Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because attracting important men to his presence was essential to princely authority , ostentation might offer sound political investment . |
| 2 | His mouth was full of stolen egg . |
| 3 | His mouth was full of stainless steel . |
| 4 | But when he woke at quarter past six , his mind was full of ugly images , of Alex trembling , of the gun , and , most of all , of the expression of bewilderment and betrayal on Michael Banks 's face as he clutched at his chest and sank to the ground . |
| 5 | True enough , we have only fragments of his history ; but it can not be by chance that while the Greek side of his tale is full of internal conflicts , the story of Italy is miraculously free of them . |
| 6 | His breath was thick with stale Disque Bleu and garlic . |
| 7 | He never recovered , and for the rest of his life was incapable of intellectual work . |
| 8 | He explicitly rejected attempting to solve socialist problems by adopting capitalist methods , but did suggest that his government was interested in improving relations with capitalist countries . |
| 9 | The French action was condemned by the MDD as an unwarranted interference in Chadian affairs , but was praised by United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs , Herman Cohen , who said that his government was concerned about Libyan influence in Chad . |
| 10 | His voice was husky with small use and his tone derisive . |
| 11 | His voice was tight with suppressed curiosity . |
| 12 | His voice was full of dark humour , dark humour to match that dark hair , and the sun-darkened surface of his skin . |
| 13 | And now he realizes that his slowness was a pause for savouring , that his silence was full of unfelt feeling . |
| 14 | However , this does not mean that his position was incompatible with individual reformation ; he just did not happen to consider it . |
| 15 | Forewarned , we dodged a conversation about ‘ political prisoners ’ ; just as well , for his face was black with preparatory anger . |
| 16 | Li Shai Tung lay in his bed , as if he slept , yet his face was pale like carved ivory , his chest still . |
| 17 | Pasha Naiz and his death were evocative in consequential ways ; they were part of an idiom which was largely inexplicit ( though not unstructured ) but which has to be made explicit if it is to be understood by people who do not have it . |
| 18 | His language was full of nautical metaphors . |
| 19 | Bacon , as an advocate of really long-term investment , said the concentration on tobacco was ‘ to the untimely prejudice of the main business ’ , though it is not easy to see what he thought the main business of a plantation ought to be — his essay was full of sensible advice , much of it showing signs of the influence of the Virginia experience , but he never explained why people should want to support this sort of enterprise , unless it was to be part of a programme for sending people abroad to reduce overpopulation . |