Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , after she was caught red-handed in an orgy with nine lovers in her Red Fort harem apartments , Aurangzeb arranged for his sister to be discreetly poisoned . |
| 2 | ‘ Of a four-handed cast , ’ wrote Bernard Levin in the Daily Mail , ‘ Mr Michael Crawford , as the brother who can not bear his sister to be touched by the world , makes a great deal out of what I suspect is not very much , conveying well his uncomprehending self-disgust . ’ |
| 3 | Derek refused and they again threatened him that it was the only way to save his sister from being interned and himself from being charged with murder and gunrunning . |
| 4 | In the cross God allows his weakness to be our strength . |
| 5 | The gipsy leader wanted his grandchild to be born in northern England , surrounded by the Plunkett family and friends . |
| 6 | Tomorrow Mr Kinnock will call for his successor to be chosen ‘ sooner rather than later ’ and will urge the ruling National Executive Committee to hold a special June conference to decide the issue . |
| 7 | Mr Kinnock 's preference for his successor to be in place by the end of June proved impossible to meet , as the party 's rules decree that there must be at least 12 weeks in which to consult the three groups that make up the electoral college — MPs , constituency activists and the unions . |
| 8 | The fact that the P.M. asked for the processes of selection of his successor to be undertaken in the middle of a party conference was bound to create consternation , confusion and intrigue , and indeed it did . |
| 9 | Why has it taken so long for this in his technique to be exposed ? |
| 10 | He 's set his heart on being the next Dr Who . |
| 11 | ‘ I would rather see Philip play the piano than workingmen 's clubs but he has set his heart on being a magician and we are supporting him , ’ said his mother Stella . |
| 12 | This record sounds jaded and forced and while Ian Astbury may wish his heart to be buried at Wounded Knee , this time he 's succeeded in putting his foot well and truly in his mouth . |
| 13 | And Willis had it in his heart to be sorry for old Dreadnought , as she struggled to rise against the increasing load of water . |
| 14 | Owen , when he heard the news , came limping in great haste through the furious bustle of the maenol to claim his rights , afraid in his heart of being rejected . |
| 15 | Having decided that he was very unlikely to shave for next sixteen or so days he wanted his beard to be at the past-scratch stage when he arrived . |
| 16 | She liked his torments , his inability to be happy , his sense that he must be busy saving the world . |
| 17 | It certainly puts him in a different frame of mind , for on hearing it he resolves to beg forgiveness of his mistress for being jealous ( ex.13 ) . |
| 18 | But then his honesty about being HIV-positive is touchingly real and anything but theatrical . |
| 19 | His dip could n't save his fight to be elected and he 's now stepped down . |
| 20 | A BABY ostrich called Linford after the Olympic flyer has become the first of his kind to be born in Britain outside a zoo . |
| 21 | Since , however , the House in Reg. v. Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 , this must ( I think ) have been because the Italian student , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the taxi driver taking anything in excess of the correct fare . |
| 22 | Since , however , the House in Reg. v. Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 , this must ( I think ) have been because the Italian student , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the taxi driver taking anything in excess of the correct fare . |
| 23 | He did not find Lawrence and Morris easy to reconcile but since " the House in R v Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Lawrence 's case , there must have been because [ the victim ] , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the [ accused ] taking anything in excess of [ what was agreed ] . |
| 24 | He says that before he died Mr Summerfield had said he 'd like his money to be used for a charitable trust — the gallery is just what he would have wanted . |
| 25 | The success of Let Us Compare Mythologies confirmed Leonard in his decision to be a poet-writer , even if it did not relieve Masha of her concern for his future well being . |
| 26 | Partly he was desperate to earn his own living and vindicate his decision to be an artist , and , in spite of everything , to place in front of his father and mother the hard-won gift of his success . |
| 27 | A student who has been debarred from taking an examination or whose studies have been discontinued by decision of the Senate may ask for his case to be reviewed . |
| 28 | To bolster his case for being given a second term — and to outflank the opposition Labor Party — prime minister Malcolm Fraser has announced new research initiatives in biotechnology , satellite research , industrial R&D and in the Antarctic . |
| 29 | For about three weeks I sat constantly for about four hours a day with Dawn perched on my fist , watching TV or listening to the radio , quietly trying to make it seem as if this were the most natural thing in the world for a boy and his owl to be doing . |
| 30 | He wished the administration of Japan under his direction to be seen as positive , challenging and above all successful in laying the foundations for political and economic achievement in Japan . |