Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] in his [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the meantime , Malachi here has kindly offered to drive me in his own trap anywhere I wish to go . ’ |
| 2 | Since you have failed to give him Famagusta , he proposes to celebrate it in his own capital . |
| 3 | He was afraid to keep him in his own house because the old fellow rants and raves upon occasion and might distress Mrs Browning . |
| 4 | The writing was already on the wall for those willing to read it in his own country . |
| 5 | Now he stared from the partly eaten jam sandwich to the homely face of his grandmother and wondered if she would dare to murder him in his own home with Buddie sitting right there at the same table . |
| 6 | Dudley also proved more willing to appoint ducal servants to offices in his gift and to employ them in his own administration . |
| 7 | Dudley also proved more willing to appoint ducal servants to offices in his gift and to employ them in his own administration . |
| 8 | I ca n't help noting that , whatever Summerchild is going to say , he is at least going to say it in his own way . |
| 9 | This research indicated that I should be able to obtain my tank , complete with cover glasses , for , though I might have manages even cheaper if I had asked someone who was a good customer of the tank-builder to order it in his own name rather than mine . |