Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To her credit , she tried very hard not to even once look over at the table , though she was being subjected to the constant tinkle of happy laughter , which made her think Matthew must be at his witty best . |
| 2 | He must be in his early forties , Belinda decided , while Faye , she knew was thirty-eight — fairly old to be having a first child , which added a greater sense of urgency and importance to the task of keeping her pregnancy on track . |
| 3 | IN THE 1920s when John was regularly crossing the world to finalize his deals , he always arranged that every trip ended in New York so that he might be with his darling Mary Read . |
| 4 | Malicious , slanderous stories which claim the Lady Eleanor was murdered by your son so he could be with his beloved companion , the Gascon , Piers Gaveston . ’ |
| 5 | The first Briton this century to hold a world heavyweight title appeared before the media yesterday at the start of a promotional tour of the ‘ if this is Monday , it must be Glasgow ’ variety and hinted that his next visit could be in his working apparel . |
| 6 | Whatever Shakespeare 's source or inspiration , Pistol is a brilliant invention , locked as he is in a verse-form and range of reference derived from the heroical plays in the London theatres of the 1580s and 1590s , as far removed as could be from his debased reality . |
| 7 | I knew he 'd be inside his ground-floor flat with the door locked before I could get into the hall , no matter how fast I was . |
| 8 | We ask that through Your wisdom , Alan may be to his new church : |
| 9 | Ways of trying to increase your bargaining power include delaying negotiations or confrontation until you are in a stronger position , initiating action in another area which raises the costs to your opponent if he disagrees with your offer , linking the issue under discussion with much wider issues which do not seem of much importance at first sight to your opponent but which may be to his long-term disadvantage but to your long-term advantage which will compensate for your short-term loss . |
| 10 | Though an individual pupil may be in his fourth-year class as far as the administration of the school goes , and as far as concerns his social activities or his out-of-school interests , the school must be prepared for him to go off and study the syllabus required for his graded tests alongside people who are not in his own year . |
| 11 | Ferdinando was far too old , but only mention the cause and he would be into his old daydreams , seeing himself at the head of a column moving relentlessly on the Austrians . |
| 12 | He would be in his early fifties , was tall and well built with a craggy face . |
| 13 | A letter from a psychiatrist in an unnamed clinic said of the Marquis ' absence ’ It would be against his medical interest to come out today ’ . |
| 14 | NEATH hooker Kevin Phillips will be on his usual pre-dawn patrol this morning , trying to blot out the worst experience in his rugby union career . |
| 15 | Charles Davenant observed in 1710 , " what near Resemblance there was between the Old Rumper , and the Modern Whig ( for a Child will be like his true Father ) and how much they agreed in their Insolence to the Throne , Notions in Religion , Principles as to Government " . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , a very short-term job — lasting less than a week — can be to his financial advantage . |