Example sentences of "he [was/were] [prep] [det] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GRAMOPHONE has published a number of Rust 's discographical works , including British Dance Bands on Record , 1911–1945 ( in association with Sandy Forbes ) , and he was for many years a regular contributor to this magazine . |
| 2 | He was for many years a JP for Bombay , and took a keen interest in municipal affairs . |
| 3 | A tower of strength , he was for many years the Master in charge of the business side of the Library , supervising its odyssey around the School ; he had helped with lacrosse , with the School 's annual invasions of German-speaking Europe , with the financial side of the School Play . |
| 4 | Warnie , though he was by all accounts a most delightful and courteous companion , was a clear case of arrested development . |
| 5 | But this past winter , when the A team job returned to him following injury to Martyn Moxon , he was by all accounts a revelation . |
| 6 | In fact , he was in many respects an enigma . |
| 7 | Basil Rocke 's instincts were those of a countryman , as is most of his imagery , yet he was in many ways a very urban character . |
| 8 | He was in many ways a remarkable Prime Minister , although there were obviously faults — and some grave faults — that history alone will assess in determining whether or not he ranks among the greats . |
| 9 | He was in many ways the wrong choice in the harsh atmosphere of 1952 . |
| 10 | He was in some ways a sort of humanoid Winnie the Pooh ( the bear with very little brain ) without any of Pooh 's more lovable characteristics — although no one in their right mind would tell him so ! |
| 11 | Though he was in some ways a traditionalist , interested in painting epic scenes in a continuation of the grand European manner , he was also a modernist , an admirer of Picasso from whom he had learnt to analyse the rudiments of representation in order to embellish them , to make them rich or austere . |