Sentence examples for he was reckoning from inspiring English sources

But he was reckoning without Veronica.

At the time of his death, he was reckoned to be worth more than £1bn.

He was reckoned the best after-dinner speaker of the age; other superlatives he attracted included his having been the best shorthand reporter on the London press and his being the best amateur actor on the stage.

He was reckoned to be one of Britain's 10 richest men before the credit crunch, worth £2.3bn.

Before his arrest he was reckoned to be Russia's richest man, managing the oil giant Yukos.

Even though he had no access to the government-owned television channels, he was reckoned to be in second place, behind the Kremlin-backed incumbent Sergei Sobanyin.

He was reckoned to be one of the UK's 10 richest men before the credit crunch, worth £2.3bn, although Forbes magazine put his worth at $1.1bn £680mm) this year.

By the dawn of the new millennium, he was reckoned as the most powerful Mafia leader in the nation.

And he is reckoned to be a pretty good governor.

To defend his revolution, he'll need to show that he's reckoned with its costs.

Cumurcu was shot just above the hip; now he's reckoned a gazi, or holy warrior.