Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frank Jessop was in his late 60's when he started needing to get up three or four times each night to pass urine , and he was referred to his local hospital 's urology department . |
| 2 | He was referred by his General Practitioner whom he had consulted after experiencing recurrent episodes of upper abdominal pain and severe indigestion . |
| 3 | Once a virtuous king , whose subjects hailed him as a god , he was killed by his jealous brother Seth . |
| 4 | In addition Curzon fairly soon reverted to his habit of complaining about the way in which he was treated by his Prime Minister . |
| 5 | Thus Stirling took himself to Jalo where he was joined by his depleted force who were flown in . |
| 6 | as if this was not enough , he was joined in his mad reverse by a colleague . |
| 7 | There was also a tinge of sadness in Gerry Britton 's voice when he was asked about his old club . |
| 8 | He was hampered by his Catholic sympathies , his inadequate local following , and his lack of independent political weight at court . |
| 9 | But he was given by his unmarried mum to a childless couple from Corfu , probably the only such adoption ever to take place in the Greek islands . |
| 10 | He appears under the name he was given in his orphaned youth — the Boy from Apulia . |
| 11 | He was noted for his prodigious memory , was deeply religious , and a staunch advocate of temperance . |
| 12 | He was supported in his anti-Fascist beliefs by his great friend the local general practitioner , Dr Sambataro , who lived in Fontanellato . |
| 13 | In this he was supported by his white Cabinet and nearly all the whites of Rhodesia . |
| 14 | He was sacked from his final job , at Motorbility , suppliers of Reliant Robins , for ‘ encouraging a session of dirty joke telling on a wet afternoon ’ . |
| 15 | He was sacked from his ministerial post in June for criticizing what he saw as Franco 's lack of commitment to the Axis cause . |
| 16 | Within the space of three weeks we were to experience two of the most important ceremonies of any legionnaire 's contract : the moment when he was presented with his white képi , and the celebrations surrounding Christmas . |
| 17 | Nothing came of this , but in 1591 he was appointed to his only national post , the chamberlainship of the Exchequer , setting up office on his Blackfriars property . |
| 18 | He showed a natural aptitude for mechanical construction , and on completing his apprenticeship he was appointed to his late father 's post at the colliery . |
| 19 | He was dressed with his usual carelessness , in boots and dark breeches and jacket and a shirt whose collar he had pulled open for comfort . |
| 20 | He was dressed in his heavy-rimmed glasses , tweed hat , and the Burberry was buttoned to the throat . |
| 21 | Vial thus lost his annuity from Flesseille , and he was deprived of his other appointments . |
| 22 | Eventually he was rewarded for his long and faithful service by being placed in the heavens as the constellation of Aquarius . |
| 23 | As usual , he was accompanied by his personal retinue of sect heavies . |
| 24 | Does he recall his recent visit to Stratford station , to which he was carried in his ministerial sedan chair by two sweating but cheerful typists ? |
| 25 | He was released from his 12-day sentence after mental health charity Mind and a well-wisher paid his bill and costs , totalling £370 . |
| 26 | As a result he was despoiled of his various churches and exiled to France when the Royalist party triumphed in 1217 . |
| 27 | He applied unsuccessfully for the chair of technology at Edinburgh , and in 1862 was appointed keeper of minerals to the Royal Dublin Society , His meteorological output was confined to the translation of Dove 's book but in 1866 he was approached by his intimate friend ( Sir ) Edward Sabine [ q.v. ] , then at the height of his influence as president of the Royal Society and prospective chairman of the new meteorological committee , and was offered the directorship of the Meteorological Office . |
| 28 | He was known for his rugged good looks , and his best roles were in the Forties films The Ox-Bow Incident , Laura and The Best Years Of Their Lives . |
| 29 | Jack reckoned he was known amongst his male friends of that era as the Great Seducer — his own words — but friend-for-life Robert Towne did not quite remember it that way . |
| 30 | He was so respected by his natural enemies , the Moors , that when he was exiled by his Christian overlords , they were more than willing to give him shelter and employment . |