Example sentences of "[was/were] his [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have seen God face to face , and yet my life is preserved ’ were his words at the start of the day . |
| 2 | Such events , however , were not very frequent — a whole year might pass without one — and so the only additional earnings he could usually rely on were his winnings at the weekly bridge school . |
| 3 | Since it was his turn at the sharp end , Mick set out on what we thought would be the crux of the route . |
| 4 | It was his management at the end of last season that cost United the First Division title . |
| 5 | According to the Shaka'ik biography of Mehmed Sah , the latter was appointed to that medrese at the age of eighteen ( Mecdi gives seventeen ) ; and it is clear from that account that Fahreddin Acemi was his muid at the time of his first lesson . |
| 6 | It had taken him only half-an-hour to reach the heralded target figure , and it was poetic justice that Graham Gooch was his partner at the time . |
| 7 | And what was his reaction at the end of that ? |
| 8 | Councillor Bookbinder was his opponent at the last election , if I am not mistaken , and I am sure that he at least doubled my hon. Friend 's majority . |