Example sentences of "that he was [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major explained how he was carrying on the principles of his predecessor and pointed out that he was her seconder in the leadership ballot and regretted that she had not stayed on . |
| 2 | From the facial resemblance there was no doubt that he was her son . |
| 3 | Then someone said , ‘ Should n't you like a closer look at your little brother ? ’ and she realized oh , make it not true — that he was her brother … |
| 4 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 5 | Culpeper achieved fame as he gave his name to a certain type of tripod microscope made in the early eighteenth century , but it is not at all clear that he was its inventor . |
| 6 | He was really concerned for the crowds because he knew that he was their only hope . |
| 7 | Is it true that he 'd forgotten that he was their father ? |
| 8 | The Gowrie faction guarded James for almost a year , issuing decrees in his name while claiming that he was their willing guest . |
| 9 | As Paul Preston writes , " the United Nations had given [ Franco ] a winning hand to play , allowing him to persuade the Spanish people that he was their heroic leader in yet another foreign attempt to destroy Spain " . |
| 10 | I also visited the scene of the crime at Ayr , and had several lunches and dinners with the diminutive , widowed but friendly Mr Ross ; while an interview with the horrible Waddell in a Glasgow pub left me in no doubt that he was his attacker . |
| 11 | Here the reader has once again been won back onto Pip 's side after his care of Magwitch which seems especially significant as upon hearing that he was his true benefactor he loathes the man and tried to distance him from him , physically and socially . |
| 12 | I had n't known him when he had left for Britain , but when I saw him I somehow knew that he was my father . |
| 13 | In the Southern the staff as always were great and I met a new doctor who told me that he was my brother in Jesus and in the hospitals I met many Christian nurses too . |
| 14 | And I saw one man the fact that he was me uncle do n't make any difference , but he was , and and he was very religious , very Christian man , S Sunday School superintendent . |
| 15 | Harry McDonald was a strong , sturdy left-back , but he possessed a turn of speed that was unexpected in a defender and which frequently surprised his opposing wingers , so that he was our first-choice number three for over three seasons . |
| 16 | All the press were very excited about Ade , writing that he was our big hope for the European Indoor Championships in Madrid . |
| 17 | Then I discovered that he was our pilot ! |