Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [prep] his [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began to say all the prayers to the Blessed Virgin and the saints which he had been taught at his mother 's knee , and all the while , as he prayed , he was aware that under a mile to the west lay Gribbin Head , where murder had been done eleven months before : murder he had been witness to and had profited by ; murder he had known full well was mortal sin for which , at the Judgement Seat , he would have to give account to God . |
| 2 | A report from a Tajikta correspondent on March 8 said that he had been stripped of his deputy 's immunity by a two-thirds vote in the Supreme Soviet and arrested in the parliament building . |
| 3 | Patsy turned to them , unmarked except for where he had been stained by his brother 's blood . |
| 4 | A BID for chart success by Lovejoy star Ian McShane has been inspired by his wife 's battle against breast cancer . |
| 5 | That seems to have been inspired by his father 's excellent library , as well as the spiritual contact with him that such studying brought . |
| 6 | But recently bulbs have been thrown on a compost heap and wooden crosses made by his young grandchildren have been dumped on his widow 's doorstep . |
| 7 | STORE charge cards used for Prince Edward have been stolen from his valet 's car . |
| 8 | In 1759 , Arthur Guinness travelled from County Kildare in Ireland to Dublin , with £100 he had been left in his godfather 's will . |
| 9 | Cottam suggested that he too should have been paid for his fortnight 's service , but the Governors replied that they were under the impression that " his services had been tendered on behalf of and as the personal friend of Mr. Hamilton " . |
| 10 | The creditor who had been splashed by his debtor 's wheel could have his carriage seized the next day . |