Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And his sister was in Texas and the brother was in Philadelphia . |
| 2 | Orbis Ali , an Afar , announced that his resignation was in protest against the civil war , which had now continued for one year , and against the deteriorating economic situation . |
| 3 | ZANA reported him as saying on arrival in Lusaka that his fight was with Mr Heath only , and that he wanted the people of Zambia to ‘ leave the British people here alone ’ . |
| 4 | His text was from Acts 17 v 30 : ‘ — now God commandeth all men everywhere to repent ’ . |
| 5 | In fact , Lewis was in no position to reproach his friend on that score , because he would drink far too heavily himself , which in his case was against doctor 's orders . |
| 6 | A TEENAGE cyclist is fighting for his life in hospital after his bike was in collision with a car in Leicester . |
| 7 | The heartiness of the latter part of his sentence was in response to a sudden visible stiffening on Hope 's part . |
| 8 | He closed the door and leaned out through the open window as he started the engine , but his look was for Marc . |
| 9 | Wherever he went in the house , he carried reams of calculations and sometimes would get up in the middle of a meal because he suspected that his calculator was at fault . |
| 10 | Secondly , he had published doctrine at variance with the Athanasian Creed and the Homilies of the Church of England and his teaching was at variance with that of the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops . |
| 11 | His hair was like streaks of dirt on his head . |
| 12 | But his horse was from Normandy , brought up through Wales and trained to kill with its hooves . |
| 13 | We knew that his lawyer was in Colorado . |
| 14 | Ken Gillance , defending , said the burglaries occurred when James and his girlfriend were in debt and James had nowhere to live . |
| 15 | England 's management have not supported the view of New Zealand captain Martin Crowe , who earlier this winter raised the issue when his side were on tour in Sri Lanka . |
| 16 | Frederick Brian Buttell , 56 , from the Isle of Man , died when his Fiesta was in collision with a lorry on the A1079 York to Hull road . |
| 17 | Alec Lewis , 84 , died from a stroke two days after his car was in collision with a bus on Muirhead Avenue , Norris Green , Liverpool . |
| 18 | A driver was injured when his car was in collision with a lorry near Northallerton . |
| 19 | The Colonel , his patron , his friend , in his mind was without bullshit , but tonight there was no warmth , no smile even . |
| 20 | However he considered that Vial ‘ was a man of such good natural abilities that when his mind was at ease , he had so much application that his deficiencies , had he lived , might have been in a great measure made up ’ . |
| 21 | But now his mind was on Harry Mack . |
| 22 | His mind was in overdrive . |
| 23 | His mind was in turmoil . |
| 24 | His reply was in part denial of the criticisms , and in part an attempt to change the issue or confuse the matter . |
| 25 | His intention was to water both horses and while they had their nose-bags of oats , he would sit in the shade with his allowance and a bottle of cold tea . |
| 26 | As Montgomerie — whose staple shot is , of course , the fade — settled into his address , it was clear that his intention was to flight the ball right to left . |
| 27 | His question was for Rain : ‘ What had he to do with Sabine ? ’ |
| 28 | By then , his marriage was under strain , but in any event the family 's way of life would have been greatly changed in this new environment . |
| 29 | If his marriage was in trouble it was because he and Diana had not been given a chance . |
| 30 | But he was temporary books editor while his boss was on holiday , so he could manage to fix something . |