Example sentences of "be a [noun] he " in BNC.

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1 I mean , it 's , like his car for instance , I mean , that 's always been a dream he never thought he 'd ever be able to afford a new car , erm
2 His secret weapon has been a three-wood he first used last June .
3 If he had n't been a detective he might have been a historian .
4 No doubt it appealed to his vanity and his ambition to be regarded as more than a mere fiddler ; but after a harrowing year it must have been a decision he bitterly regretted .
5 I suppose if Rupert had not been a bear he might have been considered prissy , like Noddy .
6 Interviews are a chore he has to do to sell the show .
7 And he felt them and he said they are a bit he said .
8 He says are you called a Geordie she says no I 'm a Mackem he says what 's a Mackem ?
9 Des inspects me like I 'm a record he 's thinking of buying .
10 Eismark said he felt guilty because his first marriage had never ended , he said it could never end — das wird nie vorüber sein — and it would always be a secret he must keep from his new wife .
11 It was said to be a sentence he 'll carry for the rest of his life .
12 He is so young and innocent ; although he pretends to be a man he is still only a schoolboy .
13 Now if he 's got ta make out himself there 'll be a possibility he might be losing it .
14 And , at one point , Malcolm must have asked him if he 'd consider coming over to join the band , because Hell wrote to us via him saying that it sounded interesting but that because money and visas would be a problem he just could n't .
15 The first is a quote from Al Deere , one of the most famous Battle of Britain pilots : Fate is a strange master and I have always been a fatalist , — he should be a fatalist he has baled out nine times in his air-lighting life .
16 Having willed himself to be a snake he is then made one by God , demonstrating his impotence in comparison to the Deity .
17 ‘ It will be a place he can call his own but it will be in a block with a single entrance point and a resident warder , ’
18 He did n't believe she had a sister , and if he thought she was involved with Garry it would be a barrier he would hesitate to breach .
19 Gina Bellman stars as the girl who may or may not be his demure wife — and who may or may not be a hooker he meets in a hotel .
20 You see if they wanted to be a foreman he 'd still in the union .
21 If in the unlikely event , if they want to feel a C C Q , let them have it , do n't , do n't because that person may be a tax he , he buys he has to feel what he 's buying and to deprive him from that you really are up against it .
22 Mainly to get me out of the house , probably , but when I told my father I was going to be an actor he immediately thought I 'd turned gay .
23 ‘ When he discovered I wanted to be an actor he felt deeply responsible and thought I must be stopped . ’
24 ‘ I figure Simon said it because he was in love with you and he hoped that by pretending the two of you were a couple he might give fate a nudge and make it happen . ’
25 Leading opponent , Tony Coleman , claimed the 30 jobs were a myth he could nail .
26 Nerves were a problem he always found difficult to combat and the full glare of the spotlight made walking and singing a tall order that day .
27 He undressed her slowly and with infinite gentleness , as if she were a peach he could not bear to bruise , and then guided her shaking hands as she undressed him .
28 There is a particular kind of French personality who always pronounce the word francais as if it were a football he is heading towards less privileged mortals .
29 If Peter Sissons were a woman he would n't stand the chance of a job .
30 If he were a poet he would write a poem to that glimpse of bare ankle .
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