Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] he [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time , I am sure he was convinced that he was afloat with a lunatic . |
| 2 | Oh , yes , I am sure he was most impolite , ’ she hurried on as Melissa murmured a conventional disclaimer . |
| 3 | The thing is that I am sure he was aware of associations but that does n't mean to say that it is a political play , er and that was the only purpose of his writing that . |
| 4 | In fact I am convinced he was part Alsatian because though he had a luxuriant black and white coat there was something significant in the massive limbs and in the noble brown-shaded head with its upstanding ears . |
| 5 | In this I am afraid he was unsuccessful . |
| 6 | Yes , I 'm certain he was . |
| 7 | " I 'm sorry he was a nuisance , Mr Plant . " |
| 8 | I watched Paul play his second and I 'm sure he was just like us on the 9th , in between clubs . |
| 9 | I 'm sure he was under a terrific amount of both metabolic and emotional stress . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure he was in hospital for an indefinite period anyway . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm sure he was , but the last few years when I knew him he 'd gotten a lot of respect from people and he was n't having to struggle any more , and I think he knew the people loved him and he liked that . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sure he was . |
| 13 | So I used to go with him , and incidently he was a , he was very good on classical music , although we never went into this although I 'd got very close to him but I 'm sure he were brought up in an orphanage you know , and never talked about this but I 'm sure he was . |
| 14 | He had something ( a hammer ? ) in his hand , peculiar wide eyes , I 'm sure he was going to attack me . |
| 15 | He was red , I 'm sure he was lying , as he lied about the letter to D and M. |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sure he was wrong . |
| 17 | I 'm sure he was an extraordinarily clever man . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , yes , I 'm sure he was , ’ Merrill murmured saltily . |
| 19 | Well I 'm sure he was . |
| 20 | Yes , a nurse came round and she said hello Herby , she said oh you look quite bright , and I said did he play you up she said well he was very torn and I thought yeah I 'm sure he was . |
| 21 | I 'm sure he was . |
| 22 | Strange because it is , as he later admitted and I 'm sure he was later very embarrassed by it , erm histrionic and emotional in the most extreme way . |
| 23 | So I used to go with him , and incidently he was a , he was very good on classical music , although we never went into this although I 'd got very close to him but I 'm sure he were brought up in an orphanage you know , and never talked about this but I 'm sure he was . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm surprised he was given it at all , really . |
| 25 | But mind I 'm surprised he was found strayed Nicole let him off the lead and he 's gone phew ! |
| 26 | I 'm glad he was n't at the dress-run last night when , in my most imperious Dame Edith voice , I commanded , ‘ Send for Hedward the Hugly ! ’ and Edward the Ugly fell off the stage laughing . |
| 27 | His postman colleague Gerald Rouse said : ‘ I 'm glad he was n't my bank manager . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm glad he was n't , ’ said the male , ‘ or else we might have had trouble . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm glad he was n't being a hero , that would have been stupid , ’ she said . |
| 30 | Well he was he was , I 'm glad he was sent off because that was terrible . |