Example sentences of "be [verb] his [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , he would , I suppose he 's been eating his own toes all day |
| 2 | Another new boy , Nick Raynsford , has been given his own single room — an extremely prized possession , even among long-serving MPs — on the shadow cabinet corridor . |
| 3 | And says if he 'd been given his own psychiatric nurse … he would never have jumped off the train . |
| 4 | Part of his motive in undertaking to edit the Criterion had been to establish his own position within metropolitan culture and , since he had been a bank employee when he had begun the paper seventeen years before , in this he had triumphantly succeeded . |
| 5 | An important figure in the stimulation of James ' intellect , Constantine had been developing his own political ideas whilst residing in the industrial heartland of Lancashire , and he now requested James ' help in the formation of his autobiography . |
| 6 | Ranulf knew his master had been scribbling his own memoranda , trying to make sense of the mystery which confronted them . |
| 7 | In between work on these sessions — and having just failed to squeeze in the Charlatans and Bob Geldof — he 's been releasing his own dance records under an assumed name and running his own record label , Foundation , for two years . |
| 8 | Meanwhile Rob had been having his own separate grapple with dismal failure . |
| 9 | He had been running his own freelance investment fund with a few billion yen in assets . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , he could have been defending his own , ’ Theodora said . |
| 11 | Off stage , he 's not exactly full of the joys of life either , despite being the latest comic to be given his own Channel 4 series . |
| 12 | The pupil can be given his own strategy to follow which will help him to learn . |
| 13 | The Earl would no doubt be bringing his own personal troops with him , so Seton could take most of the present garrison down with him . |
| 14 | ‘ As far as I could judge , he thought me an incompetent idiot who ought to be minding his own business . |
| 15 | IF Norman Lamont goes ahead with a tax on food he will be signing his own death sentence . |
| 16 | ‘ So when he signs his consent form he could be signing his own death-warrant . |
| 17 | For Tormey one of the ‘ purest ’ instances of representational behaviour is that of an actor who rages on stage as Lear but who could not possibly be expressing his own rage or he would never complete the performance . |
| 18 | This calibration stage is essential for the planner would otherwise simply be testing his own preconceptions . |
| 19 | But bearing in mind the unfortunate consequences of his earlier correspondence , he was probably anxious not to appear to be supporting his own cause . |
| 20 | Solution : Our son , Mark , informs us that he will be buying his own house . |
| 21 | Others featured individually are the young Hamburg artist Wolfgang Strack , who uses the language of comic strips and will be giving his own version of the art of the last thirty years in the Hauptmann-Schule building ; and the American Max Neuhaus , who will be exhibiting on the main staircase of the AOK , a building erected in the 1950s and recently listed as being of architectural interest . |
| 22 | This way he will not be stuck with a loan around his neck when he would rather be doing his own thing . |
| 23 | Murray , who will be closing his own commercial operations when he takes up his new appointment at the beginning of July , faces the daunting challenge of restoring the Fruitmarket 's critical fortunes . |
| 24 | Mackinnon suggests that by advertising his own aggression and bad temper the patriarch may be spoiling his own chances of further reproductive activity but his display also ruins the chances of his male neighbours . |
| 25 | Laurie Mains , the All Black coach , was plainly displeased at Schuler 's decision , for it came about the time that Mains was hoping rugby league scouts might not be chasing his All Blacks in the next few months . |
| 26 | Graham Kelly should be putting his own house in order , not making guest appearances in the witness box . |
| 27 | Mr Reid will be making his own recommendations . |
| 28 | Transport Secretary John MacGregor , MP for Norfolk South , has been approached by the family of Bondone of his constituents and is believed to be making his own contact with Sir Nicholas . |
| 29 | He will be settling his own sundry bills but I would like the invoice for the room to be directed to me at the above address . |
| 30 | In the mean time Dr Santiago Sequeira , the hospital 's director , has been fighting his own revolution , battling against incredible odds to humanize the physical environment of the hospital and improve the general quality of patient care . |