Example sentences of "[pron] were the [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there were the bruises on his knees and elbows that he 'd received from the fall over the trip-wire at Jacqui 's . |
| 2 | The execution of the will was certainly not a quick and easy process because of the number and geographical range of the bequests : there were the arrangements for his burial in the Church of St. Thomas of Acre in London , the founding of a chapel at Woodhead and the School in Stockport , together with masses and annual and daily services of prayers for his soul , road building in Essex , repair of the Cripplegate in London , gifts to the poor in and around Stockport and London and to churches in Stockport , Ashton , and Mottram , mourning rings to be made for particular friends , and legacies to his family . |
| 3 | All that remained of him were the words of his confused hopes , swimming on the pages . |
| 4 | Below him was H. J. E. Dudley , Lord Sayle ; above him were the rooms of his closest friend , the Honourable C. V. T. Glendinning . |
| 5 | They were the pages on his agent 's desk . |
| 6 | Not having been associated with people with his range of peculiarities , I wondered whether they were the materials of his prejudices . |
| 7 | To soothe the nationalists , Franco resorted yet again to the rituals of Falangism to remind everyone what were the constants of his power . |