Example sentences of "it was in his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was impelled to say something : it was in his blood , his whole being drove him on . |
| 2 | In this way the child learnt that it was in his own interest for the experimenter to go to the empty box . |
| 3 | If Ackerley derived any satisfaction from this rough , rackety , frustrated life it was in his work at The Listener , where his enlightened editorial policies make him sound like a reviewer 's dream ( he telephoned contributors at midnight to query the removal of a comma ) . |
| 4 | Quite right ; but I 'd had a vague recollection , and looked it up , and although the shirt of the centaur Nessus , saturated as it was in his poisoned blood , had caused Hercules no end of pain … |
| 5 | It was in his experience difficult for most people to prove conclusively exactly where they had been for any forty-eight-hour period , members of the Metropolitan police force always excepted , and this was going to make his life very difficult . |
| 6 | Saddam Hussein threatened that it was in his power to sponsor terrorist attacks on the countries ranged against him . |
| 7 | It was in his camp here that he was approached by a French envoy on behalf of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria , the same Maximilian who had been given the Palatine Electorate in 1623 , with a view to saving his lands from the depredations of Gustavus . |
| 8 | Barrow , the former Liphook all-rounder , wants to continue playing Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire and felt it was in his interests to join a division one side . |
| 9 | It was in his capacity as a sales manager with Timex that McMurdo first acquired the taste for the agent 's life . |
| 10 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 11 | I knew the squadron was ordered out that night and he would be amongst them , and if ever death was in the face of a man , it was in his that afternoon . |
| 12 | ( It was in his bilingual edition of the six surviving books that Bachet de Meziriac enunciated the Four Square Theorem , mentioned in Box B. ) |
| 13 | If he was a zealot , it was in his strict adherence to his Faith ; if he was bigoted , it was in his belief that the kirk was of the people and answerable to no master other than God . |
| 14 | If he was a zealot , it was in his strict adherence to his Faith ; if he was bigoted , it was in his belief that the kirk was of the people and answerable to no master other than God . |
| 15 | He knew how it had come to him , and now it was in his hand . |
| 16 | Lineker , on the other hand , took his decision having already played in two World Cups , deciding it was in his best interests to seek a fortune playing in Japan rather than face the prospect of losing his status and even his England place as his legs began to fail him . |
| 17 | Lord Hesketh had poured his own fortune into the team and it was in his nature to run the whole show . |
| 18 | It was in his shoulder blade and was promptly diagnosed as muscular . |
| 19 | On the other hand , on a different occasion she expressed feelings of depression and powerlessness in the face of professional opinion , conceding that she might allow him to go to residential school if it could be shown that it was in his best interests . |
| 20 | It was in his name that taxes were collected , the law enforced , war waged and treaties signed . |
| 21 | It was in his opinion a piece of architectural magic , suspended twenty feet above sea level . |
| 22 | Pogo never refused any request she made if it was in his power to satisfy her . |
| 23 | He had moreover made himself disagreeable to many contemporary naturalists , and his posthumous reputation has been well below what it was in his earlier life , when he was seen as the British Cuvier . |
| 24 | In fact , it was in his interests that the old man stayed alive . ’ |
| 25 | It was in his interests that his father should live at least until the seven years were up . ’ |
| 26 | And as long as Charlie had no particular desire to lie flat and be fed through a tube , it was in his interests to see that these were watertight . |
| 27 | Aristotle knows of a time in which the constitution of Massalia had been even more oligarchic than it was in his time ( Pol . |
| 28 | Maxim had a tie with him , but at the moment it was in his pocket . |
| 29 | He came one day softly to see Cley , to discuss with him whether to ban , as it was in his power to do , a new play entitled Forgotten Robe , Abyss , Glitter . |
| 30 | But he was a proper But it was in his back yard , he was killing it and hanging it up in the window there . |