Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is what the right hon. Gentleman has said that he would do if he were Prime Minister . |
| 2 | Yeah whether he were dark hair or light hair or tall or short . |
| 3 | It seems to me that the judgment must be read as a whole , and that paragraphs 19 to 20 , dealing with question 2(b) are completely inconsistent with Mr. Beazley 's construction , seeing that if he were right article 5(3) would become a ‘ catch-all ’ provision , and liability not based on tort , delict or quasi-delict would fall within it , notwithstanding the explicit statement to the contrary in the last two lines of paragraph 19 . |
| 4 | So it was a husband 's sacred duty not to refuse her on that day even if he were practising celibacy . |
| 5 | His view is that he was unacceptable because he was working class , lived in a council flat , and was in debt to the Housing Executive . |
| 6 | Captain Sturt was the great explorer who had discovered the Murray River , and have been some years in New South Wales before coming to Adelaide , where he was Colonial Secretary . |
| 7 | ‘ He was Rosalli Gabrielli 's manager . |
| 8 | He was total anti-establishment were n't he ? |
| 9 | Samson has had a wide experience in the electronics industry , working with Plessey Co Plc , Standard Telephones and Cables Plc and GEC Plc , where he was managing director of GEC Consumer Products Group until 1989 . |
| 10 | He was managing director of Yale & Valor Plc until 1991 when it was acquired by Williams Holdings Plc . |
| 11 | Software engineering house LBMS has appointed Stephen Jermyn to head up its UK CASE sales operations : he joins from Ernst & Young where he was managing director . |
| 12 | Sir Roy was a popular choice ; he was managing director of Sainsbury 's , the retail grocery chain , and was shown to be a pragmatic and sensible man accustomed to issues relating to the provision of complex services . |
| 13 | It is Ridsdale 's first action since joining the clothing retailer four months ago from Burton group , where he was managing director of Evan and discount concept Is . |
| 14 | Mr Medley jointed WWF in 1978 as Director from Glaxo Laboratories India Ltd where he was Managing Director . |
| 15 | Between 1984 and 1987 he was managing director of , a family owned business which was floated on the USM in 1985 and sold to in 1986 . |
| 16 | Prior to joining Guinness , he was managing director of Imperial Leisure and Retailing , part of Courage Plc , and he has previously been Courage 's marketing director . |
| 17 | Prior to this he was managing director of the International region of United Distillers from January 1991 . |
| 18 | In 1917 he was consecrated archbishop and sent to Munich as nuncio , or papal ambassador , where he was considerably shaken by first-hand experience of a Bolshevik revolution . |
| 19 | On 8th December , 1985 he was consecrated bishop in Westminster Cathedral by Cardinal Hume , as has special responsibility as area bishop for Central London . |
| 20 | Haymo , although selected by the monks of Rochester as their next choice had to wait until August 1319 , before he was consecrated Bishop . |
| 21 | A devout Christian , Frumentius visited Alexandria , where in about AD 330 he was consecrated Bishop by the Patriarch Athanasius . |
| 22 | He was communist mayor of Rome 1976–79 , and his History of Italian Art ( 1968 ) is a set text which has influenced countless Italian school children |
| 23 | But shadow health secretary David Blunkett said he was disappointed Mrs Bottomley had not announced a full independent public inquiry . |
| 24 | Another MP William Powell said he was disappointed Mr Clarke was still committed to the VAT policy . |
| 25 | That he was sheer virgin . |
| 26 | He was sorry Timothy Gedge had been a nuisance . |
| 27 | He was polishing glasses and he held them up to the light to check them and thereby seemed to be ignoring Maidstone completely . |
| 28 | After all , he reminded himself , he was Prior William now and had his eye set on further promotion . |
| 29 | From Valencia , El Cid began to show his true strength , gradually extending his sway until he was virtual ruler of the great part of eastern Spain . |
| 30 | His father intended him for an army career , but that and a project for farming in the colonies came to nothing ; and by 1885 he was living hand to mouth in Chelsea as an illustrator and journalist . |