Example sentences of "[adj] was [art] [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found himself struggling on his back with the stifling presence of the flag wrapped round him like a shroud ; the strange thing was that as he weakly continued to struggle ( for the staff lay across his legs , pinning him down , and the lanyards had somehow trussed his elbows to his sides ) , he recognized the sensation immediately : this was a nightmare he had had on the night they had taken refuge in the Residency , and repeatedly since then throughout the siege ; when the Collector , cursing , had at last fought his way out of the flag , it was such a relief to escape from his nightmare that he felt he did not mind so much about the sepoys . |
| 2 | Only thus , only by pretending unreality , pretending this was a part he acted , could he go on , cross the wild , shaggy grass , go past the black-branched cedar tree , arrive at the porch set in its four Doric columns and insert his key in the lock . |
| 3 | This was a dimension he could not remember in the old Elsie . |
| 4 | This was a characteristic he shared with Anwar Sadat . |
| 5 | This was a story he told all his life ; it was just the first of many miracles with which he believed he was blessed . |
| 6 | The danger of killing himself in a fall was very real , but this was a fear he had learned to master , even to enjoy . |
| 7 | This was a feeling he sometimes had , when he pictured his friends as ‘ stationed ’ , like auspicious stars , close to him , protecting him , and offering him the privilege and pleasure of performing , in their respect , good deeds . |
| 8 | He realized in that instant that his entire life would be changed utterly — that this was no sentimental longing , no passing fancy or phase , this was a feeling he would live by , whatever the costs . |
| 9 | But this was a , this was a priority he would n't have , they would n't bothered anyone unless they got a husband in the background , somewhere . |
| 10 | This was an original he was very proud of this and he kept telling us about this . |
| 11 | Perhaps because this was an interview he had been glad to postpone , even temporarily . |
| 12 | However , after studying as many photographs as I could find of Randy 's original , it would appear that this was the way he wanted things and I would n't dare criticise him for it . |
| 13 | Certainly , this was the way he needed to present it for domestic consumption , for this new alliance and the concession of territory for military use by a foreign power scarcely seemed consistent with the many hours and column inches he had devoted to demonizing the western democracies and to denouncing the British " occupation " of Gibraltar . |
| 14 | She said that this was the way he would have wanted to die . |
| 15 | HE REALIZED IN THAT instant that this was the love he had been hoping for , his quest fulfilled . |
| 16 | This was the price he paid far having thrown in his lot with a person who with all her virtues — generosity , warmth of character , genuine and passionate admiration , as well as love , for Lewis himself — did not have the concept of a working day . |
| 17 | This was the day he had waited for so long — the day of the fair . |
| 18 | This was the part he had dreamt of night after night in that living room and now — astoundingly — it was to come true in the birthplace of Shakespeare with a great company all around his son . |
| 19 | This was the work he did in Rupe ; seignorial business , not the punishing labour of properly suits in the city . |
| 20 | Perhaps more fundamental than this was the criticism he received from a Methodist minister that the book does not really mention , let alone do justice to , the central Christian doctrine of Justification by Faith . |
| 21 | This was the moment he had been waiting for since his ordination . |
| 22 | Because I had the definite impression that this was the area he was working in . ’ |
| 23 | Nichols , watching this pantomime , quickly explained that this was the guy he had picked for the lead in The Graduate . |
| 24 | But Paul did n't like to admit that this was the reason he did n't want to give up his day job . |
| 25 | The government insisted this was the reason he secretly contacted Castro to mediate a solution that would save him from the drug dealers ' retribution . |
| 26 | The answer was even more unsettling — that this was the department he 'd worked in . |
| 27 | This was the emotion he had tried to purge himself of by identifying with the snakes that had taken up residence in the ashes of his family 's land . |
| 28 | I now decided it must be my messing about with the eggs that was causing the problem , even though John had told me this was the method he was using . |
| 29 | It was almost , Alice thought , as if this was the answer he had expected . |
| 30 | This was the line he took in his propaganda , but this does not necessarily mean that he did not believe it himself . |