Example sentences of "[that] his [noun sg] was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the closing rounds Eubank , sensing that his title was on the line , dropped the facade of arrogance that had earlier been his hallmark . |
| 2 | He turned so that his back was to the sloping granite wall and pulled her up . |
| 3 | ‘ Goodnight ! ’ she snapped , and went to slam the door shut on him — then found that his foot was in the way . |
| 4 | Throughout 1815 Miloš maintained that his quarrel was with the oppressive regime of Süleiman Pasha and not with the sultan . |
| 5 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 6 | ‘ Supposing for instance someone came and said they were Mr Unwin , you would check that his name was on the list and let him in ? ’ |
| 7 | It was noted , however , that his name was at the head of the official announcement of the Cabinet list , immediately after that of the Prime Minister , as read on Radiodiffusion-Television du Senegal . |
| 8 | This particular campaign may have failed but Paisley had demonstrated that his heart was in the right place . |
| 9 | He says that his family was on the ferry , there but for the grace of God go his family . |
| 10 | Mr Geddes added that his group was of the view that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had failed to consult the Scottish people about water privatisation and was pursuing the matter in spite of it not being included in the Conservative election manifesto . |
| 11 | Nothing is known of his early life except that his background was in the building trades — in 1724 he was described as a bricklayer , and later as a carpenter — but by the mid-1720s he had established two connections which brought him a place amongst the innermost circles of English Palladianism . |
| 12 | Despite Hekmatyar 's public avowal that his war was with the Uzbek militia and not with other mujaheddin groups , analysts were agreed that he had stepped up the military pressure against the government to prevent Rabbani from consolidating his position and marginalizing the Hezb-i-Islami . |
| 13 | Well Canadian you know might have been that his father was in the Canadian army in the war . |
| 14 | Yesterday , Miss Emily Grenfell had momentarily been at a loss , wanting to know where her fiance was and realizing to her dismay that his safety was in the hands of the shoemaker 's daughter . |
| 15 | I recall with particular pleasure the visit of the younger Edinburgh parish minister who insisted that his strength was of the superhuman variety , but who nevertheless collapsed , laughing , under the weight of a huge box of encyclopaedias . |