Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] his [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams [ 1957 ] 1 WLR 370 , Denning LJ suggested that a binding promise might be inferred from the circumstances if the seller stated a fact which was or should be within his own knowledge , and of which the buyer was ignorant , intending that the buyer should act upon it , and with the result that the buyer did act upon it . |
| 2 | This time , apparently , without , which must be by his own contriving . |
| 3 | … But there were times , when they were alone in the house together — and even though the Rabbi might be in his own room teasing out a bissle Talmud — his attention would suddenly stray from the holy words and he would become uncomfortably aware of some dybbuk , some spirit of unhappiness , brooding in the kitchen . |
| 4 | Troublesome as the Armstrongs , Elliots and the rest might be within his own kingdom , they were quite useful as a thorny , lacerating palisade against their English neighbours . |
| 5 | He 'll be on his own . |
| 6 | I did n't realize he 'd be on his own in there |
| 7 | While I am the last to recommend such surgery unnecessarily , there 's no doubt that in Sombro 's case it would be for his own good . |
| 8 | He thought the guy would be about his own age , certainly not more than mid-thirties . |
| 9 | He could put the past behind him ; whatever was to happen now would be by his own endeavour , his own will . |
| 10 | When he crossed the Glen it would be in his own good time , and with an eye to what prizes were left alive for the taking , and for them he would fight as doughtily as any man if he must . |
| 11 | Most probably that player will be on his own . |