Example sentences of "he was [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was reckoned to be one of the officers prepared to use force to put down the revolution . |
| 32 | ‘ One of the company was called upon often without a word of preparation — to treat on a subject with which he was presumed to be familiar , and so to express himself that what he said could be discussed afterwards . |
| 33 | I did n't think he was gon na be able to get through cos the phone broke down did n't it ? |
| 34 | Christopher knew earlier on that erm he was gon na be seven when the electrification was finished . |
| 35 | He was accused of being dictatorial and of attempting to overthrow the Constitution . |
| 36 | He passed her , and he was known for being crappy . |
| 37 | He was known to be interested in Victorian architecture . |
| 38 | He was criticised for being negative , so he resorted to inserting the word ‘ positive ’ at dreary intervals into his stock responses to questions . |
| 39 | A taciturn man of medium height and powerful build , with a square , weather-beaten face , he was reputed to be one of the best skippers sailing out of Hull . |
| 40 | He was reputed to be rich , and was famous for his hospitality . |
| 41 | Once again he was found to be innocent , but he was still kept under arrest . |
| 42 | He was found to be responsible for the gross mismanagement of oil earnings , and was also implicated in a number of political assassinations . |
| 43 | The gloomy Scotsman , of Menlove Avenue , Calderstones , Liverpool , says he was doomed to be depressed from the day he was born … 67 years ago . |
| 44 | He was considered to be one of the most dangerous of all the fascists and was interned until the end of the Second World War . |
| 45 | The chief of staff was believed to be Colonel Lee Hwal , who had been educated in Japan ; he was thought to be responsible for the organisation of the North Korean air force . |
| 46 | But , as he assured Southey on 21 October , he was resolved to be true to his word , even as he contemplated a future with ‘ her , whom I do not love — but whom by every tie of Reason and Honor I ought to love ’ . |
| 47 | I wondered if he was waiting to be alone with her . |
| 48 | Attlee , an astute judge of men , banked on Mountbatten 's ambition to provide an adequate counterweight to his proclivity for risk , and in this judgement he was proved to be correct . |
| 49 | Thus , where a landlord was entitled to enter the demised property to carry out such improvements , additions and alterations as he considered reasonable , he was held to be entitled to demolish and reconstruct all the existing buildings comprising the demised property without putting an end to the tenancy ( Price v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd ( 1980 ) 255 EG 243 ) . |
| 50 | In 1986 Mr Leon Brittan , the Home Secretary , resigned because he was held to be responsible for the leak of a letter containing the opinions of a law officer about the actions of the Secretary for Defence , Mr Michael Heseltine . |
| 51 | Masefield 's choice of his central characters , at least in his later novels , was always a little unexpected , and there is a particular piquancy in the seemingly inappropriate nature , as a romantic hero , of Chisholm Harker , nicknamed Sard ‘ because he was judged to be sardonic ’ and defined as a proud , reticent , austere man . |
| 52 | It may also not have been the least of Ælfheah 's attractions to the people of London , heavily taxed in 1018 , that he was murdered for being unable or unwilling to give money to the Danes ; nor need it have made Cnut 's position any easier that King Æthelred , too , lay buried in St Paul 's . |
| 53 | The naked body of Diana Travers , his domestic servant , was found drowned at his wife 's Thames-side birthday party , a party at which he was expected to be present . |
| 54 | Four weeks ago a girl who worked for him , Diana Travers , was found drowned following a party given for his wife on her birthday , a party at which he was expected to be present . |
| 55 | I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 56 | She sounded as if it was something he was going to be pleased about . |
| 57 | As fate had a habit of doing , it had played what he termed a rather dirty trick for although Martin and his father before him had both found the running of the estate anything but easy as far as money was concerned , this young man would be better off than either of them , for Martin had only within the last year taken out two very large policies on his life , the second when he knew he was going to be married . |
| 58 | He was seeking to trade information , and he was going to be disappointed . |
| 59 | If he expected her to fawn the way the Customs officer had done he was going to be disappointed . |
| 60 | He continually told his parents he was going to be famous but , like legions of other parents before them , they treated his claims with contempt . |