Example sentences of "to be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | See , mibbe Heathcliffe was Kathy 's father 's illegitimate son that he brought back to be brung up with his Respectable Family . |
| 2 | Then it was Dean Saunders , only for the pairing to be broken up with his Wales partner 's recent move to Villa . |
| 3 | Piper allowed himself to be threaded back into his jacket . |
| 4 | His father , Keith , said : ‘ He was in terrible shock for a while but he seems to be getting back to his normal self . ’ |
| 5 | But punters are unlikely to get much value for the grey in this competitive 25runner handicap and , as Daru had to be ridden out for his last two victories , he is worth opposing . |
| 6 | For instance one may find marked relief from taking warm drinks which would make another feel much worse ; one may have a high fever and sweats whilst another has no fever at all ; one may be hot and want to be uncovered and in the fresh air whilst another is hot yet wants to be covered up to his chin ; one may wish to continue his work whilst another might only wish to lie down and die and so on . |
| 7 | His nursery being fully stocked with flowering shrubs , of all sorts that can be pictured , with these he borders the outskirts of all his plantations and he continues , annually , raising from seed and layering , budding , grafting , that twenty thousand trees are hardly to be missed out of his nurseries . |
| 8 | He was determined not to be done out of his bones at the end of the feast . |
| 9 | ‘ The zoo , ’ Paul butted in , only to be butted out by his mother . |
| 10 | Throughout this Part of the Act , a sharp differentiation is made between the person who intends to stir up racial hatred , and a person who behaves in such a way that racial hatred is likely to be stirred up by his behaviour . |
| 11 | But then he had no adjustments to make here , he 'd no other income to collect but here he 's got three sources of income to be collected out of his on the pension only . |
| 12 | His eyes seemed to be popping out of his head in uncontrollable anger . |
| 13 | And to add to the Blues ' tale of woe , Glen Keeley became the first player to be sent off on his debut in a Merseyside derby . |
| 14 | ‘ In the beginning , yes , he did , but he did n't want to be pushed out of his class . |
| 15 | The theory would appear to be borne out by his subsequent record : only one further final appearance , at Los Angeles , and eight losses to players ranked below him on the computer . |
| 16 | That he was in Bursa by this time would seem to be borne out by his association with Molla Fenari 's son , Mehmed Sah , whose he became at the medrese of Mehmed I ( the Sultan medrese ) in Bursa . |
| 17 | If Dizzy the prodigal was to be received back onto his family 's old stamping-ground without too much in the way of resentment , her own job would be a lot easier to carry off . |
| 18 | There was a feeling that Mill House might just be coming out of the doldrums : he had won his last race , beating his solitary rival at Sandown Park for the princely sum of £426 , and appeared to be coming back to his old self . |
| 19 | Al Capone need not be the only gangster to be caught out on his tax returns . |
| 20 | NOW YOU 'VE stopped laughing at the idea of Kevin Costner in tights , you can have a chuckle at the cast rumoured to be lined up for his Robin Hood movie Prince Of Thieves — Danny DeVito ( above ) as Friar Tuck , either Patsy Kensit , Emily Lloyd or Imogen Stubbs as Maid Marian and as Robin 's big buddy Little John , John Goodman , who is reported to have been paid $750,000 just to stay interested in playing Fred Flintstone while the producers look for a script |
| 21 | The tough slaughterman viewing the small , unimpressive figure and deciding that he was n't going to be put out of his routine by some ragged farm man . |
| 22 | This became worse and worse and eventually he had to be put out of his misery . |
| 23 | He had felt betrayed by the visit , after hoping to be lifted out of his crushing depression by it . |
| 24 | The Commons ordered £500 to be paid out for his funeral and to feed his family . |
| 25 | In the absence of some other agreed procedure , an outgoing partner , or his estate , is entitled to have the affairs of his former firm wound up under the Partnership Act and to be paid out for his interest . |
| 26 | HE IS going to be held up by his technique because he reverse-pivots with a mega-weak grip . |
| 27 | At the end of his torment , Ensor was to be found down on his knees in prayer ‘ that the inherent virtues of cricket may continue to preserve it ’ from the hooting and yelling mobs of the football stadiums . |
| 28 | She decided she was n't going to be thrown off by his attempt to annoy her . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ Bryan seemed to be going out of his way to play a father 's role with the children . |
| 30 | On his arrival , he had asked for hot water to be brought up to his room at nine sharp the next morning , but the sight of one of the young servant girls struggling up the stairs from the kitchen with the huge kettle of boiling water had made him feel so guilty and ashamed he had not asked again . |