Sentence examples for he has been something from inspiring English sources

But he has been something close to the essential man".

But instead, he has been something of a revelation.

He has been something of a hero in Nigeria's business capital since becoming its governor in 2007.

In calculating his stage image, he has been something of a pop cultural magpie.

Yet since he hung up his boots more than four decades ago, he has been something more: cricket's greatest communicator.

In the Midwest, he has been something of an ambassador for the sport, often giving fans rides once a week at Running Aces Harness Park in Minnesota.

Initially, Mr. Koujalgi said, he had been something of a "purist," refusing to countenance the idea of new buildings in heritage sections of town.

But Mr. Carlyon said he had been something of a hippie, and he had found himself drawn to the wandering life of the circus.

Hank told me that he had been something of a rebel, spending more than his share of time in study hall and on disciplinary probation.

The Devils acquired the 32-year-old Ponikarovsky, a 10-year N.H.L. veteran from Kiev, in a Jan . 20trade with the Carolina Hurricanes, with whom he had been something of a disappointment.

Indeed, he had been something of a hero doing lonely reconnaissance on the movements of Japanese military forces in the Pacific.