Example sentences of "i [verb] he was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 2 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 3 | I believe he was the Wandering Jew , doomed to live forever . |
| 4 | ‘ I liked him ’ , one daughter summed up a grandfather who had been orphaned in the Irish potato famine : ‘ he was an old man , and I was only nine when he died , but as our father was at the [ First World ] War , I suppose he was the only man in the house . |
| 5 | ‘ I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson . |
| 6 | I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part . |
| 7 | Then the Reverend called , with his news about the weather turning stormy , and I thought he was the last person we needed to hear from . |
| 8 | Alfonso I think he was the guilty one really . |
| 9 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |