Example sentences of "his [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sister was his mother , only he did not know it until he was thirty-eight years old . |
| 2 | When he got out , he had the feeling he was n't wanted and that as an infant he was a problem to his family — a feeling which he expressed publicly long before he became aware that his sister was really his mother . |
| 3 | Although his sister was now gravely ill he had to return to London but , on the voyage back , he was again afflicted with tachycardia and when the ship docked at Southampton he was rushed to hospital in London ; while recovering there , he learned that his sister had died . |
| 4 | " I 'm not seeing a girl , " Patrick insisted with a grin , his sister was as eager to see him married off as his mother was against the idea . |
| 5 | I got the impression that Jean-Claude had been so certain that his relationship with his sister was the most singular she would ever make , that the mere fact of their not living under the same roof would do nothing to erode what they had together . |
| 6 | His sister was five years younger . |
| 7 | That evening , when Matthew came into the kitchen , he saw that his sister was crying . |
| 8 | His sister was a member of an Order in Scotland and his five brothers , all senior to him , were scattered in various parts of Britain and America , and so the little village had nothing left to hold him . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you seriously saying it proves his sister was responsible for his work ? ’ |
| 10 | Terry went to the cinema with Sarah , and to the caelidhe with her and Anne when his sister was free to go , but he found the dance very changed with so many men away from home . |
| 11 | His sister was the philanthropist Eglantyne Jebb [ q.v. ] and his uncle the classical scholar Sir Richard Jebb [ q.v . ] . |
| 12 | He was genuinely keen to return to St Augustine 's where his sister was now a pupil and both social work and child guidance were keen to see him return to mainstream schooling . |
| 13 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 14 | His sister was at once more realistic and more perceptive . |
| 15 | And his tone clearly implied that his sister was n't just ‘ anyone ’ . |
| 16 | Gwen looked to be a couple of years older than herself , and , whereas Leo was dark , his sister was a redhead with green eyes , which looked as though they might be very astute , Hilary decided with sinking spirits . |
| 17 | And his sister was in Texas and the brother was in Philadelphia . |
| 18 | He was in Málaga and when he came back his father was dead and his sister was blind . |
| 19 | Jimmy Reddan said the three year sentence for killing and dismembering his sister was ‘ a disgrace ’ and would not act as a deterrent . |
| 20 | Now Sammy was a character in himself he was a bachelor and his wi his sister was Fanny the elocutionist er and , and er there the women used to , to go into old Sammy 's shop on a Friday night simply to be entertained by all the wisecracks and nonsense that used to go on in there , and somebody would say I suppose you 're off this weekend and he 'd say yes I 'm off to my little widow in Wales , he had n't got a little widow in Wales at all now but it would the start of the conversation going . |
| 21 | She was his sister was n't , no ? |
| 22 | His phone-time was running out . |
| 23 | His hope was |
| 24 | His hope was that Rab was through , his concentration all shot . |
| 25 | His hope was hardly sparkling , but neither was it extinguished . |
| 26 | His hope was that he would be able to spend the Easter weekend in peaceful anonymity away from the media , not foreseeing that the press conference would merely be the beginning to a story that grew and grew . |
| 27 | He was prepared to concede non-essential points of terminology , such as referring to ‘ priests ’ as ‘ presbyters ’ ; his hope was ‘ to see controversies end with concord and love on all sides , . |
| 28 | His hope was that the pope would allow the decision reached there to stand ; the plan , however , misfired for soon after the court 's opening the case was revoked to Rome , and Henry was left with little hope of a satisfactory verdict . |
| 29 | He drafted an outline , but his hope was not fulfilled until the appearance of the History of the Puritans ( 1732 ) by Daniel Neal [ q.v . ] . |
| 30 | His algorithm was applied to the New York Times News Wire Service and produced various lists of collocational expressions from length two to six . |