Example sentences of "[adv] in his [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Though perhaps in his blustery way he did try to be friends with them . |
| 2 | The Singh home intrigued him because although Jazz — apart from his looks — was as normal as himself , once in his own house he took on a sort of foreign ambience , changing subtly into an Indian to fit into the undeniably different atmosphere . |
| 3 | It soon became clear that somewhere in his furtive passage he had lost his way — that at least was the opinion expressed by the Bishop of Chester as he fended off Lord Charles 's passionate advances . |
| 4 | ‘ Pat would never like to be regarded as special but even in his critical condition he was still in fighting spirit . ’ |
| 5 | What was unusual in this case was that even in his great excitement he still carried the photographs of Koko and pointed to them repeatedly as he looked toward the teacher , who nodded and said ‘ Yes ’ to Sherman . |
| 6 | Here in his own house he was aloof , unsmiling , the man Jenna had first met , and it was almost impossible to believe that this man had held her , kissed her passionately , urged her to come here to stay with him . |
| 7 | Then in his foolish exhilaration he had leaped into a tree and spotted them with his binoculars . |
| 8 | Late in his recorded career he described himself as ‘ only simply lettered ’ , but his extensive citation of biblical , patristic , and canonistic authorities in both Latin and English suggests that he must have been familiar with academic sources . |