Example sentences of "spite of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there , like a buzzard in its eyrie , he would make forays round the US and abroad in spite of his advanced age . |
| 2 | In spite of his gift to the sport , Keller was anxious not to abuse his status as President and never went to a rowing event unless invited . |
| 3 | But in spite of his words there was a fusliza , ’ Tilda said as we walked back slowly along the path of Robina 's scruffy garden bordered by dark , unclipped shrubs . |
| 4 | As the Nissan driver concentrated on bringing his car into the fuel window , prior to the final handover to Bailey , Schlesser also caught him in spite of his reduced performance . |
| 5 | In spite of his age , his experience , he felt a cold thrill run through him . |
| 6 | Delighted to have his boy at home , Albert was in particularly cheerful form , in spite of his pain . |
| 7 | In spite of his distaste for ‘ frills ’ , he saw church-going as something one did out of obedience ; something which shaped the life of prayer and reminded each individual that he or she was a ‘ member incorporate in the blessed company of all faithful people ’ ; but not something which needed to be added to , still less enjoyed as a hobby . |
| 8 | A great time , enjoyed in spite of his illness . |
| 9 | In spite of his clothes — what difference did clothes ever make in a good strong man — he looked a finely made fellow , and we became secretly his admirers . |
| 10 | He had failed Responsions twice , in December and April before the Lincoln examination and he knew that if he did not pass in June his Oxford career , in spite of his entrance scholarship , would end abruptly . |
| 11 | Going back to the family problem just mentioned , much as we love that child in spite of his problems , we would not let ourselves be completely taken over . |
| 12 | The five children of the household — all under twelve — sat staring at him and from time to time discussed him with one another in rapid French , which in spite of his recent visit to the country as a ski soldier , totally escaped his capacity to understand . |
| 13 | Mungo asked , trying to sound casual in spite of his breathlessness . |
| 14 | In spite of his success , Asimov steered clear of literary pomposity . |
| 15 | In spite of his frustrations , though , he fell in love with the country and eventually made his home in Jerusalem . |
| 16 | Yet , in spite of his wealth and success , he died isolated and friendless , feeding on fantasy and drugs . |
| 17 | In spite of his wild nights , Modigliani completed thirty-six oils and gouaches during 1915 , approximately three paintings a month , apart from the preliminary studies and his sketchbooks full of drawings . |
| 18 | In the years since the fall of the First Empire in 1815 , the Bonaparte family had , by marriage , enlarged its connection with other Royal Houses in Europe , as a result of which Napoleon III could , in spite of his own unorthodox background , claim kinship with the majority of European rulers . |
| 19 | Unlike Napoleon III , who believed that diplomacy could , if skilfully handled , bring results without war — and this in spite of his failures to make this work in 1854 and 1859 — Bismarck held with Frederick the Great that : ‘ Diplomacy without war is like music without instruments . ’ |
| 20 | Charmed in spite of his suspicion that all this was nothing more than an elaborate strategy to get the best strawberries , the young man leaned on his fork . |
| 21 | All this time he had been working like a madman , limping about overseeing the repairs and helping in spite of his own wounds wherever his strength was needed . |
| 22 | Let his father see that he truly merited the chiefship , in spite of his wild past ! |
| 23 | The 24-year-old David Stirling was no rough and ready brawling cut-throat though , in spite of his thirst for coming to grips with the enemy . |
| 24 | But in spite of his obsession with the failures of the past , his essential irreverent humour remained undimmed . |
| 25 | In spite of his strict interpretation of the principles governing selection , Stirling , as we shall see , was not entirely above using politics to serve his own long-term aims . |
| 26 | Fracastorius , in whose poem Syphilis , the shepherd , was cured by guaiacum , endorsed the product and it was all the rage until Von Hutten died at the age of 35 of late syphilis in spite of his alleged cure . |
| 27 | In spite of his indifference , it was exquisite : the ditch banks were creamy with cowslips and lilac with cuckoo flower . |
| 28 | Mackay had no love for the Jacobite cause and in spite of his defeat at the Battle of Killiecrankie , he was given the task of subduing the Highlands , where he built the fort at the head of Loch Linnhe which became known as Fort William . |
| 29 | In spite of his derogatory comment , it was a successful work by a choreographer much admired in South Africa ( Dulcie Howes 's ballets were not seen elsewhere ) . |
| 30 | He actually danced on point , in spite of his uncertain technique . |