Example sentences of "was [adj] of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was tolerant of his brother Neil 's attempts to piggyback his way into the movies on the Connery name , and understanding of his mother 's very Scottish shame at his success ; she took to booking even her hair appointments in her maiden name . |
| 2 | The Virgin has always been more popular than Christ in the New World ; indeed in the sixteenth century certain churchmen had argued that while the East was the domain of Christ , the newly discovered West was that of his mother . |
| 3 | As a result of the exclusion of the written confession the prosecution 's only evidence against Findlay was that of his oral admissions which related to only one robbery at Hainault , and not saying which . |
| 4 | She was pretty sure the only address listed was that of his college . |
| 5 | Er he wanted to er see me , his brother had got promoted and was Half of his book was come vacant , would I have half the book ? |
| 6 | Maud was buoyant with complicity , and Anthony robust because he was free of his work . |
| 7 | Usually he was oblivious of his working conditions , but a sub-tropical temperature was difficult to ignore . |
| 8 | The uncle was fond of his nephew , and convinced young James 's parents to let the boy live with him at Craigie Mains . |
| 9 | He was fond of his wife in an absent-minded way , especially when she was not nagging at him , so he took a Kleenex out of the kitchen box and went back to her , saying rather hopelessly : ‘ Here , have a Kleenex . ’ |
| 10 | There is not much , at this stage of his life , to suggest that Henry was fond of his children . |
| 11 | He loved his sons and was fond of his wife . |
| 12 | He had been well aware that she would dearly love to have been one of his girlfriends , more than willing to go to bed with him had he given her any encouragement , and was resentful of his relationship with Liza . |
| 13 | It was significant that the man Cooke feared Back would not be able to handle at Twickenham next month , French flanker Laurent Cabannes , was another of his victims in front of a capacity 16,000 crowd . |
| 14 | The safety helmet was another of his discoveries , his good ideas . |
| 15 | Even Richard was afraid of his father . |
| 16 | Finally , Foucauld was killed by a marauding band which was unaware of his name and reputation . |
| 17 | The body was not wholly parthenogenetic , but contained elements of himself and Roirbak , though Roirbak was unaware of his participation . |
| 18 | What appealed to me was the notion , on paper at least , of dealing with a so-called pacifist who was unaware of his feelings and potential for violence inside himself that were the very same feelings he abhorred in society . |
| 19 | The Church was unaware of his existence . |
| 20 | Lord Denning , applying D.& C. Builders v. Rees , below , held that there was no true accord and satisfaction — there was inequality of bargaining power and the plaintiff was unaware of his rights at common law . |
| 21 | She was unaware of his scrutiny , gazing with fondness at the two blond-headed little boys who were shovelling gravy-sodden potato into their mouths , an exercise — and apparently the only one — that kept them silent . |
| 22 | Dick is a trespasser , as the occupier was unaware of his presence and if he had known of his presence , would have objected to it . |
| 23 | Closing her eyes as her senses seemed to be spinning giddily out of control , she was unaware of his eyes devouring the sheen of her pale skin , gleaming like alabaster in the warm morning light , and the sight of her full breasts rising erotically above the now lowered neckline of her gown . |
| 24 | This was the first year since he became leader of his party six years ago that Mr Kinnock was relieved of his preoccupation with an ungovernable party and was able to turn his attention properly to the government of the country . |
| 25 | At the end of 1252 , however , Geoffrey of Langley was relieved of his Forest office , and was sent to Scotland to act as counsellor to Henry III 's daughter Margaret , Queen of Scotland . |
| 26 | It was this very quality of non-conformity for which Leslie had expressed admiration in June 1941 when Wavell was relieved of his Middle East command . |
| 27 | Jake Barrie was relieved of his booking duties and the Mean Fiddler 's Dave Phillips was offered the chance to revive the Pendletons ' flagging garden party . |
| 28 | For this he was relieved of his world title and , like Johnson , was involuntarily immobilized . |
| 29 | Falkenhayn was relieved of his command by the Kaiser in August and replaced by Hindenburg and Ludendorff . |
| 30 | His offensive in ruins , General Nivelle was relieved of his command on 15 May 1917 and replaced by General Henri Petain . |