Example sentences of "that [was/were] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | One had its ribs kicked in through its lungs … leastways that wuz his opinion of how it prob'ly happened . |
| 2 | ‘ The lion signified the power and strength that were his , the unicorn , he wrote , symbolised the happiness Lucia brought to his house . |
| 3 | Conroy folded his cap into his pocket and started up the stairs , then pressed against the wall as footsteps clattered down and round the turn came Freddy Pepper himself , big ears and horn-rims that were his trademark , in tennis togs above which his ruddy make-up glowed . |
| 4 | Apart from a handful of friends that were his own age , like Nicholas Soames and Lord Romsey — who were still fourteen or fifteen years Diana 's senior — most of the people Charles enjoyed seeing were older , with the result that Diana frequently found she was socializing with her father 's , or even grandfather 's , generation . |
| 5 | Those are pearls that were his eyes : |
| 6 | In the box Boy kept a few books and a lot of letters ; apart from his clothes these were about the only things he had in the flat that were his own . |
| 7 | As a married man , however , he wishes to point out that were his spouse to turn into Miss Minogue , he might feel equally impelled to ‘ kick her out ’ . |
| 8 | It was Pitt-Rivers ' methods of excavation , though , that were his most important contribution to archaeology . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to paint men and women with that something of the eternal which the halo used to symbolize , ’ Van Gogh had written , groping to define for his brother the human essence that was his aim in pictures such as this . ’ |
| 10 | Mountfield , prising himself away momentarily from the Tipton Terror , met the ball at the far post to score the kind of goal that was his trademark at Everton . |
| 11 | His Questions au soleil levant received the Grand Prix de Poesie de l'Academie Francaise , but although it awarded him medals , the Academy never granted him the membership that was his life 's ambition . |
| 12 | From its lofty position one can see the parish of his birth , the route by which his mother took him to Ayr , the town of Ayr in which he ran errands as a boy , the harbour from which he went off to sea , and all of the land that was his estate of Orangefield . |
| 13 | Then calmly , in a voice that was his own , he said that the god had left him . |
| 14 | It was the candid charm that was his greatest public asset . |
| 15 | ‘ You Make Me Feel ( Mighty Real ) ’ sang Sylvester with that glorious lightness of spirit that was his trademark , encapsulating our lack , our need , our desire . |
| 16 | First day back from the winter holiday , the first morning that he had worn again his white shirt and knotted his tie and refound the quiet striped suit that was his favourite . |
| 17 | Two of the Presidential guardsmen were giggling as they pointed to the name of the village that was his target . |
| 18 | Colt knew the sound , he knew the ways of the regime that was his host . |
| 19 | Naggaroth 's dark master had perfected his evil arts over long millennia and for the first time Teclis met a foe that was his match . |
| 20 | And he sold them that was his cost was three pounds . |
| 21 | But there were times too when he could not bear to look at the free birds and preferred to huddle wanly in the shadows of his shelter , where no visitors could see him , and stare at the bare , stained concrete that was his wild moorland , and the grubby little basin of water that was his lake and the few square feet of cage that was his sky . |
| 22 | But there were times too when he could not bear to look at the free birds and preferred to huddle wanly in the shadows of his shelter , where no visitors could see him , and stare at the bare , stained concrete that was his wild moorland , and the grubby little basin of water that was his lake and the few square feet of cage that was his sky . |
| 23 | But there were times too when he could not bear to look at the free birds and preferred to huddle wanly in the shadows of his shelter , where no visitors could see him , and stare at the bare , stained concrete that was his wild moorland , and the grubby little basin of water that was his lake and the few square feet of cage that was his sky . |
| 24 | On coming upstairs , he had turned to her for comfort , desperate to make love , needing to feel the growing swell of her body that was his own flesh and blood and , as always , he was moved to tears by it . |
| 25 | Irina sat behind him , a disembodied voice asking questions through the drugged haze that was his mind . |
| 26 | He took her through to show her the four-roomed suite that was his private living space within Liston Hall . |
| 27 | ‘ Come on , ’ he said and they both left Steed parked there and made their way to the twisted and bent railing that was his door to the family . |
| 28 | It would have been better , would it not , if you had spoken earlier , and spared him the journey that was his death ? ’ |
| 29 | She was about to tell him that was his own stupid fault and that she was n't here to wait on him — particularly since he had proved to be so inhospitable . |
| 30 | Crow-Harry circled , came close to the charcoal shard that was his sister , winked , then rose and was gone , flying to the south , to home , to warmth , to freedom . |