Example sentences of "be [prep] his [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may have been in his forties and driving either a grey , silver or light metallic-coloured car . |
| 2 | On the particular afternoon to which I am referring , his lordship would still have been in his mid-fifties ; but as I recall , his hair had greyed entirely and his tall slender figure already bore signs of the stoop that was to become so pronounced in his last years . |
| 3 | He knew the local man to be in his mid-forties , and he adjudged his companion a little over 30 . |
| 4 | He would be in his sixties by then . |
| 5 | Father must be in his sixties now , and had not been well this winter . |
| 6 | He looked to be in his early-to-mid-fifties , and was running to fat , and when he took off his topee it was to wipe the sweat from a pink , bald head . |
| 7 | He 's said to be in his 50s , stocky wearing a beige jacket . |
| 8 | The man , thought to be in his 50s , was found beside a gold-coloured Celeste bicycle on the track between Marton Manor and Tollesby Hall , Middlesbrough , yesterday . |
| 9 | He is believed to be in his 50s . |
| 10 | Mr Kelsey , who is thought to be in his forties , was taken to hospital on Tuesday night with stab wounds to his chest and neck following an incident in Rosebank , Dovercourt . |
| 11 | Inside the blazing bedsit accomodation , in a hallway of the top floor they discovered the body of Michael Chatfield , believed to be in his forties … he 'd died from smoke inhalation . |
| 12 | Mr Kossoff , thought to be in his forties , of Stanmore , Middlesex , was said to be extremely poorly . |
| 13 | George Fawcett may be in his seventies but the will is obviously as strong as ever . |
| 14 | The balding robber , whose face was partly masked by a scarf , appeared to be in his seventies . |
| 15 | If still alive , he would be in his seventies by now . |
| 16 | I mean he could be in his fifties . |
| 17 | Sol Kossoff , thought to be in his 40s , of Stanmore , Middlesex , suffered serious head injuries after losing control down a steep hill at West Burton , near Leyburn , on Sunday afternoon . |
| 18 | The man who is said to be in his 40s and local was taken to the specialist burns unit at Whiston Hospital but his condition is not known . |
| 19 | He thought Cattini must be in his mid-thirties , though it was difficult to say for sure . |
| 20 | A man in the middle of the room , who looked to be in his mid-thirties , spoke . |
| 21 | Charles had been particularly annoyed about the toothlessness , she could tell , although he tried to conceal it : he had in fact been without his two front teeth that week , while having their thirty-year-old caps replaced , caps that marked a heroic accident long ago in a swimming pool in Sevenoaks . |
| 22 | Despite only being in his 20's , it is his second house . |
| 23 | He met Georges Bettembourg there in 1979 , they became friends and Sustad was invited to go to Shivling in 1981 with Bettembourg and a strong team that included Doug Scott who was to become a great friend and partner , and Don Whillans , who , despite being in his 50s , by then still contributed to the expedition . |
| 24 | He would soon use these newly acquired talents in the play Jimmy Shine , but the only time in which he has attempted to sing on film were in his two biggest turkeys — Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me ? and Ishtar . |
| 25 | Philip Sessarago , who 's in his thirties , left Hereford late last year telling friends he was looking for security work in the former Yugoslavia . |
| 26 | About he 's , I would say he 's in his mid-sixties . |
| 27 | No , no , he 's in his sixties . |
| 28 | He 's in his 50s and when he 's not working , loves to brush with danger . |
| 29 | But now he 's in his forties he seems to have slowed down a bit . ’ |
| 30 | The man , who 's in his forties , was working alone at the time . |