Example sentences of "[that] [prep] his [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luce was well aware that beneath his bland expression he was highly entertained , and for a moment she felt aggrieved . |
| 2 | His slow smile lit up his eyes , and again she realised with a jolt that behind his severe exterior he could be quite attractive . |
| 3 | He held my gaze for just a fraction longer than you 'd expect , and I was certain then that underneath his professional front he was interested in me . |
| 4 | One can also say that with his third championship he had thrown in the towel . |
| 5 | As his course of study at the School of Architecture , University of Manchester , demanded a period of practical training in an architect 's office , William Assheton decided to spend this time working in Coventry so that in his spare time he could design and supervise the conversion of the chapel into a dwelling for his own use . |
| 6 | Labov reports ( personal communication ) that in his early work he once played back to a woman a tape-recording of her own casual speech to prove to her that her image of her accent was inaccurate . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Roberts suggests that in his own way he 's as obsessed as the people he 's observing . |
| 9 | She realised that in his own way he was being considerate , for by refusing to talk she was laying herself open to torture . |
| 10 | Well , I remember my father saying of the old Baron that in his last illness he talked all the time of there being a grandson . |
| 11 | And finally , brethren , let us ask the Almighty to look down upon us and our endeavours with His special favour , beseeching Him that He may send a blessing upon our daily tasks , and that in His infinite wisdom He may smite our enemies , and destroy those who would destroy us . |
| 12 | The new York Times declared that in his White Revolution he had " aligned himself directly with the workers and peasant against conservatives and traditionalists " . |