Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [be] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Brian said he felt Jason could do us a job , and I know him well enough to realise that his judgement is worth following . |
| 2 | Amazingly , his talk was of going back to ravaged Yugoslavia soon to carry on reporting the bloody civil war . |
| 3 | As has been said above , the Prime Minister seldom worries if the Opposition is opposing — his fear is of losing those voters who usually support his party . |
| 4 | By now , having experienced the sensation of flying , he felt that his future was in flying the aircraft rather than servicing them on the ground ; in April 1934 he was finally accepted for pilot training . |
| 5 | He stresses the importance of reward , and mentions different ways of praising the horse : ‘ The simplest way for the rider to show his appreciation is by patting or speaking with a soothing voice . |
| 6 | In two further cases the role intention plays is the same sort of interpretative role which it can so easily assume in legacies : to consider what meaning the testator attached to the words he used ; or what his intention was in imposing a modality on a disposition . |
| 7 | So great had his concentration been on finishing the maps that Green had had little time to do anything else in those difficult years excepting for a brief visit to Buttermere in 1791 , and in 1793 he went to Wales and the Lake District with his stalwart helper Thornton ; but in 1794 he revisited Cumberland for twelve weeks two of which were devoted to Buttermere . |
| 8 | It was long enough for him to persuade the Royal College of Music that his talent was worth taking seriously . |
| 9 | For example , a 14-year-old who gets out of his seat in class must be taught , with rewards , that staying in his seat is worth choosing and , with punishments , that getting out of his seat is not worth choosing . |
| 10 | Immediately a very helpful female ATCO identified the Aircoupe ( its pilot now concentrating his whole being on keeping straight and level in the pouring rain and turbulent IMC conditions ) as being overhead Farnborough , and gave radar headings towards White Waltham , a cloudbreak at around 800 feet and a passable landing . |
| 11 | In 1155 , the customs confirmed by Louis VII for Lorris on the royal demesne established that no parishioner should have to pay taxes on food intended for his own consumption or on grain grown by his own labour ; he should be exempt from tolls when he took his produce to the neighbouring towns of Etampes , Orléans , Milly , or Melun ; if required for a chevauchée , he must be allowed to return home at the end of the day ; the only labour service he owed his lord was in carrying seigneurial wine to Orléans twice a year ; and the burgesses of Lorris as a whole were exempted from seigneurial tailles . |
| 12 | But his main preoccupation during the latter part of his life was in attempting to obtain the public recognition which he felt he had been denied . |
| 13 | As soon as My Fair Lady began gushing dollars , however , two of the residuary legatees , the British Museum and RADA , decided that his will was worth contesting . |
| 14 | His letter is worth quoting as it shows the depth of feeling and suspicion in the Services at that time . |
| 15 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 16 | David said he would contact a solicitor to find out what his position was with regard to access to his children . |
| 17 | The view from his cave was of dripping water and a palm tree . |
| 18 | If he has severe perceptual problems , for instance , you may need to keep reminding him where his face is by helping him to touch it , or he may keep forgetting to shave or wash the left half of his face . |
| 19 | His interest is in pricking Prior Robert and Sub-Prior Herluin into bristling at each other with wattles glowing scarlet and throats gobbling rage . |