Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was less crowded at the rear of the room and he thought of pausing there , where he could watch la Principessa and still draw a breath of air that was not perfumed half to death , but then he patted the slender cigar in the breast pocket of the dinner-jacket that had been hand-tailored to fit his sinew-hardened body and decided that only a whiff of tobacco would fully cleanse his nostrils of the mix of scents that hung in the over-heated room . |
| 2 | His evocation of the Black Forest in ‘ Gotteschalk ’ is very fine , but how many of the public are prepared to endure his theological strictures to come to it ? |
| 3 | Wainwright 's books must continue to be available to all who are prepared to accept his own work , as he wrote it , and as the product of his own generation ( and preferably bearing the cherished stamp of the Westmorland Gazette ) . |
| 4 | He has been careful to confine his biggest tax penalties to those ‘ trapped ’ salaried employees who can not substitute leisure for work , while giving the self-employed special dispensation from higher National Insurance contributions . |
| 5 | He has always been careful to balance his busy executive life with a strong interest in extramural activities . |
| 6 | If you are likely to face his open side , then circle your blocking arm so you twist him away |
| 7 | Mr Ashdown has been quick to contrast his 55 walkabouts with Mr Kinnock 's ‘ three ’ , and he has put in the long hours with a soldier 's determination to ‘ get the job done ’ . |
| 8 | At the same time the Socialist Party leader and former prime minister Bettino Craxi has been forced to resign from his post , and moves are afoot to have his parliamentary immunity lifted over large sums allegedly paid into party coffers as bribes . |
| 9 | It would have been prudent to add his long-standing love of Tamla Motown to qualify that viewpoint . |
| 10 | Forrest plays for the reserves tonight and will welcome the match practice as he has been unable to win his first team place back from Clive Baker . |
| 11 | On seeing the deference with which Hocazade was treated , Karamani Mehmed Pasa remarked : " We have not been able to destroy his good repute . |
| 12 | As long as she had believed that Jake had no suspicion of what type of woman Janice really was , she had been able to forgive his cynical marriage . |
| 13 | While not present at an event , the writer may have been able to use his own detailed sources which are no longer available — or the writer may have relied on hearsay . |
| 14 | No reassurances from Scott had been able to lull his twenty-five-year-old wife 's anxiety about her fading beauty . |
| 15 | Charles Henstock , whose belief in an after-life was absolute , had never been able to persuade his old friend to share his convictions , and he had once told Donald , after an amicable exchange of views on the subject , that he considered the doctor to be the finest unbeliever he had been privileged to meet . |
| 16 | At lunchtime Desmond had n't been able to place his usual bets because she 'd sent him haring back to the digs to see if an urgent letter had arrived . |
| 17 | ‘ The good news , ’ went on Luke , ‘ is that , because she 's around , Juan has n't been able to have his extra-marital pre-match hump , which miraculously lifts his game . |
| 18 | The critics were less sure , however , and there were some doubts whether he had been able to combine his apparent religious intentions with the format of a conventional Shaftesbury Avenue entertainment . |
| 19 | For builders are busy making his official Downing Street residence safe from terrorist attack . |
| 20 | Mr McGregor says he 'll be sorry to leave his old job where he 's presided over the education reforms . |
| 21 | It was also a hint that , while he wanted to retain ultimate control for as long as he lived , he foresaw a time when it might be possible to relinquish his personal hold on the administration of the system without it collapsing . |
| 22 | He may be willing to use his new powers as executive president to brush aside resistance . |
| 23 | He would be free to pursue his own work , but must make himself available to students of composition . |
| 24 | My dreadful apprehension is renewed of the expected near approach of Mr. Belville , who doubtless will be speedy to execute his impious purposes . |
| 25 | The fifteen-year-old boy leapt from his bed with escape in mind , but he decided it would be unfair to leave his eleven-year-old brother to face what was to come alone , so he got back into bed and waited for the social workers to come upstairs . |
| 26 | On reflection , though , he decided it would be unfair to leave his younger brother to face this alone , and he waited till they came for him . |
| 27 | Although a notice inside clearly stated its capacity to carry three persons , he was secretly afraid that it would be inadequate to bear his vast bulk . |
| 28 | Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms . |
| 29 | Would it even matter , if this rabble of which he had himself once been a part , managed to get their vote and fill the House of Commons with men who would pass Factory Acts galore , including that damnable Ten Hours Bill of Richard Oastler 's , so that no man would be able to control his own affairs ? |
| 30 | Mr Vernon Malcolm , managing director of the company which supplies parts for Nissan , said most of his employees were paid at least £3.40 an hour , but he needed to be able to set his own rates of pay rather than having them imposed by government . |