Example sentences of "it was of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew it was of his own making but that was not useful knowledge because he could not unmake it . |
| 2 | Sometimes he thought it was of his own making : he was unaccustomed to working closely with women and this one was still young and attractive which made him self-conscious . |
| 3 | After all , Mercurius was the tutelary deity of the Art , and it was of his very nature to beguile and confuse in this manner ; but she could take no comfort from the knowledge , for she must pursue him as through a hall of mirrors , from one bride-chamber to the next , and at each remove he shifted shape with such dispiriting agility that , again and again , she might have cried out loud for rest . |
| 4 | Luckily , after a while , I noticed a framed photograph of a young man on the sideboard and diverted the flow by asking if it was of his son — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |