Example sentences of "[conj] in his own [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988 , he told an Iranian living on social security , found guilty of using a forged rent book and inflicting grievous bodily harm , that in his own country he would have had an arm chopped off ‘ or something similarly spectacular . ’ |
| 2 | Roberts suggests that in his own way he 's as obsessed as the people he 's observing . |
| 3 | She realised that in his own way he was being considerate , for by refusing to talk she was laying herself open to torture . |
| 4 | And in his own character he 'd found out what he wanted to know . |
| 5 | He did not keep a watch on her ; there was no necessity , and in his own mind he was almost convinced that nothing would happen . |
| 6 | Archie may not have been fastidious , but in his own way he was cultivated . |
| 7 | This is more remarkable since in his own lifetime he had but few enthusiastic followers , nor did a school grow up around him to carry on his work . |