Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [pers pn] be his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her connection with the duke is not explained , but it is possible that she was his mistress since Gloucester 's illegitimate daughter bore the same Christian name . |
| 2 | Her connection with the duke is not explained , but it is possible that she was his mistress since Gloucester 's illegitimate daughter bore the same Christian name . |
| 3 | How appropriate that it was his try which sealed Ireland 's glorious victory over England at Lansdowne Road last Saturday . |
| 4 | It was only later that he found out that nearly everyone suffers from the same delusion in one form or another ; at the time he was convinced that it was his own personal idiosyncrasy . |
| 5 | The agreement recited that John had left all his estate to his executors by his will but that , shortly before his death , he had declared in the presence of several witnesses that he wished his widow to have the cottage for her life or so long as she continued a widow ; and that , though this wish was never put into writing , the executors were convinced that it was his desire and were willing and desirous that it should be put into effect . |
| 6 | In context it seems more likely that it was his impatient response to Lipchitz 's well-intentioned nannying . |
| 7 | I mean goodness he would be inhuman if he was n't erm and I do n't yet feel safe that he 's his own man . |
| 8 | Of that I have no doubt , but I am equally certain that it was his own hands which fastened his belt around his neck and fumbled for the window bar . |