Example sentences of "it be his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or had it been his sister ? |
| 2 | Shall I make a guess at his special appeal — could it be his money ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Can it be his wife ? ’ |
| 4 | Probably there was some quite innocent explanation , which Roger Kenyon would give her when she returned the wallet — if , indeed , it were his . |
| 5 | In it were his drawings , curious long heads with pupilless eyes , some of them in blue and red chalk . |
| 6 | I prefer it that way , too , ’ says Palin , for all the world as though it were his idea . |
| 7 | He loved the child , and was endlessly kind and thoughtful towards it , as fond of it as if it were his own . |
| 8 | ‘ Whilst there may be sanctuary men and sanctuary women — ’ he pointed out , producing as it were his trump card , ‘ — since children can commit no crime for which asylum would be needed , the privilege of sanctuary can not be extended to them . |
| 9 | One would need to know things — technical things — about speech , about why and how rhythm worked , about selection of nouns and word order to explain how he could state with finality — so that the words for it were his words — simple truths . |
| 10 | Berndt said , as though it were his incisive wit alone which had arrived at the nub , ‘ The question is , what do we do with her in the meantime ? |
| 11 | The waiter arrived with the third bottle of Valpolicella and Urquhart poured himself a glass with the same relish as if it were his first . |
| 12 | She dimly saw Aunt Emily by the fire and the silver tea service winked on a table beside her , and there , in front of the fire , standing there as comfortably as if it were his own fire , she saw with no surprise at all , that it was Michael Swinton . |
| 13 | He had paid it as if it were his own . |
| 14 | He does not do this by behaving as if it were his personal project , but by quietly ensuring that things get done as decided . |
| 15 | He smiled — the unknown , rare smile , as if it were his wife he was going to meet — and , lifting his glittering sword , thrust it upwards and forwards . |
| 16 | He does not do this by behaving as if it were his personal project , but by quietly ensuring that things get done as decided . |
| 17 | Until the two old ladies with their umbrellas shattered his dream , he had walked through the streets of Brighton as if it were his own kingdom , doffing his flat cap to passers-by who could n't help hearing him coming from two blocks away . |
| 18 | He treated the assets comprised in the trust fund as his own and the trustee as though it were his mere agent or nominee . |
| 19 | How dared this man think that he could just move back into her life — after five long years — and then begin treating this place as if it were his own home ? |
| 20 | and that pen that he broke were n't mine it were his . |
| 21 | Cos she says you would n't lend me none when I lived at Arthur 's , I says no because every time I lent one at our Arthur 's he swore black and blue it were his . |
| 22 | ‘ Eastern Suburbs had planned a big welcome for Martin and the match with Balmain had sold out on the strength of it being his debut . |
| 23 | Afterwards he says it 's his fault . |
| 24 | It 's his manner , Goldberg said . |
| 25 | It 's his job to bring the murderer of the old money-lender and her sister to justice . |
| 26 | It 's his wedding day and Charlie was going to be his best man . |
| 27 | Corporal Broadhead rapidly decodes the message and briefs his boss : ‘ The battlegroup have an armoured personnel carrier on the prairie north of Antelope Road with a blown engine — shall I call Corporal Bromby , it 's his crew 's turn for a task ? ’ |
| 28 | It 's his failure to punch home his underlying theme . |
| 29 | Perhaps it 's his ideal part , though at times too low . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's his bid for the leadership , ’ one prominent ex-minister on the right of the party said . |