Example sentences of "he [was/were] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard the hon. Gentleman at 6 o'clock this morning and he was just as bad then as he was this afternoon . |
| 2 | If he was this way inclined anyway , he will take to his new life like a duck to water . |
| 3 | Then , suddenly , he was this man in the newspaper , a successful face , somewhat heavier , looking confident , powerful . |
| 4 | He being a volunteer in our Infantry , he was this day interred with the military honours due to him . |
| 5 | ‘ On the 2d instant died in a consumption J. Titford aged about 4 or 5 & 20 years — he being a volunteer in our infantry , he was this day interred with the military honours due to him . ’ |
| 6 | He is a lot richer tonight than he was this morning . |
| 7 | She had never seen him dressed as he was this morning . |
| 8 | As he was this morning . |
| 9 | I can remember him doing that way back , when he was this age . |
| 10 | What an absolute pig he was this evening . |
| 11 | The Kop were all doing the moslem arm-worship thing chanting ‘ Newsome-Newsome ’ and even waving Newsome 's picture in the Kop ( he was this week 's pinup ! ) |