Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The apprentice boys whom Grimes mistreats are attendant angels of his fallen state . |
| 2 | He had been discharged but a year later there had been little change in his weight . |
| 3 | I am not spreading or sagging , the glow of an early sun tan had probably removed a year or two and I 've discovered that lipstick does wonders , but there could have been little doubt in his mind that I was closer in age to his mother than to him . |
| 4 | But there are further reasons for his choice of qualifier , and they involve Davie in cultural as well as literary criticism . |
| 5 | But Nigel took the cloak home with him and it 's been another string to his bow ever since . |
| 6 | Here are some words of his on 20 May 1992 : |
| 7 | The memory of it revitalised a bonny smile but he was aware that there had been some anxiety in his corner . |
| 8 | There must have been some magic in his fingers because they made her head tingle . |
| 9 | Petion looked astounded in a repulsed sort of way ; Privately , he wondered who had carved these things , and hoped it had not been some ancestor of his . |
| 10 | The emphasis of the research is on Kaldor 's writing and thinking rather than on his life in the biographical sense , although there are distinct phases in his intellectual life that can be easily identified . |
| 11 | He 's never been much help to his father . ’ |
| 12 | Gary Kemp 's portrayal of the homosexual psychopath Ronnie is utterly chilling ; we are not shown what he does in bed , but it can not have been much fun for his boyfriend . |
| 13 | There are countless stories about his enthusiasm for trains , from his few moments on the footplate of the Flying Scotsman to David Tweedie 's interview for a job at TMcL largely spent in discussing a mutual interest in the LNER . |
| 14 | Despite returning to London after winning the heavyweight gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games , there have been constant jibes about his right to call himself British . |
| 15 | This has all been good training for his new post . |
| 16 | Since no reasons have been given by the decision-maker and no unfavourable inference can be drawn [ from ] this fact because there is obvious justification for his failure to do so , the presumption that he acted intra vires can only be displaced by evidence of facts which can not be reconciled with there having been reasonable cause for his belief that the documents might be required as evidence … |
| 17 | There are frequent references in his diary to air-raids , sometimes two or three in the same day . |
| 18 | Barth introduces seven correspondents , or rather reintroduces them since they are all figures from his earlier works , and Barth himself is projected into the fiction as an updated form of ‘ Mr. B. ’ , Pamela 's seducer in Richardson 's novel . |
| 19 | He wrote a poem about his friend Francis Thompson , and in it there are many echoes of his own sad youth in which he must have wondered often if his mind would flower too late for good . |
| 20 | There are many gaps in his legal knowledge that he now has an opportunity to make good , as he never will again . |
| 21 | But the most eminent of all the Dictionary possessors in Virginia was Thomas Jefferson , in whose Garden Book ( 1766–1824 ) are many references to his 1768 edition , particularly regarding the trees and vegetables at Monticello his high country home overlooking Charlottesville . |
| 22 | There are many references to his opinions and jurisprudential decisions in medieval rabbinic literature , and there survive commentaries on the first mishnaic tractate of the Talmud ( Berakhoth ( benedictions ) ) and on the domestic service ( Haggadah ) for Passover eve written by him . |
| 23 | Lothar was happy ; but what what was to become of Bernard , Louis the Pious 's 19-year-old nephew , who had been ruling Italy since his father 's death in 810 ? |
| 24 | Swegen , probably Cnut 's eldest son , had since 1030 been ruling Norway with his mother Ælfgifu of Northampton . |
| 25 | As in scene six , Anderson withholds information but there are important differences in his reasons for doing so here which implicate a major change of attitude . |
| 26 | ‘ What are those things on his head ? ’ |
| 27 | I looked carefully about me , hiding behind one of those contorted shapes , and glimpsed Dana in the distance , walking away from the group of friends and joining a young woman , tall , pale , dark , distinguished-looking — could it be that dancer of his ? |
| 28 | It may be that thinking of his own fragile balance between goodness and a propensity to go wrong , or thinking of the sins of others with compassion , will be salutary . |
| 29 | We are called to be righteous members of His kingdom , looking to our heavenly King , and being ready to proclaim the Good News by word and deed . |
| 30 | It 'll be some quest for his daughter then ? |