Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] be his " in BNC.

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1 This was a warning to the adventurous Arab in the desert , if you did force-land and you suddenly found you were his prisoner , and in several dialects of Arabic .
2 I had n't asked but I just knew she was his only offspring , and I 'd lay odds there was n't a Mrs McInnes any more .
3 just thought it was his natural hair but
4 He still believed it was his God given right to govern .
5 Though I honestly thought you were his mum or his auntie , Jan !
6 Clerval now decided it was his turn to be unpleasant .
7 But the other echo which really gripped me was his reference to some of the Imperial flights down the Gulf that were not as straightforward and as simple as they are today , I speak now of when I was awakened from my afternoon siesta by someone from the guardroom telling me to get down to flights as quickly as possible and have my overnight gear with me .
8 Some even thought it was his going away do !
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