Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] his [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the bottom of the garden his brethren of the cloth were submitting his character to a sustained and vicious mauling . |
| 2 | It was almost as if an invisible hand were pressing his finger against the barrel . |
| 3 | If only Mr Brooke were to stick his head above the parapet he would soon realise that fact . |
| 4 | Following his nature , and before his sixteenth birthday , Edward Thomas had somehow combined a love of nature and of literature , twin aspects of realized contemplation that were to characterize his life as a writer of prose and verse . |
| 5 | Other treble scorers were Julian Pritchard at the United Pack and Simon Andrews at the Puckeridge , where As You Were recovered his form in the Ladies race . |
| 6 | Two servants were arranging his breakfast on a table to one side , while two other vibrancers sat on cushions in front of Mandru 's couch , apparently discussing , or criticising , the performance . |
| 7 | His research work at the university 's petroleum warfare department led indirectly to him joining Esso , and within weeks he was faced with one of the many challenges that were to punctuate his rise to the top of the industry . |
| 8 | Both characteristics were to distinguish his rule over the next forty years . |
| 9 | The intention was to continue his career in the USA , and he was shipped to California , where , trained by Tommy Woodcock , his first target was the Agua Caliente Handicap , originally billed as the world 's richest horse race and run just over the Mexican border in Tanforan , out of reach of California 's restrictive betting legislation . |
| 10 | Anne was on night shift , Maureen was now driving an ambulance at night , and Pat was using his skill as a builder to rescue people from bombed houses . |
| 11 | Procles was using his wits in the sort of intellectual games — rationalistic interpretations of myths , comparisons of popular military leaders — which appealed to the Greek and Roman public . |
| 12 | Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire . |
| 13 | He was hanging his head over the edge of the bed and wondering what to do next when a spring burst in the mattress . |
| 14 | Chignell was helping his master up the steps . |
| 15 | Alex had spilled some juice on the table top and was drawing his finger through the orange puddle with enjoyment ; Sarah seemed completely preoccupied by the last mouthful of toast . |
| 16 | Tanner , as Commander of the Anti-Terrorist Branch , was stamping his authority on the meeting from the outset . |
| 17 | While Hunter was enjoying his debut against the Canadians , 23-year-old Underwood , making his debut , was tense , tried too hard and ultimately faded . |
| 18 | In spite of the predatory aunt , Shamley Green was to remain his home until the end of the war : he would engage in his ordinary business in London , and continue with his own writing in Surrey . |
| 19 | A man was walking his dog across the ice from the high flats on the left bank , and crash — in he went . |
| 20 | he played once more before the Lord 's show-piece and was called six times for throwing in the Hampshire match , but the selectors decided to risk him again in the second Test , where he was to meet his fate at the most famous ground in cricket . |
| 21 | He was banging his head on the post and shouting . |
| 22 | I WENT to see Joe Johnson this week because I was fascinated to find out how he was rebuilding his career after the heart attack last year which threatened to stop him playing . |
| 23 | But Gary was keeping his predictions for the gilt market restrained . |
| 24 | It is generally assumed first , that this ‘ ceremonial recognition of his son as king in his own lifetime was something new ’ ( although Aethelred of Mercia , for example , is said to have appointed Coenred as his heir ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 57 ) , second , that it was the first royal anointing in England ( though reservations have been expressed as to whether Ecgfrith was anointed or , if he was , whether he was the first ) , and , third , that Offa was basing his action on the recent papal consecration in 781 of the Frankish princes , Pippin and Louis , sons of Charlemagne ( though Byzantine precedents are also possible ) . |
| 25 | A decrepit old man , supported by a young boy in a huge coolie hat , was tapping his way down the alley , patterned robes trailing in the rainwater . |
| 26 | He was picking his teeth with a match while someone on the phone talked his ear off . |
| 27 | Jarvis thought he would enjoy hearing the sound of these trains while he was writing his history of the London Underground . |
| 28 | In March 1945 , a few weeks before the German surrender , Eliot was expressing his pessimism about the future ; a few days later he wrote his last commentary for the Christian News Letter and used the pseudonym of " Metoikos " or " resident alien " . |
| 29 | By the time Francis Place was serving his apprenticeship in the 1780s he and his fellows were avid consumers of leisure . |
| 30 | In this sense he was predicating his examination upon the operation of a self-regulating system for both state and private economy . |