Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv prt] his [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While his gimlet eye has been fixed upon the Institute 's accounts , it has not been free to rove over his own financial affairs and he has , accordingly , been marked up by the Woolwich Building Society with distressing ease . |
| 2 | ‘ Instead he is busy sorting out his own administration . |
| 3 | I have an idea , however , that he is apt to think out his own operations , try to lay them on without any authorisation from your HQ and then come and offer it to us on a plate . |
| 4 | Antoine Müller became the widow 's chef de caves , or chief cellarer between 1810 and 1822 , although in March of 1822 he resigned from his position and was able to set up his own Champagne establishment , calling it Müller-Ruinart . |
| 5 | Many people thought he was too powerful , especially when he was able to set up his own sponsored tournaments , sometimes in opposition to official ones , into which he put his own clients and then sold the television rights around the world . |
| 6 | In 1824 he was given a sum of money , and was able to set up his own business as a tea dealer and coffee roaster at 93 Bull Street , Birmingham . |
| 7 | Gilbert had a natural facility for jewellery , and being a sculptor was able to make up his own designs . |