Example sentences of "his [noun pl] were [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fingers were tracing a path down her spine that sent delicious tremors through her body . |
| 2 | The elder Pinney , owner of the largest sugar plantations in Nevis , would certainly have been less pliable had he realized that his sons were allowing the new tenants to have Racedown rent-free ; but in the event he quickly warmed to the young poet , and welcomed him as a guest to the family 's town house in Bristol during the autumn of 1795 , the period which first brought Wordsworth into contact with both Coleridge and Southey.7sup18 ; |
| 3 | After the travails of austerity in the late 1940s — when , in fact , Cripps and his associates were laying the base for a new export-led recovery — the land entered new affluence in the 1950s . |
| 4 | When he moved at this time to larger premises at no. 5 Charing Cross , his maps were reputed the finest being engraved anywhere in the world . |
| 5 | school whilst , through the gates , his schoolmates were having a thoroughly good time . |
| 6 | Hector 's head turned as if his eyes were seeking the abbot . |
| 7 | His speeches were hardened a little , but he was n't much good at abuse or jokes or stridency or sneering . |
| 8 | By the beginning of the thirteenth century , Genghiz Khan and his Mongols were entering the picture . |
| 9 | The most solemn of his duties were to keep the peace , to spread Christianity and to declare the law . |
| 10 | She had never heard the whole story , but apparently some of his ideas were considered a little too daring for the traditionalists in Tokyo , and he found the rug pulled from under him . |
| 11 | Once , his exploits were followed every week by 200,000 adoring young fans . |
| 12 | The man was decrepit and his efforts were spoiling the stones . |
| 13 | In later years , his paintings were fetching a great deal of money . |
| 14 | By 1917 his paintings were to fetch the highest prices during his lifetime and in that year he is credited with painting one hundred and twenty-five canvases , a painting every three days . |
| 15 | In 1482 the duchy council complained that Gloucester and his subordinates were wasting the assets of the duchy . |
| 16 | In 1482 the duchy council complained that Gloucester and his subordinates were wasting the assets of the duchy . |
| 17 | His objectives were to give a guide to the better choice of an animal ; to establish the true conformation of the racehorse , setting a standard for an ideal animal to achieve maximum speed , and at any given time to discover whether the breeds had improved or degenerated . |
| 18 | His orders were to apply the methods that had proved so successful in Vienna to mop up the surviving Jewish influence at the heart of the Reich . |
| 19 | His sisters were to flee the family , precipitating an ordeal of severance which compounded others and marked him to the quick . |
| 20 | Within five years he had paid back every penny , and by 1960 his ships were making a good deal of money . |
| 21 | Many of his friends were joining the British Army . |
| 22 | His instructions were to recover the allied prisoners of war , to disarm the Japanese , and to hand over to the lawful authority as soon as possible . |
| 23 | There was a sudden , violent movement in Gosse 's face — a movement somewhere between ecstasy and extreme agony — and then his hands were thrusting the blade deep into his belly . |
| 24 | It was just a pity , he thought , that he 'd now have to sit tight here , while his men were facing the enemy . |
| 25 | Det Chief Insp Harvey Harris said his men were examining the video . |
| 26 | His men were keeping a watch on the comings and goings of the terrorists . |
| 27 | The drunken voice of Officer Cecil informed him that he and his fellows were taking the calls one at a time . |
| 28 | Whilst Robert Legg Snr and his cronies were enjoying a short-lived grandeur within the ill-fated United Company of Undertakers , the Upholders ’ Company continued to support those members who furnished funerals as part of their everyday trade , though their list of admissions does not identify persons trading as coffin-makers or undertakers though they did admit upholders and mercers , who included funeral furnishing as a sideline to their main trade . |
| 29 | I know his others were getting a bit |
| 30 | His gusts were disrupting the drawing room . |