Example sentences of "[noun pl] in his [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the example of an art nouveau dairy part of a Parade of shops in his idealised suburb he says : ‘ First it was new-fangled , then fashionable , then merely commonplace , then out-of-date , then ( to the sophisticated ) attractively ‘ period ’ . ’ |
| 2 | He says : ‘ When he was Chancellor Nigel Lawson made mistakes in his last Budget which eventually cost him the job . |
| 3 | Player-captain Mike Kelly , himself a golfing legend , is able to name five England internationals in his 12-man squad which includes former English strokeplay champions Mark Pullan and Roger Roper as well as former English matchplay champion Ian Garbutt . |
| 4 | When therefore he arrived home late on Friday night to find the grey thing with ears like knitted dishcloths in his favourite chair he was displeased . |
| 5 | Events in his own past he never thought of as evil but rather as mistaken , immensely regrettable , brought about by fear and greed . |
| 6 | The announcement proclaimed that Welsh actors and actresses were needed by the eminent playwright , director and actor Emlyn Williams , to fill ‘ small parts in his new play which will open in London in the autumn ’ . |