Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she tells him how popular the photos apparently were he says , ‘ My first quote is , ‘ The readership of For Women must all have cataracts or be retarded . ’ |
| 2 | In his 12 years in power , he has resisted naming a deputy who would step in were he to die in office . |
| 3 | How long was he held in captivity ? |
| 4 | Er but how long was he doing it for ? |
| 5 | How long was he going to keep her here ? |
| 6 | ‘ How long was he up there ? ’ he asked the Rais , the Ship 's Captain , disbelievingly . |
| 7 | How long was he in there ? |
| 8 | How long was he gone then ? |
| 9 | how long was he on the life support ? |
| 10 | How long was he there for ? |
| 11 | But his performance in the 1982–3 campaign was phenomenal , for not only was he producing winners in quantity and at a very high strike rate , he was also winning big races : before the Gold Cup , Bregawn had won the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury , Silver Buck the Edward Hanmer Memorial Chase at Haydock Park , Captain John the SGB Handicap Chase at Ascot , Wayward Lad the King George VI Chase and Ashley House the Peter Marsh Handicap Chase at Haydock . |
| 12 | Not only was he shaken and upset by the accident , but , worse for him , his favourite race car suffered severe damage on a day when the Marlboro McLaren Honda team endured a series of setbacks to their own hopes . |
| 13 | Not only was he unable to play with his father , put on loud music or bring friends home , he also became aware of an emotional gap which meant that he could never raise the topics of girls or male friends . |
| 14 | Lord Burlington was an outstanding and resplendent figure , not only was he a Knight of the Garter , but also Lord High Treasurer of Ireland ; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guards and Governor of Greenwich Hospital , and he made a serious contribution to that age , although it is his contribution to the arts and architecture for which he is most remembered . |
| 15 | Not only was he engaged in a war , but , as soon became clear , it was a war which was going badly and which threatened to become unpopular in both France and Britain . |
| 16 | Not only was he one of the very rare examples of a writer who produced great work in more than one genre , but in a career which spanned nearly 60 years , his talent had developed from traditional Victorian fiction to innovative 20th century poetry . |
| 17 | He discussed religion and politics , leaving no room for doubt that not only was he ‘ a Unitarian , if not a Deist ’ , but also ‘ a Democrat , to the utmost extent of the word ’ . |
| 18 | Not only was he working on it all day at home , but he had to travel about the country collecting information . |
| 19 | An austere looking man who seldom smiled , he entered into the spirit of the occasion for not only was he a Pierrot but also Captain of one of the football teams . |
| 20 | Albert was the epitome of the wing-half of the 1920s because , not only was he a ferocious tackler and a prolific feeder of his forwards , but he could come upfield himself to great effect and possessed a smashing shot of his own , so that the ‘ Feebury specials ’ of the period generated a great deal of enthusiasm among Palace fans — and no little anxiety to opposing goalkeepers . |
| 21 | Not only was he a very good all-round ace with playing-cards , specifically at the popular games of the evening , pontoon , brag , and poker , but an added sideline of his was the large money-box placed on the centre of the table . |
| 22 | That was pretty stupid , because not only was he on the list of residents , but he 'd been seen at mealtimes by several of the other members . |
| 23 | But he soon became a joke to most of us , because not only was he pedantic and patronizing , he was also frightened of what he 'd started and disliked suggestions for fear they implied that he was going wrong . |
| 24 | Not only was he a good judge of horseflesh , but he was capable of treating most ailments which occurred both in the hunters and the heavy farm animals . |
| 25 | Schönhuber manoeuvred around the ‘ old Nazi ’ tag , while making plain that not only was he proud to have been in the Waffen SS , but that there was indeed something worthwhile that Germans could salvage from the Nazi era . |
| 26 | Not only was he a first-class commentator , he was also a true gentleman of the old school who was not afraid to criticise the sport 's overpaid prima donnas when they started throwing tantrums and acting up on court . |
| 27 | ‘ Not only was he doing all that , but at the same time he was taking his firm into the merger with Peats . |
| 28 | ‘ Not only was he the outstanding leader of our tax practice , ’ said Grant Thornton managing partner David McDonnell , ‘ he was also the architect of its development in the early days . |
| 29 | Robert Green 's card of 1752 is more explicit , leaving nothing to chance ; but he had a reason , for not only was he in business as a furnishing undertaker but also provided a wholesale service to the trade in general . |
| 30 | Ali 's cutting edge was his intellect : not only was he a renowned sportsman of brilliance , but he also commanded the world 's attentions through his insight , sarcasm and satire . |