Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] the [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is the buyer he will have to give up goods ( or their value ) for which he has paid good money . |
| 2 | ‘ The doctor tells us that if it 's the stuff he thinks it is , it can take a little while to work , especially if Sir Thomas drank coffee . |
| 3 | So , decided Pascoe , if it was the window he was after , he was trying to get in . |
| 4 | Creed stared out of the window , as if it was the Crumbles he could see . |
| 5 | Or was it because he was the way he was that she had walked out one day when Dadda was at work and he at school , leaving a note on the kitchen table and the remains of the week 's housekeeping money ? |
| 6 | The issue was whether he was the person he claimed to be , and the Court of Appeal held that this must be tested by his appearance in court where cross-examination could be fully informed by the recollections of several people in England who knew the missing heir before his emigration . |
| 7 | Whether it was the cash he was now heavy with or the challenge of out-running a Daimler that motivated him , he put his cab through its paces , proving it more mobile than its bulk would have suggested . |
| 8 | He stood up , face scarlet , looking at her and speaking to her as though she were the whore he had called her . |