Example sentences of "[coord] his [noun sg] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that he ca n't remember the exact distance or his position is typical of the man , such things do n't matter to him . |
| 2 | Of course it has become more sophisticated now , there 's cars waiting and , but firemen are very very like that , we train firemen , they have their gear ready , erm I 'm told by , by most of the firemen that they have a chair there with their trousers on them and his shirt and his shoes and , and his car is ready in , in the drive way or his bike is ready in the driveway and , and he 's away and he 's , he 's on a fire station in a matter of a few , few minutes . |
| 3 | and shortly afterwards he or his studio was responsible for seven portraits of ladies of the Suffolk family . |
| 4 | Although Chapman was by now a famous man , and his name was familiar to thousands who had never attended a football match , on a social level he remained as affable and unassuming as the next man . |
| 5 | The Hancock Half Hours seemed to be finally at an end and both Ken and his public were ready for something in which ‘ Stop messing about ’ would mean something more than an admonition to an actor to concentrate on his script . |
| 6 | He simply absents himself if he feels the programme to be wrong , and his self-discipline is unswerving about doing his homework , and knowing his own way forward . |
| 7 | For example , difficulties of communications and in particular , how to inculcate the feeling within each individual that he and his performance are important to the organisation . |
| 8 | Mr Evans and his union were crucial to the men 's strategy . |
| 9 | They stood to attention , but it was clear that both the administrator and his deputy were unsure of the proper response . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's as good , for his age , as they 've got , and his wife is one of the sweetest women I know in this town . |
| 11 | Furthermore , Derek and his wife are obsessed with their ‘ What 's That Noise ? ’ competition . |
| 12 | He knew he was drinking too much but , damn it all , what else was there to do when a man was off duty and his wife was hundreds of miles away ? |
| 13 | Much of what he says about his money troubles and his illness is consistent with the evidence of extant records which show his salary was often in arrears , and that at the time he says he was ill his salary was being collected for him , indicating his absence from work . |
| 14 | Bentley 's tastes , knowledge of the arts , and social contacts were of inestimable value to Josiah Wedgwood and his influence was paramount in the international success of the firm . |
| 15 | ‘ I think I love you , Irish , ’ he said softly , and his voice was gritty with emotion . |
| 16 | She arched against him with a wantonness she was completely unaware of and his voice was thick with desire as he whispered against her ear . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh Alexandra ! ’ he said , and his voice was full of laughter . |
| 18 | ‘ The colour of the sea , ’ he murmured , and his voice was husky with emotion . |
| 19 | For the next year or two Cromwell and his army were involved in the conquest of Scotland , and by May 1653 the Republic had more power to make itself obeyed over the whole of the British Isles than any monarch had ever had . |
| 20 | But the fact was that ninety-nine per cent of his energy , his concentration , his time , and his money was devoted to his business . |
| 21 | This is intended to penalise fighting in that " a person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . " |
| 22 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . ’ |
| 23 | Even so , the mere fact that an employee is English , his contract is written in English and his salary is payable in pounds sterling will not always be decisive . |
| 24 | At work he was a high flier and his salary was commensurate with his ability . |
| 25 | Adimov sagged down onto his mattress and his head was half-buried in his pillow and there was a redness in his eyes . |
| 26 | This child had not been embalmed and his preservation was due to nothing more than the construction of the coffin , for the wood was no less thick — 1½ inches — than that of an adult 's coffin , and the lead was likewise no different in gauge . |
| 27 | And we sat there and talked until 12 o'clock at night , and his driver was asleep on the sofa in the hall outside . |
| 28 | A muscle suddenly jerked in his jaw , and his tone was all at once arctic . |
| 29 | Dobson seems to be quite sure of this , but Machyn was almost certainly a Londoner , and his Diary is one of the most valuable primary sources for the study of EModE London pronunciation . |
| 30 | He and his kind are unlikely to be deterred by exultation . |