Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [be] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that brings us back to the idea that he may be a man of style , rather than substance , in terms of differentiating himself from Mrs Thatcher . |
| 2 | If he makes statements from the Dispatch Box , he should be a man of honour and honour his promises . |
| 3 | No doubt it had a great deal of appeal because it suggested that , if someone could afford air travel , he must be a bit of a swinger and must be with it . |
| 4 | The commissioner who conducts the inquiry is appointed by the Lord Chancellor ( in England ) and he must be a barrister of not less than ten years ' standing . |
| 5 | Without a shirt the Frenchman 's body looked lean and hard , and she guessed he must be a man of her own age . |
| 6 | He must be a fixture of the cliche . |
| 7 | You ask your daddy , he 'll be a part of it as well , he 'll be in the Brotherhood . ’ |
| 8 | He might be a prisoner of war . |
| 9 | However , underlying this was his teachers ' deeper concern that he might be a victim of physical and sexual abuse . |
| 10 | He might be a pal of Livingstone 's but there is still nothing to excuse Thompson 's mealy-mouthed attitude. : - . |
| 11 | He could be a disciple of Gordon E. Liddy with his macho bolted-down reserve . |
| 12 | Like this he could be a sack of rubbish . |
| 13 | I think he 'd be a bit of a hero for me — he managed to achieve such great things without using violence or hurting anybody . |
| 14 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
| 15 | And they shall continue , for now his greatness shall reach to the ends of the earth : and he shall be a man of peace ’ ( Micah 5:2–5 ) . |
| 16 | We will in fact be er I mean I advertise in the er I am a client of his and we will we will be looking at the same he will be a competitor of ours in some fields . |
| 17 | He will be a director of the new charity — called the Elton John Aids Foundation — which will sponsor research with money from royalties on his singles , charity events and company gifts . |
| 18 | I predict he will be a breath of fresh air for the business community . |