Example sentences of "[was/were] his [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sleep is the only cure for such turbulence , but it 's difficult to achieve , and Mick was hardly rested by the time it was his turn to lead in the dampness of the new morning . |
| 2 | Now it was his turn to reach for the phone . |
| 3 | And it was his ability to work with the engineers as much as his speed which decided Frank Williams to sign Hill as partner to No 1 driver Alain Prost . |
| 4 | What made Whitaker ideal for Doctor Who , though , was his ability to write from the heart ; to put into words notions and understandings of wonder . |
| 5 | It was his wish to act with the Lord Chancellor in order to achieve reform . |
| 6 | Sandys persuaded his father , the Archbishop of York , that Hooker 's scholarship was being wasted as a country parson , and in 1585 he was appointed as Master of the Temple , in London , where it was his duty to minister to the lawyers of the Inns of Court . |
| 7 | She gave an extra piece of meat to Noah , then told Oliver to hurry up as it was his job to look after the shop . |
| 8 | Such was his hurry to get into the clubhouse from the 18th green that he was almost bowling people over in his haste and later he admitted to feeling ‘ very down ’ , still trying to get over his first round of 76 when ‘ everything went wrong ’ . |