Example sentences of "he [was/were] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'eard 'e was orf work wiv 'is back . ’ |
| 2 | It broke 'er 'eart when 'e told 'er 'e was orf ter India . ’ |
| 3 | 'E was boxin' fer years . ’ |
| 4 | 'E was drinkin' pints o' porter , ’ he informed Nellie . |
| 5 | 'E was jus ' tellin' me about the unions , an' 'ow they 're all worried about a General Strike . |
| 6 | After what Jeff had told her about Guido Falcone , the only feelings she ought to have for him were disapproval and dislike . |
| 7 | On his other side was an array of cheap , gaudy small bottles for the scent he sold ; and on the floor in front of him were ivory balls with cavities for scent . |
| 8 | To die for your lord was noble , to betray or forsake him was base , while to outlive him in battle brought disgrace , not only on you but on your kin . |
| 9 | The tenderness that emanated from him was balm to her wounded soul . |
| 10 | Aft of him was stowage space for a collapsible dinghy , maintenance platforms and a spare propeller ! |
| 11 | The only emotion she had ever truly felt for him was love . |
| 12 | The first meal former doctor 's receptionist Shaunagh rustled up for him was cheese on toast with pickled walnuts . |
| 13 | Behind him was Bully , who had a piece of rope looped through his collar as a lead . |
| 14 | And I looked to behold a pale horse and his name that sat on him was Death . |
| 15 | For a moment , he was a person and what had happened to him was death . |
| 16 | The first ( up to 7/8 years ) was moral realism and right and wrong in the child 's eyes depended on what adults told him was right or wrong . |
| 17 | His face had gone into something soft that his nose told him was dog dirt . |
| 18 | He was in a baby buggy and beside him was holdall containing clothes , bottles and baby wipes . |
| 19 | It came to him that what really troubled him was motive , or rather the lack of what he considered to be a convincing motive for the killing . |
| 20 | After being promoted to Sergeant-Major , Cottle was summoned before a board to see if he were officer material . |
| 21 | If he were Intelligence he certainly would n't tell me . |
| 22 | He were boss of her . |
| 23 | " " Woodnesse " " , " madness " , itself becomes a theme of the tale , as Nicholas screams " " as he were wood " " ( 3814 ) on being branded , and Alison and Nicholas assert that John was " " wood " " after crashing to the ground in his tub ( 3833 ) . |
| 24 | I know one fellow called Ashworth , he were bit of a coal merchant , I remember him shouting one day across to somebody , ‘ I backed a winner . ’ |
| 25 | Riding , she had noticed how straight he held himself in the saddle , how unruffled he had been when leading his horse across a fast-flowing stream , how easily he brought his mount to jump a wall ; as though he were part of the animal he rode . |
| 26 | On this occasion , he said that if he were Secretary of State he would introduce compulsory competitive tendering only in extremis . |
| 27 | Roger White , senior tax partner at KPMG , says that it 's what he would do if he were Chancellor . |
| 28 | If he were master of the house , no maid would address a senior employee of the master 's by his Christian name . |
| 29 | But Nocker , the part he played in Camel was no Bilko , even though he threw his weight around just as though he were head of the transport squad at Fort Baxter . |
| 30 | He were yourn , you kept saying , though he were n't no more yourn than mine . ’ |