Example sentences of "[prep] his [adj] [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his eighties he was a recipient of his union 's rarely given citation for ‘ services to the acting profession ’ . |
| 2 | Even in his eighties he was a fine-looking man , the more so in any kind of formal dress . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | At his heaviest he was 18st 3lb , and he lost seven stone in 10 months . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | By his forties he was already recognized as a future bishop . |