Example sentences of "the man was [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man was a serious user . |
| 2 | Afterwards he complained bitterly to other government officers of the uselessness of such a DPR , and on being told of my background , retorted angrily , ‘ Why did n't somebody warn me that the man was a bloody missionary ? ’ |
| 3 | So , even though the man was a stranger and I was afraid of him , I began worrying about his being sick , and the idea that he might die made me feel quite desperate . |
| 4 | Well , she rationalised now , the man was a consummate actor , and even she could n't deny his talent . |
| 5 | The man was a visiting Texan who was in Britain as manager of a fellow countryman , a concert pianist . |
| 6 | You 'd have thought the man was a vid star rather than a murderous bandit . |
| 7 | The man was a raving sadist , she thought , and then realised it was a requirement of his job . |
| 8 | But the man was a romantic and probably saw Steve as an obstacle he might have to overcome . |
| 9 | The man was a fellow-American and had been on a tour of European branches for the previous three days . |
| 10 | The man was a cheerful rogue called Kadan . |
| 11 | The man was a lively orator to the end , and an expert in his field . |
| 12 | Apart from the fact that Anjou was the hereditary enemy of the Normans , the man was a cold-blooded brute who had n't hesitated to let his army of barbarians ravage the Norman countryside even while his father-in-law was still alive . |
| 13 | It is of course possible that he was wrong in his initial assumption — which would explain why he never expanded his ‘ proof ’ in his notes — but we have to remember that the man was a mathematical genius . |
| 14 | The man was a mythical figure from the Doctor 's past . |
| 15 | Sadly , the man was a notorious liar . |
| 16 | The man was an accomplished seducer , there was no doubt about it . |
| 17 | The Ulster Volunteer Force admitted responsibility for the shooting and claimed that the man was an active Irish Republican Army member who had been involved with the killing of four Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers at Downpatrick , Co Down , in April 1990 . |