Example sentences of "[prep] his [adj] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oh , do n't worry about him , ’ he continued , ‘ he ca n't hear a word we 're saying , in a world of his own he is . ’
2 In his eighties he was a recipient of his union 's rarely given citation for ‘ services to the acting profession ’ .
3 Even in his eighties he was a fine-looking man , the more so in any kind of formal dress .
4 In his fifties he was to return to the Liskeard area , the ‘ land of his fathers ’ , and make notes for a book on Cornwall ; alas , never to be completed .
5 At his heaviest he was 18st 3lb , and he lost seven stone in 10 months .
6 At his best he 's awesome
7 Although just over five feet eight inches tall , and seldom well trained , at his best he was strong , fast , and skilful enough to hold his own with Cribb , reputedly the best of all bare-knuckle boxers , and but for his fondness for high living , might well have been champion .
8 By his forties he was already recognized as a future bishop .
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