ships and decoys , occasionally an enemy frigate or two hoving over the crest of a hill , sometimes a rich galleon sighted nearby which had to be pursued and boarded . |
| 2 | On the desk in front of him were a pile of grey videotape boxes . |
| 3 | Behind him were a crowd of men and horses ; Hearthwares in full armour , their breaths steaming in the coolness of the morning , Myrcans standing impassively , indifferent to the cold but nodding to Isay as he approached , and a pair of pack mules trying to bite each other 's manes . |
| 4 | To his rear and flanking him were a group of grey tracksuited figures , armed with lethal looking machine pistols . |
| 5 | He would pop in and out of the office now and then , fulfilling his supervisory role and looking as if he were a man with an important but very secret mission . |
| 6 | One moment standing at Reception and then wafted , as if he were a feather fluttering , to the car on the kerb . |
| 7 | And er I remember one one chap he were a bit scared , very much so , and oh dear dear dear , he 'd only been within other bloke , a chap A chap from , what was his name now ? |
| 8 | And er he were a bit rough with them and all . |
| 9 | An' he were right , because he were a bit of a lad . ’ |
| 10 | When the castrato comes , I have to sing with him , for I have to teach him his whole part as if he were a child . |
| 11 | Engaged in drowning the woman , Fedorov had been slow to respond to the sudden turn in events , but now he recognized the danger and grabbed Lefevre 's sword , wresting it from his feeble grasp as if he were a child . |
| 12 | as if he were a child of five she had reprimanded him , saying , ‘ Do n't be so personal ; she is Miss Crosbie . |
| 13 | Urian cut him down as if he were a child . |
| 14 | She pulled him to her and held him as though he were a child , kissing away his frown . |
| 15 | And he were a taxi driver and he 'd got lost . |
| 16 | It was possible for a middle-class reader to sympathise with a girl , even if she were a countess , when she entered upon the search for an ancient royal treasure in a thoroughly youthful way , or with a boy who , even if he were a king or at the least a count in eclipse , faced danger and responsibility with the doubts and the dutiful idealism of a public-school upbringing . |
| 17 | ‘ He were a pilot , were n't he ? ’ she said . |
| 18 | ‘ You have an immense output , ’ Willoughby said severely to Emily a few weeks later , leaning over her desk as if he were a judge himself . |
| 19 | The court accepted that the minister would not be expected to hear such representations as if he were a judge . |
| 20 | It was as if he were a sheet of paper torn into many little pieces which she felt she had to cover entirely with her hand , but could not , however hard she tried , because the wind always blew a few of the pieces from between her fingers or from the edge of her palm . |
| 21 | Her arm was draped elegantly across his shoulders , and she was looking at him with eyes like headlights , as though she were starving and he were a cream cake . |
| 22 | ‘ Nonsense , Peter , ’ his wife pounced down on him as if he were a hound that had misbehaved . |
| 23 | You look in vain for answers , mind you , unless you 've ever wondered what Will Self would say to you if he were a taxi-driver . |
| 24 | Never expecting to meet him again , she had indulged all the week in fond dreams of him , as if he were a character in a journal story , but the reality was infinitely more exhilarating . |
| 25 | She had the most extraordinary longing to lay her head on his chest and lean on him as though he were a tree or something solid of that sort , to feel his arms close round her . |
| 26 | The photographer and author , Daniel Farson , recollects Minton surrounded by sailors and fussing over his latest infatuation as if he were a chorus girl , whilst simultaneously complaining , ‘ I 'm only liked because I 'm rich . |
| 27 | Nevertheless a member , even of a private company , unless he is also a director is not entitled , as he would be if he were a member of a partnership , to inspect the books and records of the company except to the extent that the Act specifically provides . |
| 28 | The governor gestured towards the Annamese as if he were a museum exhibit . |
| 29 | After this strange sensation he felt as if he were a snowman ‘ at last beginning to melt ’ . |
| 30 | How she had looked at him on their wedding day — as if he were a god ! |