Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He surveyed the two women , who were oblivious of his presence as they tore verbally at each other . |
| 2 | After only two visits , however , the novelty wore off , and it was patently obvious that Jeopardy and his partner were oblivious of his presence ; it became easy to ignore theirs . |
| 3 | When Dr Richard Lawrence , the society 's secretary , learned that I was writing a Christian appraisal of paganism and the occult , he pointed out that Aetherius ' members fully revered Jesus , and were convinced of his virgin birth and resurrection . |
| 4 | All three were convinced of his innocence . |
| 5 | Jurors in the case of Dalton Prejean were unaware of his long-term mental problems when sentencing him to death . |
| 6 | Mr Harper 's protests were typical of his commitment . |
| 7 | His teachers were suspicious of his popularity , annoyed by his lack of interest in academic work and infuriated that he could still achieve high marks in examinations . |
| 8 | The London Medical Review wrote in 1862 that : ‘ there can be no doubt that both in the human subject and in the lower animals the female does participate fully in the sexual passion ’ , and many others were sceptical of his claims . |
| 9 | The American critics , to whom it was rapidly becoming clear that the dominant culture was to be their own , were sceptical of his Anglicanism and Toryism . |
| 10 | They were jealous of his success , they spread rumours about him — lies . |
| 11 | He was fully conscious but his limbs , hands and feet began to carry out movements that were independent of his will . |
| 12 | His head was bare and his smile was just a little rueful , as if he were uncertain of his welcome . |
| 13 | Some of the smokers were aware of his campaign against passive smoking — the kind that gave him cancer in smoke-tarred clubs . |
| 14 | He was tolerant of his brother Neil 's attempts to piggyback his way into the movies on the Connery name , and understanding of his mother 's very Scottish shame at his success ; she took to booking even her hair appointments in her maiden name . |
| 15 | Maud was buoyant with complicity , and Anthony robust because he was free of his work . |
| 16 | Usually he was oblivious of his working conditions , but a sub-tropical temperature was difficult to ignore . |
| 17 | The uncle was fond of his nephew , and convinced young James 's parents to let the boy live with him at Craigie Mains . |
| 18 | He was fond of his wife in an absent-minded way , especially when she was not nagging at him , so he took a Kleenex out of the kitchen box and went back to her , saying rather hopelessly : ‘ Here , have a Kleenex . ’ |
| 19 | There is not much , at this stage of his life , to suggest that Henry was fond of his children . |
| 20 | He loved his sons and was fond of his wife . |
| 21 | He had been well aware that she would dearly love to have been one of his girlfriends , more than willing to go to bed with him had he given her any encouragement , and was resentful of his relationship with Liza . |
| 22 | Even Richard was afraid of his father . |
| 23 | Finally , Foucauld was killed by a marauding band which was unaware of his name and reputation . |
| 24 | The body was not wholly parthenogenetic , but contained elements of himself and Roirbak , though Roirbak was unaware of his participation . |
| 25 | What appealed to me was the notion , on paper at least , of dealing with a so-called pacifist who was unaware of his feelings and potential for violence inside himself that were the very same feelings he abhorred in society . |
| 26 | The Church was unaware of his existence . |
| 27 | Lord Denning , applying D.& C. Builders v. Rees , below , held that there was no true accord and satisfaction — there was inequality of bargaining power and the plaintiff was unaware of his rights at common law . |
| 28 | She was unaware of his scrutiny , gazing with fondness at the two blond-headed little boys who were shovelling gravy-sodden potato into their mouths , an exercise — and apparently the only one — that kept them silent . |
| 29 | Dick is a trespasser , as the occupier was unaware of his presence and if he had known of his presence , would have objected to it . |
| 30 | Closing her eyes as her senses seemed to be spinning giddily out of control , she was unaware of his eyes devouring the sheen of her pale skin , gleaming like alabaster in the warm morning light , and the sight of her full breasts rising erotically above the now lowered neckline of her gown . |