Example sentences of "his [noun sg] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Nemeth , a strong adherent of neo-monetarist measures to resolve the country 's fiscal crisis , accused his party colleagues of failing to support him as head of government and claimed his resignation was guided by national rather than party interest . |
| 2 | The following day he was still 300 metres below the summit of the Jorasses , and although the climbing was now easier , his progress was slowed by fragile rock and deteriorating weather . |
| 3 | Simon McBurney brings a fidgety , sweaty intensity to the role of the troubled king , and in one superb scene he is discovered standing on top of a wardrobe , gazing miserably down on the happy innocents beneath him as his heart is gnawed by destructive jealousy . |
| 4 | The buttons of his shirt are done up wrong . |
| 5 | It was when he tried to move that he found his robe was caught on some obstruction . |
| 6 | His statue was followed in all by 31 more dating from the 17 to the 19C , most of which were paid for by aristocrats , the University and religious orders throughout Bohemia . |
| 7 | The client must consent in writing to his money being placed in such an account after a proper opportunity to consider that information ; ( 8 ) If the firm has any ground ( other than the absence of an acknowledgement as described above ) for believing that client money held in a particular bank account outside the UK will not be protected as effectively as it would be if held in a free money bank account in the UK ; ( 9 ) If the firm proposes not to pay interest on client money in accordance with the client money regulations . |
| 8 | His decision is based on bitter experience . |
| 9 | His decision is based on bitter experience . |
| 10 | Notwithstanding Gore 's insistence that his decision was based on personal considerations , the decision was widely seen as of great political significance . |
| 11 | In the second his jaw was broken in two places and his nose broken . |
| 12 | His jaw was set like chiselled granite . |
| 13 | His play is marked by exaggerated , even psychotic caution , as if , after the slightest lapse on his part , I will coolly rise from my chair and assemble a century clearance — rather than a single miscued jump-shot double-kiss in-off . |
| 14 | It must have something to do also with the close shave that Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Malcolm Bruce was given in Gordon , where his majority was trimmed by 9,000 . |
| 15 | The mutant is clothed in moist sacking only , and his skin is covered in most places with thick green scales . |
| 16 | There were sores of malnourishment at the edge of his mouth , and his skin was crossed with premature folds and lines , like a map of the face of his father . |
| 17 | His skin was sown with little black spots . |
| 18 | His story was confirmed by former colleagues . |
| 19 | His case was adjourned for three weeks . |
| 20 | The People 's Party central committee on June 14 decided to suspend Bartoncik 's chairmanship of the party until his case was settled after further investigation . |
| 21 | His description was circulated to all police forces throughout Britain , and a number of anxious relatives visited the mortuary to see if they could recognise him as a missing husband , brother or son , but no one did . |
| 22 | His canoe was launched at 1900 hours on Saturday night , 7 November , and paddled the six miles ( 10km ) inshore while their submarine , HMS Ursula , steamed further out to act 11 miles ( 18km ) offshore as a beacon for the approaching troop convoys . |
| 23 | The former Middlesbrough player said his contract was cancelled by mutual agreement and denied he was sacked . |
| 24 | Carvajal 's character may perhaps be gauged from his actions in the summer of 1658 , when £15,000 worth of his logwood was seized by English customs off a Dutch vessel docked in London . |
| 25 | His breathing is laboured in that heavy way which so often heralds the end , and as you grip his hand to let him know that he is not alone , you try to love him as the Lord himself would do . |
| 26 | It had taken £50,000 to bring Bobby back to the Palace from Leicester , but it was money well spent , for his presence was regarded by many as one of the major factors in Palace 's 1972 survival — and we recouped f 12,000 of it when Bobby bustled off to join Pompey just after Christmas . |
| 27 | Although sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of East Germany his sentence was commuted to one of life imprisonment , but he has never been heard of again . |
| 28 | His sentence was adjourned for social inquiry reports . |
| 29 | His sentence was increased to one of 12 years ! |
| 30 | Today at the Court of Appeal his sentence was reduced to 3 and a half years . |