Example sentences of "that this was his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lendl has never found it difficult to look sullen , and while blaming his lack of form on the fact that this was his first match indoors since the final of the Nabisco Masters in New York last December , lack of motivation was perhaps a greater factor . |
| 2 | He did not need to raise his voice or even explain that this was his final word on the matter . |
| 3 | Did her husband know that this was his 13,870th breakfast with Mrs Surb ? |
| 4 | So much is clear ; can we go further , and say that Otto himself went to Rome to be crowned in order to complete his pilgrimage in Charlemagne 's footsteps , that this was his chief motive ? |
| 5 | He made it clear that this was his target when he said yesterday : ‘ Put it this way , if there was a chance of winning the championship and I did n't think I might just do it , then I would n't be normal , would I ? |
| 6 | Easily Accessible : If you are not keen on Shakespeare , Stratford may not be the place for you — nearly everywhere you go you will be reminded that this was his birthplace . |
| 7 | But with regard to the substance of the decrees , he had no doubt that this was his responsibility . |
| 8 | The personnel director of SBCI Savory Milln , Peter Cole , confirmed that this was his view of headhunters ; he would employ a search firm only when he had exhausted his own supply of personal contacts . |
| 9 | There were some astonishing shouting matches over trifles , but we soon realized that this was his way of life . |
| 10 | Today when society , and consequently education , is increasingly dominated by national , academic and statistical considerations and visual imagination is neglected , I believe that this was his great contribution , the survival of which is of the greatest importance . |
| 11 | He had completely forgotten that this was his twenty-first birthday and that he had finally come of age . |
| 12 | There was a sure sense of kinship , however , and he knew that this was his mother . |
| 13 | Next morning , Saturday , Johnson walked early into Boswell 's bedroom ‘ to forbid me to mention that this was his birthday ’ . |
| 14 | The Shah agreed and said that this was his great goal . |
| 15 | She did not appreciate that this was his normal greeting , and assumed that her reputation had preceded her . |
| 16 | While the faded old creature who bore the main brunt of night duty would be too dozy to spot anything , Ramsbum was a different matter and Amiss was pretty sure that this was his night on duty . |
| 17 | And Troilus immediately confesses that this was his real motive behind his defence of the present Trojan stance . |
| 18 | Sara began to understand then that this was his way of paying out Jenny for her flirtation with James . |