Example sentences of "man [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | King William 's College on the Isle of Man was a favourite . |
| 2 | When he was finally defeated , by Wayne Ferreira in the quarter-finals , the man was a hero . |
| 3 | One resident accused the police of going ‘ over the top ’ but a force spokeswoman said : ‘ The man was a prisoner with a history of violence . ’ |
| 4 | Basically , the man was a parchment-seller trying to raise good hard silver or gold to finance the export of parchment to Nantes and the import of wine . |
| 5 | The man was a lunatic , ’ Nevil said . |
| 6 | This man was a Southerner , in his heart , a Southern boy whom she could give up if she had to , whom she could forget . |
| 7 | The doctor , like many scientists , returned to the only workable theory she knew : man was a brain in a body . |
| 8 | And apparently the man was a bit doolally pardon me . |
| 9 | Yes , he said , there were equal rights for Lebanon 's 17 religious communities , freedom of expression for every man and woman be they Muslim or Christian ; it was a land where every man was a friend to the other without distinction . |
| 10 | Unlikely — man was a friend and colleague of Albert Einstein . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think this man was a cousin at all , indeed , I think you 've been harbouring a criminal from jail . ’ |
| 12 | Of course primitive man was a sun worshipper . |
| 13 | But the man was a fool , a low-grade Pessarane Behesht attachment who had been foisted on him by some egocentric mullah operating from Geneva . |
| 14 | The man was a fool … did he think it would do his reputation any good to appear in weak productions ? |
| 15 | The man was a serpent , and — who knew — he might have been more successful than he claimed , in the matter of Rudolf Hess . |
| 16 | The man was a regular in a nearby pub . |
| 17 | ‘ If we make comparisons , Montgomery was a staff captain when this young man was a brigadier general . |
| 18 | The man was a demon and he had disturbed her to the depths of her being . |
| 19 | It should always be remembered that the man was a Gentile . |
| 20 | The man was a snake . |
| 21 | A spokesman for Tyne Tees Coastguards confirmed that the missing man was a member of Newbiggin lifeboat crew — one of the lifeboats taking part in the search off Whitby , North Yorkshire . |
| 22 | The man was a patient at Gloucestershire Royal NHS trust Hospital , undergoing routine treatment . |
| 23 | He said the man was a foreigner . |
| 24 | Again , that does n't get us anywhere at the moment , but it does slightly bear out the possibility that the man was a foreigner which would explain our total failure so far to get him identified . " |
| 25 | The old man was a cripple and in the last years of his life . |
| 26 | Man was a marvel . ’ |
| 27 | The man was a master at manipulation , using that cold-hearted charm to ruthlessly convince the poor woman that this pack of lies was the truth ! |
| 28 | The man was a villain . |
| 29 | ‘ Because the man was a structuralist and an ass , ’ explained Lydia ‘ and you can take that knowing and unbelieving smile off your face . ’ |
| 30 | The second man from the left to the right is his home was , the third man was a gunner and his name is his home town was Stirling Nebraska and he was the oldest man on the crew . |