Example sentences of "his [noun sg] be [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His successor was determined to be no less a guardian of the strictest orthodoxy . |
| 2 | joined us just as we were ready to go overseas , he had just come out of er Flight School and of course his heart was set on being a fighter pilot and here he became a co-pilot so he was a very disappointed man and he did not stand up well in combat so there were n't too many missions , about five and I bounced him off the crew and would n't fly with him any more and got then other co-pilots to fly with me from our Squadron . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , they 've just got plastic bows and arrows , ’ said Tess , ‘ but we reckon that if a burglar 's been squirted with ammonia and slashed with a sword and pelted with ball-bearings and wooden balls his resistance is going to be pretty low by the time he reaches the kids ’ bedroom , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 4 | The Committee of 2 April 1848 had been set up partly because his ministry was thought to be soft . |
| 5 | Did he think his chef was going to be pleased with his achievement ? |
| 6 | ‘ If his neck was broken before being put into the pit , was he killed elsewhere or in the church ? ’ |
| 7 | His condition is said to be giving cause for concern . |
| 8 | His condition is said to be stable and detectives at his bedside are hoping he may be able to give them more information about the attack . |
| 9 | He is also being treated at Middlesbrough General Hospital , where his condition is said to be stable and his life not in danger . |
| 10 | He is now undergoing treatment for a jaw injury in Middlesbrough General Hospital where his condition is said to be stable . |
| 11 | He was taken to Walton Hospital where his condition is understood to be stable . |
| 12 | He was admitted to hospital and his condition was said to be ‘ critical ’ . |
| 13 | On the same evening he had been admitted to hospital with heart trouble , but although his condition was reported to be good the next day , he did not withdraw his candidacy . |
| 14 | His question was meant to be extremely scathing . |
| 15 | His only concern at that time was whether his marriage was going to be able to stand up to his time in jail . |
| 16 | Shelley and Partners Ltd , Mr Rose 's refusal to accept employment some 60 miles away from his home was held to be a reasonable refusal . |
| 17 | So erm you know I 'm glad it 's only that but I suspect when the day comes his car will but he took these erm homeopathic tranquillisers of course thinking his test was going to be a couple of weeks ago . |
| 18 | Obviously his reaction is meant to be ours . |
| 19 | In Pappa v Rose ( 1872 ) LR 7 CP 525 , a broker deciding whether raisins were " fair average quality " in his opinion was held to be " in the position of a quasi-arbitrator " or " in the nature of an arbitrator " . |
| 20 | No food producer who actually wants to sell his product is going to be daft enough to admit on the label that the meat contained therein predates the Gulf War , Princess Beatrice and the fall of the Berlin Wall . |
| 21 | The American camp withdrew him and under the same rule that is used in Ryder Cup matches his match was declared to be halved . |
| 22 | But he admitted that clearing his name was going to be ‘ the hardest battle of my life ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ He just played with his food , ’ Chatterton frowned , ‘ and that means he must be over the crash period , which means his behaviour 's going to be difficult . ’ |
| 24 | A man who is so abnormal as to weep at the death of his wife is said to be behaving illogically . |
| 25 | Mr Helmsley did not say how long he planned to keep his buildings in mourning , but his wife is expected to be in jail for at least 19 months before she is eligible for parole . |
| 26 | It might be bending the law , but could the director and his wife be said to be ‘ the person making the car available to them ’ ? |
| 27 | He had insisted , so the story went , that he knew — and his knowledge was said to be based on information handed down from Choco ancestors long dead but unforgotten — what no one else in Panama knew ( or apparently wanted to ) , and no one in the world of historical scholarship knew either . |
| 28 | ‘ I can not make it too abundantly clear that , under no circumstances whatsoever , will I support Mr Baldwin unless I know exactly what his policy is going to be , unless I have complete guarantees that such policy will be carried out if his party achieves office , and unless I am acquainted with the names of at least eight or ten of his most prominent colleagues in the next Ministry . |
| 29 | His paper was intended to be a tentative , exploratory investigation of British data and little else besides . |
| 30 | In fact his father is credited with being the original ‘ Blue Bull ’ . |