Example sentences of "his [noun sg] had been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there were plenty of people who would be pleased to tell Councillor Evans that his sister had been seen in the Dog and Duck with an American soldier . |
| 2 | The child imitated the sipping movements his sister had been schooled by Tommaso to make at the cafe , like a small bird at a fountain . |
| 3 | He explained to the desk sergeant that he was worried that his sister had been murdered by her husband , Joseph Shill . |
| 4 | His embalmed body was carried to Dunfermline for burial , but at his own request his heart had been removed by a trusted comrade-in-arms , Sir James Douglas , to be taken on Crusade . |
| 5 | For his heart had been taken by the sight of Neva , as hers with him , and he had followed her . |
| 6 | His shirt had been ripped from his body and there were deep cuts across his back and under his arms . |
| 7 | Charles , who was in his late-thirties , found celibacy a trial ; his fancy had been caught by Amaranth Wilikins . |
| 8 | Leszek Balcerowicz , the Finance Minister and deputy Prime Minister , announced on Aug. 5 that he would resign after the parliamentary elections planned for October , saying that his decision had been made for family reasons . |
| 9 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that although an adult patient was entitled to refuse consent to treatment irrespective of the wisdom of his decision , for such a refusal to be effective his doctors had to be satisfied that at the time of his refusal his capacity to decide had not been diminished by illness or medication or by false assumptions or misinformation , that his will had not been overborne by another 's influence and that his decision had been directed to the situation in which it had become relevant ; that where a patient 's refusal was not effective the doctors were free to treat him in accordance with their clinical judgment of his best interests ; that in all the circumstances , including T. 's mental and physical state when she signed the form , the pressure exerted on her by her mother and the misleading response to her inquiry as to alternative treatment , her refusal was not effective and the doctors were justified in treating her on the principle of necessity ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order had been properly made ( post , pp. 786G–H , 795B–F , 796F–H , 797B–F , 798A–B , E–G , 799B–G , H — 800B , E–G , 803C–D , F — 804B , F–G , H — 805B , F ) . |
| 10 | Whether or not attitudes changed in the next ten years , by the Act 1 & 2 Victoria cap 110 of 1837 abolished arrest by ‘ mesne process ’ by which , as seen , a debtor could spend time in prison before his case had been tried in court and judgement made on it . |
| 11 | His case had been remitted from the Sheriff Court at Hamilton to the High Court for sentence . |
| 12 | But the antique mirrors , which at his direction had been cut into squares in order to line the dining-and-dance room , were now tarnished and occasionally flew off the wall ; and the two murals done by Matisse had been sold to Americans . |
| 13 | The client stated his contract had been executed at an unexpectedly high price . |
| 14 | Significantly , after the mention that his faith had been counted by God as righteousness , Abraham 's first recorded words were ‘ O Lord God , how can I be sure ? ’ |
| 15 | As he wrote the words , he knew quite well that his grave had been dug for him the day before , once a reprieve had been refused . |
| 16 | ( Traore had appeared in court on June 6 , charged with being an accomplice in the murder of demonstrators killed in the events leading to his overthrow , but his trial had been deferred by the court to an unspecified date . ) |
| 17 | The Manchu also wore a flowing cloak , and his hair had been dressed in a style which was similar to that normally adopted by the Altun . |
| 18 | His research had been conducted in exactly the same locality as Hsu 's but in the more peaceful conditions prevailing three years earlier . |
| 19 | Diamonds Galore 's jockey Aaron Gryder could hardly believe that his horse had been murdered by a youngster . |
| 20 | In reality , it was part of a wider problem , perhaps best expressed in the Quadrilogue invectif of the Norman , Alain Chartier , written in 1422 when his homeland had been overrun by the English . |
| 21 | His college had been validated under Phase 1 to offer courses for a Higher National Certificate in Information Technology which articulated with a Higher National Diploma and also two sets of Higher National Units , in Financial Services and in Enterprise Skills . |
| 22 | Menem , who later claimed that his action had been taken in the long-term interests of national unity and reconciliation , was immediately accused of double standards in releasing the former officers when he was simultaneously demanding the severest penalties for those involved in the latest rebellion . |
| 23 | His next move was to Madrid , an upheaval that he and his girlfriend had been planning for some time , and there his photographic education continued apace , despite one or two minor problems . |
| 24 | Shortly before Sikes 's death in 1803 his hydrometer had been adopted by the government excise department for revenue purposes . |
| 25 | His car had been damaged at least six times and he 'd moved his double glazing factory because of three attempted robberies . |
| 26 | His mind had been prepared for an impossible radiance and it had taken time to absorb a new set of signals . |
| 27 | His mind had been working on ideas for an operation against Pearl Harbor and when the United States Pacific fleet sailed to Hawaii on April 2 , 1940 for manoeuvres Yamamoto followed their progress closely . |
| 28 | Having initially believed the story to be " fanciful " , Sick said that his mind had been changed as a result of " the weight of testimony " provided by the hundreds of interviews which he had conducted whilst researching the affair . |
| 29 | ‘ It worked for me , ’ Feherty said , confessing that he had not seen the back nine of the course before because his practice had been restricted by bad light . |
| 30 | His enemy had been delivered into his hands . |