Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In September 1842 Gladstone suffered an injury in a shooting accident , as a result of which one of his fingers had to be amputated . |
| 2 | All his war ministers were civilians ; and the commanders of his armies tended to be aristocrats first and professional soldiers second . |
| 3 | But none of his encounters seemed to be convivial , so they were n't calling for drinks while he was there . |
| 4 | These and other indications — the marriage of his daughter Eleanor to Alfonso VIII of Castile , a projected campaign in the Auvergne , a claim that the archbishopric of Bourges rightfully belonged to the duchy of Aquitaine — show that the southern parts of his dominions continued to be very much in his mind in these months . |
| 5 | The ringing in his ears happened to be a bare half tone below the key in which he hummed music to himself . |
| 6 | To ensure that his sovereign 's dignity was not slighted by any infringement of the precedence claimed by his representatives continued to be one of the major tasks of the European diplomat ; and the continuing importance of questions of precedence is shown by the continuing production of books which claimed to elucidate them . |