Example sentences of "was an [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an occasion he never forgot : |
| 2 | It was an operation he had never done before , and it was schrecklich difficult . |
| 3 | He knew that it was an invitation he would accept . |
| 4 | And , in the heightened mood brought on by the success of his performance , it was an invitation he felt inclined to take up . |
| 5 | Helping to save life was an idea he felt he had grown up with . |
| 6 | It was an issue he preferred to keep quiet during his lifetime because he feared that it might have an adverse effect on his family . |
| 7 | He wondered how the little man was coping , remembered the heads and concluded it was an acquaintance he would not wish to renew . |
| 8 | It was an experience he 's never forgotten , helping him to appreciate the reality of the world outside football and the good fortune of those who earn a living from the game . |
| 9 | This was an original he was very proud of this and he kept telling us about this . |
| 10 | " This is T. S. Eliot here , " he would say on the telephone ; it was an instrument he detested and when using it his voice had " a curiously strangled sound " . |
| 11 | As he said , it was an episode he would never forget . |
| 12 | The idea of a sequel seemed odd , ‘ Harvest ’ was an LP he 'd badmouthed over the years , and it was hardly his style to go into the Mike Oldfield school of repackaging old product . |
| 13 | As on the last occasion , he had chosen County Monaghan which was an area he knew well and adjacent to the Ulster border . |
| 14 | His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer . |
| 15 | Perhaps because this was an interview he had been glad to postpone , even temporarily . |
| 16 | He suspects that a black mark went firmly down against his name for turning down the job and when he was later asked to become personnel manager for that division of ICI he was left in no doubt that it was an offer he should not refuse . |
| 17 | The old man 's offer to buy the cottage was tempting , a few thousand pounds could be put to immediate use , but it was an offer he could n't accept . |
| 18 | ‘ Paint ? ’ he queried , as though it was an item he 'd never come across , much as he might have sounded if she 'd said she was going to buy a giraffe , she thought on a spurt of amusement . |