Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [be] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How did you know that it was his van ; there must be plenty of Mini vans about ? ’ |
| 2 | Also , according to Aszal , they said they did not doubt that she was his wife . |
| 3 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 4 | He examined them from beneath pink-rimmed lids — as if checking that they were his , Trent thought . |
| 5 | Furious , he got up to complain to his neighbour , only to discover that it was his own dog which he had accidently shut outside before going to bed . |
| 6 | Bede represents Oswald as bringing under his sway all the peoples of Britain , divided by language into Angles , Britons , Picts and Irish ( HE 111 , 6 ) , but elsewhere writes that it was his brother and successor Oswiu , who made tributary the Picts and the Scots who inhabited the northern parts of Britain ( HE 11 , 5 ) . |
| 7 | I do n't know if he 's his brother or not . |
| 8 | I du n no if he 's er , but it 's his end , I do n't know if it 's his house , I ca n't remember if it was his house , but at that end of the street . |
| 9 | it was the same yesterday , I do n't know if it 's his teeth again |
| 10 | men that he , he did n't even know if it was his . |
| 11 | Something had upset her and he doubted if it was his arrival . |
| 12 | Because very young children have this inherent feeling that their parents can do no wrong , should one or other of those adults disappear from the scene for any reason , the child will always think that it is his fault . |
| 13 | We 've started it in our studio , bringing their people into the city or setting up a kind of branch over there where people can work together and so you do n't get the political problems of ownerships , of people saying well that 's your idea , you know , it 's the old thing of as soon as the client thinks that it 's his idea then he wants it , and it 's very hard . |
| 14 | But she quotes approvingly our television critic , Richard Last , a month or so back : ‘ Melvyn Bragg 's controversial A Time to Dance ( BBC1 ) ended on a believably tender note , suggesting that it was his producer or director , rather than the author , who miscalculated the grossness of earlier episodes . ’ |
| 15 | Obviously , it is in a ‘ plugger 's ’ interest to claim that it was his or her work which made a record into a hit , but if you employ a ‘ plugger ’ it is worth being sceptical when deciding what to believe . |
| 16 | A child who does not understand the nature of an oath may give unsworn evidence if in the opinion of the court : ( i ) he understands that it is his duty to speak the truth ; and ( ii ) he has sufficient understanding to justify his evidence being heard ( s96(1) and ( 2 ) ) . |
| 17 | Anyway , the day after we all arrived in Newark , Tibby announced that it was his birthday , and Stanford had the idea of hiring a private dining-room at the Ram … ’ |
| 18 | One farmer in North Wales admitted that it was his wife who had trained him in lambing techniques after having been on a training course . |
| 19 | It would seem to cover the situation where the accused takes the victim 's umbrella dishonestly and the victim buys back the umbrella , not realising that it is his own . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , in 7 BC this neat arrangement was interfered with in order to honour Augustus by renaming the month Sextilis after him ( he believed that it was his lucky month ) and assigning to it the same number of days as the preceding month that had been renamed after his murdered great-uncle by Mark Antony . |
| 21 | She wanted to please him , to see him smile , and tease her by calling himself the Master , and pretending that she was his slave . |
| 22 | Harris finished and the packed courtroom sat in pregnant silence waiting for Philip Drew to take the stand , remembering that it was his prerogative whether he did so or not . |
| 23 | But does he ever feel that it is his fate never to become World Champion ? |
| 24 | Somehow him telling that lie that turned out to be nearly true made him feel that it was his fault . |
| 25 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
| 26 | The poor saps come round here and act like they 're his equals , and he plays with them . |
| 27 | But seriously , I know what I 'd do if I was HIS manager , and the sooner that the authorities wake up to the fact that THERE IS a leeds united discussion list , a bit of a to-do if you ask me , the better it will be for the game … |
| 28 | What a lovely day it is , Creggan was thinking to himself , warm and sunny , and the Zoo full of interest , and food on its way with only Woil and Slorne to be fed before it was his turn , and the people were coming very near , too near . |
| 29 | Probably the most accurate statement would be that a person intends to kill if it is his or her purpose to kill by the act or omission charged , or if he or she foresees that death is practically certain to follow from that act or omission . |
| 30 | I mean if I were his dad … |