Example sentences of "[vb past] it be his " in BNC.
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| 1 | PC TONY Spong arrested a man at a burgled petrol station — and found it was his brother . |
| 2 | Oh course I can Erm there was a game that we called er Tin Lurky You probably wo n't well you never hear that expression now and er we used to get this old t any tin can and er you somebody would kick it you see and er the one that was sort of one used to have to fur and fetch this tin an bring it back again and then was should all hide , sounds a daft silly game , I know , but this one had to find us and the first one he found it was his turn next to fetch the tin and then find us again . |
| 3 | He believed it was his duty to speak out . |
| 4 | He still believed it was his God given right to govern . |
| 5 | As Olivier 's health deteriorated it was his wish to become the perfect family man , to have his family around him . |
| 6 | … after giving their chance , reckoned it was his turn ! |
| 7 | With the situation now rapidly approaching a critical point , on April 13th. , Richard Baxter decided it was his duty to go to London and throw the weight of his own influence behind moves for the restoration of Charles II to the throne of England . |
| 8 | Clerval now decided it was his turn to be unpleasant . |
| 9 | He felt it was his duty to protect the girl if her claims against her father were right and just not a 1 5-year-old girl 's fantasies ’ . |
| 10 | Only once had he let himself begrudge it , only once , that night , and never since , for he knew it was his duty and his right to stay at home with her . |
| 11 | But when he threw open the door to a room upstairs she saw a trouser-press and a black silk robe flung on a chair and knew it was his bedroom . |
| 12 | Thought it was his due . |
| 13 | Jackie Tiptoe knew though , and would sometimes run under for her if she was n't quick off the mark , and then pretend he thought it was his turn . |
| 14 | Some even thought it was his going away do ! |
| 15 | I thought it was his dirty washing . ’ |
| 16 | I thought it was his shape moving behind your kitchen net curtain and er I thought oh I 'll dash and ask him now about those car mats so I can go and get them . |
| 17 | I feel like I 'd , I could take an axe to them oh look at that look oh dear , probably seen his mother butchered ah see that big fat body just then a pair of feet I thought it was his , did you see that ? |
| 18 | just thought it was his natural hair but |
| 19 | But , you know I think it , I thought it was his dingy grey suit to begin with that smelt of moth balls but it , it was his breath . |
| 20 | It was joined by another voice ; he realized it was his own . |
| 21 | Or had it been his sister ? |
| 22 | Mr Gair , 56 , an airline pilot , said it was his grandson 's presence of mind that saved Michael , two , and sisters Katie , five , and four-year-old Angela . |
| 23 | They said it was his hunting horn they heard in the forest . ’ |
| 24 | Afterwards he said it was his first foray into the art world — but denied a particular interest in Hitler . |
| 25 | a blood test he said I should think what 's happened , that guy who 's seen you , has , I , cos I said it was his understudy , yeah , cos he said Wendy had seen Mr Hudson so obviously the notes were n't in there were they ? |
| 26 | He said it was his money . |
| 27 | And he said I think he said it was his uncle lived in . |
| 28 | Anton wished it was his mouth . |
| 29 | He supposed it was his wife , Susan . |