Example sentences of "he was [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My abiding memory is of an acrimonious meeting of British Steel where he was much name-called for closures . |
| 2 | Not that he was much trouble , and he always gave me what money he could . ’ |
| 3 | You thought he was that kind of bloke ? ’ |
| 4 | He gave the impression of a man under strain ; but then , he was that kind of man , solitary , obsessional , overworked . |
| 5 | he was that type of person . |
| 6 | I was quite suprised how good he was that year … back heeling the ball to set up at least 2 goals … and the drag back and turn for a goal vs Wimbledon ( I think ) ! ! |
| 7 | He had heard of Parker 's wig and wigs — the whole place knew — but never nothing he was that way . |
| 8 | In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail ! |
| 9 | This changed when he became aware not only that he had a personal problem , but that he was that problem . |
| 10 | He would have to pretend , however , that Carole was as keen as he was that Amaranth should have more than a fair crack of the whip . |
| 11 | That 's where he was that night . |
| 12 | ‘ My mother swears he 's the image of my brother when he was that age . ’ |
| 13 | He was that season 's posthumous world champion . |
| 14 | He was that Englishman , these were his islands . |
| 15 | I think I just assumed he was that sort of person and night-time did that to him . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't realise he was that sort . |
| 17 | He was that sort of chap and failed to return . |
| 18 | he was that sort of head of the |
| 19 | That was the ol he was that chap was in that bed when I came in . |
| 20 | You know he was that tramp must have been an honest man because father said there was quite a little of sovereigns in that , and so I suppose it had been given to the parish and had seen that the man was properly buried , and then they discovered that he was an Aberdonian . |
| 21 | He was all optician . |
| 22 | He was all things to all people : to The Times Literary Supplement he was ‘ striking a sincere blow for one of the oldest traditions of them all : genuine , unself-conscious self-expression ’ . |
| 23 | He was all things to all young women . |
| 24 | He was not tall , close to minimum height in fact , but he was stocky , and he made up for lack of inches with a pressing , high-speed manner which sometimes made people think he was all noise and movement and no intelligence . |
| 25 | He was all milk and water . |
| 26 | When he entered the kitchen , bringing a great gust of cold air with him , he was all smiles . |
| 27 | For Christina he was all smiles . |
| 28 | Yes , and an astute decision by Milton 's manager , Keith Stocks , saw substitute Brian Marlan brought on in the sixty eighth minute and two minutes later he was all smiles as he headed home Nigel Mott 's cross to break the deadlock . |
| 29 | He was all suppleness and movement , pure elasticity , like a strip of Blue-Tak . |
| 30 | Florian stopped his theatrically narrow-eyed scrutiny of Maria and grinned at Luke , who must have been telling the truth because he was all attention , no less than riveted . |