Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] in his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aristotle , no doubt , must have included them in his lost work on the customs of the barbarians . |
| 2 | And he has done it in his usual champagne style , taking sunshine trips to Arizona , Bermuda and Italy . |
| 3 | His eye had regained its clarity , and his head its proud poise , as in the days when Norbury had accompanied him in his Prussian crusade with the Teutonic knights , long ago . |
| 4 | fixed me in his pulsing lens |
| 5 | When he had seated her in his rocking chair and put a glass of dark liquid in her hand , he moved her lamp and his single candle so that her face was illumined . |
| 6 | While is possible that Ryde have signed him in his other capacity as Saviour of the World , the official reason is that regular ‘ keeper Ian Lloyd is having trials with York City . |
| 7 | He faces the prospect of retirement with the same level-headed commonsense approach with which he has tackled most of the issues that have confronted him in his long career . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |