Example sentences of "[pron] be a [noun sg] of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will in fact be er I mean I advertise in the er I am a client of his and we will we will be looking at the same he will be a competitor of ours in some fields . |
| 2 | I 'm a friend of his . |
| 3 | I was a member of his party , one of his retinue , and when the great Henry lashed out it was dangerous even to be in the same room as the king 's enemy . |
| 4 | His life-story relates his experiments with Truth , or his attempt to live in accordance with certain religious beliefs which were a part of his Hindu heritage . |
| 5 | And Monsieur O'Hara , 'e is a man of his word . |
| 6 | ‘ At common law one 's duty to one 's neighbour who is the owner … of any goods is to refrain from doing any voluntary act in relation to his goods which is a usurpation of his proprietary or possessory rights in them . |
| 7 | This two-day sale of Impressionist and modern paintings , drawings and sculpture will put on offer a group of works on paper by Egon Schiele , one of which is a watercolour of his wife Edith signed and dated 1915 ( est. £300–400,000 ; $530–700,000 ) . |
| 8 | Bernard 's emotional dishonesty is seen in terms of his ability to split language , which is a product of his psychological duplicity : |
| 9 | But God confronted her about that laugh — not because she laughed in God 's presence but because her laughter expressed a limiting view of God which was a denial of his power and an incitement to doubt . |
| 10 | He wore a Paisley dressing-gown which was a reminder of his good taste — not that one was necessary ; the whole room , in fact the whole hotel , was a monument to it . |
| 11 | His boyish good looks , his jet-black Beatle cut and the unusual film-star name which was a product of his Italian parentage , made him a magnet for instant attention . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're a friend of his , ’ Creed said . |
| 13 | I knew Max Jacob , who was a friend of his . |
| 14 | ‘ If you remember , Luke Scott was with us for six months as a favour to the station 's director-general , who was a friend of his , because our listenership figures were dropping and we were losing advertising . |
| 15 | Sir Hugo fell in love with the daughter of a farmer who was a neighbour of his . |
| 16 | Mr Mates had approached the Attorney General , Sir Nicholas Lyell , over the handling of the case by the Serious Fraud Squad at the request of one of Mr Nadir 's advisers , who was a constituent of his . |
| 17 | A LABOUR MP WAS EXPLAINING to me why there are a number of his colleagues who are sponsored as MPs by the National Union of Railwaymen , but do not appear to have any connections with trains , railway junctions or signal boxes . |
| 18 | He wants a quick sale , and there 's a friend of his who thinks he might like it for a weekend cottage . |
| 19 | He he 's already opened hi up his heart to the Lord , there 's a lot that he 's got ta learn , there 's a lot he 's got ta let go of , there 's a lot of his old life still there , but is n't that true of every one us ? |
| 20 | If a person knows that there is a danger of his mine being flooded by his neighbour 's operations on adjacent land , and courts the danger by doing some act which renders the flooding probable , he can not complain . |
| 21 | There was a part of his mind filled almost to sickness with self-mockery , a bitter mockery grown out of the fear that was back with him now , mockery for the excellence of his seamanship . |
| 22 | Of slighter build than his brother , at fifteen Joseph still had the unfinished face of a growing boy , but his features were already set in a more thoughtful , reflective cast than Chuck 's and there was a hint of his mother 's sensitivity in his smile . |
| 23 | She analysed her feelings and had to admit that she feared there was a danger of his leaving . |
| 24 | There was a list of his likes and dislikes . |
| 25 | His inquiries and interpretations will inevitably draw polluting and contaminating ideas to the surface , for they are a result of his place as an ‘ institutional shaman ’ and mirror his position as a liminal mover in the organization . |
| 26 | They were a part of his past , and like so many other memories , slippery . |
| 27 | It is natural that the surrealist should deal in super-abundance , quite apart from it being a reflection of his youth . |
| 28 | It 's a test of his imaginative sympathy . |
| 29 | and I think it 's a friend of his . |
| 30 | In fact , it is a measure of his poverty both that he is unaware of it and that he can define himself only in negative terms . |