Example sentences of "but he was [art] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was a man who needed to articulate his theories and here he could put them forward , embroider , reject , explore without the uncomfortable suspicion that his detective sergeant , deferentially listening , his face carefully expressionless , would be thinking , For God 's sake , what 's the old man dreaming up now ? |
| 2 | But he was a man who liked challenges and this wilful — child — for despite her boasted nearly twenty-one years , to Neil Cochrane she seemed little more — appeared to offer one . |
| 3 | ‘ It probably had a lot to do with his job but he was a fella who always had a word for you , ’ said Mr Lavery . |
| 4 | He was naked and there was no longer a burn upon his face , but he was the brother she remembered . |
| 5 | Here the trustee was the owner , but he was an owner who had been requested to hand the property over to the beneficiary . |