Example sentences of "this [was/were] a man " in BNC.
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1 | The Queen , he said , should not be put off by any oddity of manner but could be assured that this was a man of great learning , deep human sympathy , and outstanding pastoral gifts . |
2 | This was a man who liked order . |
3 | This was a man who understood the uses of spotlights . |
4 | This was a man entirely under the sway of the Eternal and not of the material . |
5 | Jimmy Wilde , our centre-half , made an excellent debut for us in preventing Simpson from scoring but manager Fred Maven and Secretary Edmund Goodman knew immediately that this was a man who could do great things for Palace . |
6 | This was a man of forty-six who had had multiple sclerosis for six years . |
7 | This was a man well in control ; one whose business was to endure . |
8 | This was a man with spirit ! |
9 | This was not her brother who cuddled her and bought her things … this was a man who blew people up . |
10 | This was a man who perhaps gave to all tube buskers indiscriminately , without even looking at them , for he tossed a 5P piece on to the ground as he strode past . |
11 | This was a man who needed all the help and support from others he could get . |
12 | This was a man in his late 50s or early 60s , living on a ward with thirty other men . |
13 | This was a man secure in himself and what he did . |
14 | All in all , this was a man who delighted in proving how clever he was and sometimes , as a corollary , in suggesting how dim and credulous other people were . |
15 | This was a man of authority , a man of power , who had only to speak and everybody around him flew into action . |
16 | This was a man of importance . |
17 | Yet this was a man who felt nothing but contempt for her , who thought her no better than a thief . |
18 | This was a man she could trust and this was the man she loved . |
19 | This was a man seen running in Purser Road at about 7.45 on Friday morning . |
20 | Aha this was a man who had been a joiner there for a long time . |