Example sentences of "[art] man was [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Emily looked down at her hands , she knew it was useless to deny it , the man was no fool . |
2 | The man was a blackmailer and a thief . |
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 | The man was a Jew , but to Fred he was a German . |
5 | The man was a lunatic , ’ Nevil said . |
6 | ‘ The man was a soldier ? ’ |
7 | The man was a serious user . |
8 | The man was a lively orator to the end , and an expert in his field . |
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 snake . |
11 | The man was a Number One driver , nothing else . |
12 | 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 ? ’ |
13 | But the man was a fool , a low-grade Pessarane Behesht attachment who had been foisted on him by some egocentric mullah operating from Geneva . |
14 | The fact that the man was a Samaritan highlights the idea of universalism , a major theme of Luke 's Gospel . |
15 | It should always be remembered that the man was a Gentile . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | It was soon apparent that the man was a leader in his field , a pioneer in vertical flight technology . |
18 | When he was finally defeated , by Wayne Ferreira in the quarter-finals , the man was a hero . |
19 | The man was a mocker of a soldier , tattered in a medley of a uniform , and sitting his horse with the grace of a sack of meal . |
20 | The man was a villain . |
21 | Sadly , the man was a notorious liar . |
22 | The man was a raving sadist , she thought , and then realised it was a requirement of his job . |
23 | The man was a cheerful rogue called Kadan . |
24 | He said the man was a foreigner . |
25 | ‘ Because the man was a structuralist and an ass , ’ explained Lydia ‘ and you can take that knowing and unbelieving smile off your face . ’ |
26 | You 'd have thought the man was a vid star rather than a murderous bandit . |
27 | And apparently the man was a bit doolally pardon me . |
28 | Again , that does n't get us anywhere at the moment , but it does slightly bear out the possibility that the man was a foreigner which would explain our total failure so far to get him identified . " |
29 | The man was a murderer , and the judge was right to condemn him to death . |
30 | The man was a monster . |