Example sentences of "his [noun sg] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sister was a member of an Order in Scotland and his five brothers , all senior to him , were scattered in various parts of Britain and America , and so the little village had nothing left to hold him . |
| 2 | Gwen looked to be a couple of years older than herself , and , whereas Leo was dark , his sister was a redhead with green eyes , which looked as though they might be very astute , Hilary decided with sinking spirits . |
| 3 | I got the impression that Jean-Claude had been so certain that his relationship with his sister was the most singular she would ever make , that the mere fact of their not living under the same roof would do nothing to erode what they had together . |
| 4 | His sister was the philanthropist Eglantyne Jebb [ q.v. ] and his uncle the classical scholar Sir Richard Jebb [ q.v . ] . |
| 5 | On his shield was the rune of Slaanesh whose patronage he claimed from his mother 's side . |
| 6 | Hence , when he died , he became Osiris , archetypal dead ruler , and his successor was the next Horus . |
| 7 | After an official four-day visit to the United States on June 17-20 , President Fernando Collor de Mello announced new environmental initiatives on June 24 and dismissed Cantidio Guerreiro Guimaraes , the head of the National Indian Foundation ( FUNAI ) ; his successor was an explorer , Sidney Possuelo . |
| 8 | He told Italians that his resignation was a response to " your vote , the disastrous financial situation and the Maastrich deadline , the prominence of bad in our society , public disservice and institutional paralysis " . |
| 9 | Today Anna 's mother said his resignation was an admission that the magistrates were in the wrong . |
| 10 | Nestorius himself had studied at the theological school of Antioch , where his mentor was a man known as Theodore of Mopsuestia . |
| 11 | His favourite was the telephone directory — all the Smiths or all the Joneses . ’ |
| 12 | His favourite was the making of a copper coinage for England , with which he approached successive lord treasurers between 1579 and 1613 . |
| 13 | The work dearest to his heart was the development of the Retreat House at Wydale Hall near Scarborough , for which he made money available , encouraged the nuns , Sisters of the Holy Paraclete , who ran it , and was grateful when he saw more and more people go there to say their prayers . |
| 14 | The immediate catalyst for his removal was an inept press conference on Dec. 5 in which he declared the recession to be abating , only hours before the publication of official figures which showed that GDP had declined 0.3 per cent in the three months to September , the sixth successive quarter for which it had been either static or negative . |
| 15 | Beneath his shirt was a khaki singlet . |
| 16 | His shirt was the same one as the previous night , only his newspaper was different . |
| 17 | His humility was no weakness , but absolute strength . |
| 18 | David Owen , who , though he could not save his two remaining SDP MPs , came out for John Major and confounded those who said his support was the kiss of Dr Death . |
| 19 | Harrington 's aircraft was hit by a cannon shell in the forward fuel tank , another hitting his parachute pack ; he was unhurt , but his Hurricane was a total write-off . |
| 20 | His decision was a fateful one . |
| 21 | I think that his decision was an honourable one and one which we would expect from an honourable man . |
| 22 | He was dominant in the air , tough in the tackle and a feature of his play was the stream of stylish , sweeping passes he delivered to his wingers after he had won the ball , so that it was no surprise at all when he was chosen to represent the Southern League . |
| 23 | ‘ Our Leader does n't like to be told that his election was a fraud , that actual grievous bodily harm was perpetrated to bring him victory , that people were n't telling the truth when they said they wanted him , only him , when they said their hearts beat as one with love of him . |
| 24 | Mrs Peairs , in a panic , told her husband to get his gun : Hattori was ‘ bigger than me … and his skin was a darker colour . ’ |
| 25 | Cleo could see that where the sleeve of his shirt was drawn back , his skin was a greenish colour , like chicken meat that was beginning to rot . |
| 26 | His skin was a golden bronze , as if he spent a lot of time out of doors . |
| 27 | He wore necklets of forest fruit ; his skin was a confusion of leaves ; rushes grew from his scalp . |
| 28 | He came from Ethiopia , and his skin was the colour of glistening wet coal except for the palms of his hands , which were sandy pale , and the whites of his eyes , which twinkled like sunshine on fresh clean snow . |
| 29 | We in turn suggested that his story was a load of balderdash , or words to that effect , and a charitable wager was struck . |
| 30 | His case was a strong one and when he was prosecuted for criminal libel in 1913 he won a moral , if not a legal victory , avoiding the expected prison sentence . |