Example sentences of "his [noun] were [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Oz had worked just as hard as she had , not stopping to gaze down into the dale , but picking and picking until his fingers were stained blue-purple . |
| 2 | Michael Roper and his step-brother were thrown thirty feet from the lift onto the snow below . |
| 3 | On 18 August 1991 Antonio Palacios Urrea , three of his children and his son-in-law were shot dead by soldiers in their home on the outskirts of Fusagasugá , Cundinamarca department . |
| 4 | His words were echoed last night by PC Hall 's boss , Chief Insp Peyer Harrison , of Redcar Police . |
| 5 | His words were cut short at the sight of Willie 's dull , sandy hair on the other side of the counter . |
| 6 | Yer part of the world and one of the best bitters — ’ His words were cut short by a clap of thunder very close . |
| 7 | His words were cut short by a blinding flash in his head . |
| 8 | He jabbed the poker at chest height of a moving figure and then his eyes were stung closed with pain . |
| 9 | He moved forward to close the gap again with the tunic back in front of him and his lips were dented white where the teeth had bitten at them . |
| 10 | His parents were found dead at their house by firemen who 'd been called to their cottage in Tetbury . |
| 11 | The reprobate ( the condemned ) fall under the judgement imposed on man because Adam broke his ‘ covenant ’ with God , a ‘ covenant of works ’ in which he and his descendants were promised eternal life upon condition of their obedience , which condition he failed to observe , thus plunging himself and all his seed into ruin . |
| 12 | In front of him on his desk were disposed various objects , an elegant and masterly still life to complement the strong head and the ambivalent natural growths . |
| 13 | The lives of both the Duke of Windsor and his spouse were rendered miserable in their last years by her quest , and his support for that quest , to be entitled to the description of ‘ Her Royal Highness ’ . |
| 14 | DAGENHAM and Redbridge boss John Still will today relive the nightmare of his only League appearance when he pits his team against the club where his dreams were shattered 25 years ago . |
| 15 | A FORMER Polish premier and his wife were found murdered yesterday . |
| 16 | His prints were sold next by Harry Phillips , auctioneer of New Bond Street , on 16 April 1798 and twenty-five days following . |
| 17 | His problems were solved three years later when he was again headhunted , this time to join TI . |
| 18 | But at least in Book 3 and in Book 12 he forgot to say that his explorations were made possible by the Romans and would benefit the Romans . |
| 19 | Even in the infant days of Scottish football , managers had realised the wisdom of a night-time curfew , and Gallacher and his team-mates were given strict instructions to remain in the hotel . |
| 20 | " But the next morning the king and several of his people were taken ill with bad stomachs . |
| 21 | The finding in favour of B and the implicit assumption that the remaining issues argued on his behalf were rendered supererogatory were essential precursors to the ultimate denial of judgment on the other points . |
| 22 | The drunks were moved on and John and his friends were followed all the way home . |
| 23 | He and his heirs were granted free denization ( 1616 ) , and he became rector of Over Wallop in Hampshire ( 1620 ) . |
| 24 | The Ides , or days when there was a full moon , were sacred to him and his shrines were placed high on mountain tops . |
| 25 | My friend had ‘ got the message ’ — realized his roses were called yellow mermaids but was puzzled by the end of the sentence . |
| 26 | The seemingly potent forces of his Imperium were stretched thin as strands of spider-silk in a giant galactic web which was mostly vacant space . |
| 27 | His drawings were sold first by Greenwood , auctioneer of Leicester Square , on 16 February 1787 and seven days following . |
| 28 | Neither Mr Murphy nor his family were given any advance warning about yesterday 's decision . |
| 29 | Merulo , as one would expect of such a prolific instrumental composer , included in his second book of motets ( 1593 ) 7 per concerti e per cantare , and after his death were published two remarkable Masses , on Giaches de Wert 's madrigal ‘ Cara la vita mia ’ for two choirs and on Andrea Gabrieli 's ‘ Benedicam Dominum ’ itself a three-choir work — for three . |
| 30 | The palm and most of his wrist were scorched black , the flesh seared into thick red welts . |