Example sentences of "[verb] by his " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we extend the above argument , drawn from the motivation of ‘ Old Fighters ’ of the Party to the wider electorate , we would have to conclude that here — probably to an even greater extent — Hitler 's image was not dominated by his obsession with the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |
| 2 | He was a gentle man , happily dominated by his competent wife . |
| 3 | Plas Newydd is dominated by his strong personality . |
| 4 | Hill has driven only two Grands Prix , making his Formula One debut for Brabham last May in Monte Carlo , the track once dominated by his double world championship-winning father . |
| 5 | His son Charles IV was a domesticated , well-intentioned man , soon dominated by his wife Maria Luisa . |
| 6 | He had barely slept for days and his white face was dominated by his broad , dark eyebrows , which were locked together in an expression suggesting both grief and incomprehension . |
| 7 | He gasped her name as her body closed around him and then she was dominated by his power until she slid off the end of the world into warm darkness . |
| 8 | Surrounded by his flock he nonetheless had an eye on Omi and Erika and , although he made no apparent attempt to meet them , Erika and Omi found themselves facing him . |
| 9 | Charles sat among Charity 's glossy acquaintances , the only uniform in the whole peculiar set of imbibers , perhaps not so peculiar as the last time he 'd dropped in when the Aleister Crowley entourage gave sinister overtones to the entire pub , the ‘ Black Magician ’ himself in his wide black hat sat surrounded by his followers in equally curious clothes . |
| 10 | The dying man should be surrounded by his friends and family , should make , as it were , a day of it . |
| 11 | Old school photo graphs show him sitting like a wise and attentive owl , surrounded by his charges . |
| 12 | Sometime in the future , he is chained to his computer and surrounded by his young captors . |
| 13 | Alexander was there surrounded by his mistresses and friends , drinking and eating . |
| 14 | Pansy was playing on the rug in front of a small fire and Willie sat surrounded by his toy animals . |
| 15 | He would be surrounded by his family and court just as Henry VIII might have been . |
| 16 | He had seemed to be such a nothing , meek and mild in his black suit and wide-brimmed hat , calm behind his mirrorshades , surrounded by his quivering flock . |
| 17 | Sitting at his huge desk , surrounded by his books , Seth wore a Chinese robe , embroidered with dragon gods , and a black skullcap . |
| 18 | Back at the hotel in the tiny hours , Paul Heaton has overcome his post-gig sombreness ( ‘ It was rubbish , ’ he claims ) and is surrounded by his own Sunday League friends . |
| 19 | In the general melee , French became separated from his members and was confronted by Shinwell who was surrounded by his own supporters . |
| 20 | Surrounded by his lieutenants , his architects of government . |
| 21 | Sliding into the warmth he had just left , inhaling the scent of him on the pillows , surrounded by his clothes , books and possessions , she could feel her resolve to keep him at arm 's length ebbing relentlessly away . |
| 22 | The centre of the group was Wattling , perched on a chair surrounded by his admiring peers , and attempting to sing ‘ Doh , a deer , a female deer ’ — revealing , in the attempt , conspicuous deficiencies in his knowledge of the tonic sol-fa . |
| 23 | Here , surrounded by his family , his vast collection of Gilbert and Sullivan records , his several hundred bound copies of What Car magazine , his three watercolours of Wimbledon under snow and his collection of rare antiques , he was a man again . |
| 24 | Jack nodded and took a step towards Steve where he lay surrounded by his family , and then everything seemed to happen at once . |
| 25 | Surrounded by his manager , personal conditioner and other members of the Lewis entourage , the champion , who readily admits to having modelled himself on Muhammad Ali confessed to ready participation in the media circus . |
| 26 | surrounded by his remarkable collection of relics and reminders of Napoleon , dreamed only of taking the lead in a successful war of conquest , … said that he hoped war would occur while his father was alive ; but , if not , he would start a war the moment he came to the throne . |
| 27 | Alistair Campbell will be chasing the 25 runs he needs to reach 500 for the season with club delighted by his contribution on and off the field . |
| 28 | There must be more to this country squire than was disclosed by his clipped mannerisms and his habit of smiling each time he spoke , as though to ease his way through a dubious world . |
| 29 | We follow him in treating these aspects of the life course as a moral career , since they are concerned with a person 's reputation , a kind of continuous summing up of his life in terms of what sort of person he is supposed by his fellows to be . |
| 30 | Oliver Cromwell was rising in prestige and influence with every victory won by his invincible regiment , nicknamed the ‘ Ironsides ’ . |