Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olazabal maintained his ball was lying in a depression caused by a chair leg but got no sympathy . |
| 2 | Seeking a name , John Fawcus opened a book and the first word that caught his eye was ‘ cryptic ’ So , as established institutions are apt to spring from casual beginnings , was born the club that has prospered peripatetically ever since . |
| 3 | Now he was not only unable to remember the names of politicians , sportsmen and television personalities , he also found his memory was unable to supply the personal details of people he had known since he was a child . |
| 4 | Rufus found his heart was beating fast . |
| 5 | It was when he tried to move that he found his robe was caught on some obstruction . |
| 6 | When one prisoner who had been there six months found his wife was about to have a baby , he was taken by the turnkey to the room of a shabby man dressed in a torn and darned rough-weather sea jacket who had once been a surgeon on a passenger ship but was now ‘ a ghastly medical scarecrow ’ , Dr Haggage . |
| 7 | The autopsy found his stomach was empty , and in his bag was a tin of sardines , which had remained stubbornly closed to his frozen fingers . |
| 8 | But , like his brother scientists in the West , he found his advice was ignored . |
| 9 | The legend tells of his pursuit of Colonel Briggs to Kendal Church during morning service , riding his horse into the church and losing his helmet on the way out , when he found his enemy was not present . |
| 10 | His blood-pressure was normal , but she found his temperature was raised . |
| 11 | Robert was so surprised to hear the mathematics master speak , he found his mouth was hanging open like a fish 's . |
| 12 | I spat into my fingers and used them , then found his foreskin was loose enough to be rolled back and forth over the head , and did that for a while . |
| 13 | First time I tried his phone was engaged . |
| 14 | They trusted him because they believed his work was guaranteed by FIMBRA , the financial watchdog body based in London . |
| 15 | But most publicity was given to the finding in the same poll that two-thirds of the French regarded Mr Le Pen as a positive ‘ danger for democracy ’ , while three quarters believed his party was ‘ incapable of governing France . ’ |
| 16 | Not that she believed his mother was a tramp , but whatever had happened all those years ago it had obviously involved her grandfather — why else would he give her money when the child so obviously could n't have been his ? |
| 17 | And why did they let Tommy , who believed his job was safe , give interviews outlining his plans for the future ? |
| 18 | Certainly he believed his action was right for the opinion polls . |
| 19 | If the speaker is lying , for instance , it may be that what caused his utterance was something quite opposed to belief in what he meant to say , or a favourable attitude towards what his utterance was meant to commend . |
| 20 | It seemed his conscience was troubling him . |
| 21 | " That boy imagined his father was a murderer . |
| 22 | He looked down at the man still standing nervously in front of him , and noticed his jacket was patched and someone had put leather binding round the edges of the sleeves . |
| 23 | This time he seemed ill at ease and jumpy and I noticed his face was slick with perspiration when he spun to greet me . |
| 24 | As he had expected , she assumed his apology was because he had been so bold in the maid 's presence . |
| 25 | Everything that identified his background was destroyed . |
| 26 | The issue that dominated his chairmanship was always simple : ‘ Do you want your tax dollars spent on pornography ? ’ |
| 27 | With his head turned his face was close to hers and he would stare right at her , maybe thinking nobody could see him in the dimness , or maybe not caring if they did . |
| 28 | Hours before the rebels arrived his body was hurriedly wrapped in a blanket and secreted in a shallow grave . |
| 29 | ‘ The Archdeacon says the post-mortem showed his neck was broken . |
| 30 | In truth what really shaped his view was the comparison between Mayo 's film and Fury , which was released by MGM at much the same time . |