Example sentences of "he [was/were] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's out , ’ said the librarian , in elegiac tones , as if he were a particularly prickly thorn in the path of her life . |
| 2 | Wolf was licking him as though he were a very small puppy . |
| 3 | I wish he were a more sociable person . |
| 4 | He was a most successful Master , sending at least eleven boys on to Cambridge alone during his nine years in office . |
| 5 | ‘ He was a most spectacular-looking boy . |
| 6 | He was a most grateful patient . ’ |
| 7 | He was a most gentle person and yet he could appear implacable . |
| 8 | Disciplined and naturally dignified , he was a most thoughtful and observant bowler , a little pacier than many left handers , but matching variation with accuracy in exemplary style , and always eager to pit his wits against the best . |
| 9 | When you had a chance to meet him in his house with his guests , he was a most charming and intelligent man . |
| 10 | Nevertheless he was a most intelligent ad gifted ma , even , so to say , a scholar , though , as far as his scholarship was concerned , well , in a word , his scholarship did n't amount to much , to nothing at all I think . |
| 11 | To the men under him he was a most considerate and loyal officer , but he had a darker side to his character . |
| 12 | He was a most difficult man , and yet she hated him to think so ill of her . |
| 13 | He was a large , fat man , and very proud of his hat , which showed the world that he was a most important official . |
| 14 | But he was a most willing worker , and although she knew she was in for a tough day without him she offered her sympathy , and advised , ‘ Take an Alka-Seltzer and go back to bed . |
| 15 | erm it may be that erm because of my generation , but you do n't get the same sort of personalities nowadays as you did in those days , erm Mr for instance he was , he was a most benign sort of erm fellow of what one would describe as a real gentleman mm , mind you he used to have his paddies at times but |
| 16 | He was a most handsome young man , and this early morning he was made even more attractive by his expression of pure happiness . |
| 17 | He was a most able officer , and I was able to hand over this part of the work to him with confidence , while I concentrated on the current activities of the department . |
| 18 | He was a not inconsiderable artist , illustrating many of his own books . |
| 19 | Er , he was not a brilliant orator , er but er by and large he was er he was er he he he was he he was a pretty good and well respected er member of parliament . |
| 20 | He was a pretty ineffective sort of person , ’ he added . |
| 21 | He was a mighty many of wealth . |
| 22 | It was worse in his case , because he was a reasonably early riser . |
| 23 | ‘ He was a hugely talented musician . |
| 24 | He was a moderately prolific architect with an extensive practice in Shropshire , the Welsh Marches , and south Wales , his output encompassing further public buildings , numerous churches , and country houses . |
| 25 | But he was a badly frightened man . |
| 26 | By the time Bomberg applied for a war artist 's commission in 1939 he was a sadly neglected figure . |
| 27 | He was just non compos mentis most of the time and there were times when you could be forgiven for forgetting that he was a woefully sick man . |
| 28 | Perhaps , and more likely , he was a particularly aggressive fish . |
| 29 | As he was a thoroughly professional journalist , he already knew the media inside out . |
| 30 | He was a notoriously untidy child , with a penchant for pet cockroaches , and pockets full of half-eaten food and scribbled pages . |