Example sentences of "he [was/were] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood or sat in groups on all the branches around Little Billy , staring at him as though he were someone from outer space . |
| 2 | I ca n't remember his name but he was something of a latecomer to the band . |
| 3 | He was something of a mystery , which intrigued the locals . |
| 4 | He was something of an experimentalist , being particularly interested in glanders ( he claimed success in some cases from treatment with cantharides ) and in the circulatory system . |
| 5 | It was one of the weirdest graveyards he had seen — and he was something of a connoisseur . |
| 6 | He was something of a disappointment to his parents . |
| 7 | Apparently he was something of an acrobat as well . |
| 8 | Bel-Hathor seemed an inauspicious choice ; like most Sapherian princes he was something of an eccentric . |
| 9 | He was something of a chameleon , and readily produced pieces in the style of other maîtres , constantly adapting to the mercurial tastes of the post-Louis XVI period . |
| 10 | A legendary figure , he was something of a benevolent despot : he steadfastly refused to allow labor unions in his factories , but paid his workers a wage above the national average . |
| 11 | As an undergraduate he was something of a dandy , and even as a priest his appearance was remarkably trim . |
| 12 | He died in 1637 but it appears that for years he was something of a figure in the district . |
| 13 | Because Ermolov had been commanding Russia 's forces in the Caucasus for more than a decade ( and because he was something of a maverick ) , Paskevich had more friends in St Petersburg . |
| 14 | ‘ But I think the way we played at Leeds he was something of a luxury sometimes — there were times when even his team mates did n't know what he woeld do next ’ ‘ It 's different at Scumchester United where they really do play through him — AND OF COURSE HE 'S ALSO SURROUNDED BY BETTER PLAYERS ’ … |
| 15 | He was something in insurance . |
| 16 | He was something in the Civil Service . ’ |
| 17 | Well , I do nt understand how he was something like joint 8th favourite about 2 months ago … now favourite . |
| 18 | type of person he was , he was something like Geoff 's dad . |
| 19 | The red death returned and for an eternity he was nothing at all . |
| 20 | Unfortunately ( or perhaps fortunately ) he was nothing of the kind . |
| 21 | He was nothing but glad that Britain won a war . |
| 22 | And it was during this time that he had lost his wife , lost his job , lost his sense of himself as a separate human soul , and in struggle worked out the theory that he was nothing but a sick character in the hands or under the pen of a malevolent Author . |
| 23 | It would be like trying to stop a buffalo , because he was nothing but muscle , weight and bone . |
| 24 | Even in terms of his own quite awesome power he was nothing but an underling in relation to his superior . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , she had pursued personal aggrandizement at his expense , a whisper of conscience hinted , until he had learned that he was nothing but a nuisance to her . |
| 26 | She said yesterday : ‘ He was nothing but scum and I hope I hurt him . |
| 27 | He buckled under the final , inescapable realization that he had failed , and would always fail ; that the jeering kids , the mocking men , the scornful tarts , were right ; that he was nothing but a turd in the gutter . |
| 28 | Father had been burden enough when alive ; dead , he was nothing but a nuisance . |
| 29 | He rarely spoke to the rest of us peasants in the house , though when he did he was nothing but polite . |
| 30 | I I he was nothing without Mildred . |