Example sentences of "been his [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dylan 's voice has always been his greatest asset , carrying a huge range of emotions . |
| 2 | Walther Kaas had been his best man in the Stasi , had fulfilled everything Kragan had ever asked of him . |
| 3 | Her father had been his best friend . |
| 4 | I guess mild irritation would have been his best bet as tactics for A. Ng : sufficient to intimidate me , but with the prospect of worse to come . |
| 5 | When Hugo was at Balliol , Stephen Lampart had been his closest friend . |
| 6 | He faced growing opposition , even among those who had been his closest supporters , particularly when he failed to honour an undertaking made in 1979 to his party supporters that he would relinquish office in 1990 after the first 10 years of independence . |
| 7 | Petrol , food and a few tools had been his biggest expenses so far , and if the budget started to tighten he 'd have to stop buying food and see what he could find in the woodland around him . |
| 8 | Klima 's first loves have a way of not working out ; and what may have been his longest affair is the one about which least is said . |