Example sentences of "by his " in BNC.
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| 1 | JUST last week , General Manuel Noriega , already the supreme ruler of Panama , had himself named head of government and ‘ maximum leader for national liberation ’ by his personally appointed legislature , which went on to pronounce the country to be in a ‘ state of war ’ with the United States . |
| 2 | In 437 one of the last pagan aristocrats allowed himself to be converted on his deathbed by his conspicuously pious niece , perhaps from fear of less gentle pressure from the emperor . |
| 3 | He added that I must not be intimidated by his and Rozanov 's fluency ; I was really quite good . |
| 4 | The replacement of Mr Burbulis , which the decree said was at his own request , will go some way to placating those in both the liberal and conservative camps annoyed by his somewhat high-handed manner . |
| 5 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 6 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 7 | Blake was told by his MI6 interrogators that if he cooperated this would be taken into account when sentence was passed . |
| 8 | According to a doctor with considerable experience of cases of dyslexia , the boy was ‘ moderately dyslexic , but the effects … are offset by his exceptionally high IQ which means that those effects are modified but not eliminated … . |
| 9 | His strange quiet co-existence with Marcus was facilitated by his now surprisingly easy relations with Irina , they even teased each other . |
| 10 | Coleridge 's outstanding abilities remained quite unsuspected at Christ 's Hospital until they came to the attention of the Upper Grammar School master , the Revd James Boyer , a man whose great gifts as a teacher were only exceeded by his sadistically violent temper . |
| 11 | textile-manufacturing town in Lancashire where George Silverman 's infancy is spent in the miserable cellar inhabited by his desperately poor parents . |
| 12 | He could never understand why June became so irritated by his ‘ never reading the directions ’ . |
| 13 | Give your name and call him by his — make it him and you . |
| 14 | The basis of this liability was to be found in an implied term in the lorry driver 's employment contract to indemnify Romford for loss caused by his — the employee 's — negligence . |
| 15 | D'Arcy had invited Saint Julien to join them ; the Corsican had struck up a strangely abrasive relationship with Nadirpur , who appeared comforted by his mildly sarcastic wit and no-nonsense approach to the situation in which they found themselves . |
| 16 | Lorenzo da Ponte ( 1749–1838 ) , the son of a converted Jewish tanner , started out as an ordained priest , but any hopes of a successful career in that direction were scotched by his uncontrollably amorous nature . |
| 17 | Cyril Stapleton , sadly less than augmented by his Augmented Orchestra |
| 18 | The feeling of Bob-ness in the air here is enhanced by his apparently constant musing on Bob 's utterances . |
| 19 | Salisbury returned at the pavilion end : a stern test of nerve , even with immortality beckoning should success by his . |
| 20 | Weakened by his excessively long kip , the Castle Master easily overcame him . |
| 21 | Marco has been brought up by his rather in a way designed to fit him for the future . |
| 22 | The man 's hair mass rocks back and forth on his rigidly stationary head like a wildly excited toupee and is only matched for unusual activity by his furiously trembling eyebrows and the cracked black toe-caps of his shoes moving up an down like wasps ' abdomens about to insert their stings . |
| 23 | These articles were signed by his newly assumed name , Nguyen Ai Quoc . |
| 24 | Ditto with the sweet-smelling powder that is shrugged out by his obscurely culpable flesh … |
| 25 | I turned and plunged downwards , hoping my footfalls would be masked by his , making-plans as I went . |
| 26 | In the early 650s , however , Oswiu 's son , Ealhfrith , married Penda 's daughter , Cyneburh , after which Penda 's son , Peada , now ruler of the Middle Angles , requested in marriage Oswiu 's daughter , Ealhflaed , and received missionaries in her company , being urged to accept Christianity not least by his recently acquired brother-in-law , Ealhfrith ( HE III , 21 ) . |
| 27 | He seemed to display a certain insensitivity in these cases — an impression enhanced by his somewhat pedantic way of speech . |
| 28 | Though registered as Oliver , he was christened Richard , and called Dick by his intimates . |
| 29 | Longer than ever by his — and hers . |
| 30 | Shaken as she was by his startlingly generous gesture , and weak with relief , it did n't occur to her that his words , or his actions , might be open to a different interpretation . |