Example sentences of "in his mind [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inject her with a rare South American pois — The word ‘ poison ’ had scarcely formed itself in his mind before Henry knew , with the sweet certainty that accompanies most forms of conquest , that he had found his métier . |
| 2 | He must be allowed to fix it in his mind before he has to write it . |
| 3 | He was , Blanche knew , honing the next phrase in his mind before he uttered it . |
| 4 | But he had a fixed idea in his mind that to be a bishop was not his work . |
| 5 | This planted the seed in his mind that perhaps the work of a record producer could be interesting . |
| 6 | In toddler terms , it was as if he confirmed the pattern etched in his mind that the part of him which needed to be loved exclusively , and which could throw tantrums if this need was thwarted , was simply not acceptable to others . |
| 7 | I am not spreading or sagging , the glow of an early sun tan had probably removed a year or two and I 've discovered that lipstick does wonders , but there could have been little doubt in his mind that I was closer in age to his mother than to him . |
| 8 | ‘ I felt that as soon as I took over Gary had it in his mind that he was n't looking to play for England beyond the two years which took him up to the European Championships , ’ he said . |
| 9 | He was in fact close-fisted , and while listening had worked out in his mind that he need not consider paying a music-master if this young man should be eager and available . |
| 10 | He had no doubt in his mind that Celia was his and that was why Liza had married John Carrow . |
| 11 | In his mind that was guarded by grey , disinterested eyes and his sallow tight-drawn forehead , Holly could picture the process of how a match lit in innocence had tumbled upon an incendiary device . |
| 12 | There was never any doubt in his mind that they would or could do so , and indeed he heard their shouts and as the next wave lifted him was able to look down upon them and see that they were luffing to the wind and preparing to beat back towards him . |
| 13 | But it stuck in his mind that getting to England was something perilous and rare like rounding the Horn , it must have had something to do with his allowing himself to get so wholly cut off from Constanza later on . |
| 14 | There was no doubt in his mind that they would break in , since there had n't been any failed revolutions on the island during his time . |
| 15 | There was no doubt in his mind that he 'd find her . |
| 16 | But there is also no doubt in his mind that an alternative must be found for the smaller company . |
| 17 | It was as if she had said something and it had caused a click in his mind that brought down the shutters to keep her out . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know what was going on in his mind but it was n't going to do him much good . |
| 19 | His memory of yesterday evening was patchy : he had several pictures like still photographs in his mind but it was difficult to link them together . |
| 20 | Alexander Solzhenitsyn held much of his work in his mind while he was in a labour camp . |
| 21 | Yes , I do as we were told in paragraph that ‘ he could not be comfortable in his mind while one walked unpunished who had questioned his breeding or his courage . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ None knows you are here save my manservant — and your bridegroom , as you said , ’ interposed Edward , as if he must reveal what was in his mind whilst there was yet time . |
| 23 | The question of what he was to do with himself for the rest of his life was never properly resolved in his mind or anyone else 's , which perhaps accounts for his periodic assaults on the whiskey bottle — what Minto called ‘ Warnie 's benders ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ But whether there was gold in his mind or not , whether he was concerned with the dollar parity or not , as soon as he caught sight of the girl waiting seductively under the lamp in front of him , he fell victim to his own undisciplined and obsessive hungers . |
| 25 | All too often the pilot has a plan in his mind and sticks to it even when it should have become obvious that the situation has changed and his plan is no longer feasible . |
| 26 | Totally competent in his mind and lucid when he made that decision ? |
| 27 | He could retain their features in his mind and produce a lifelike sketch from memory . |
| 28 | And inwardly in his mind and in his thoughts , he will survey all the present creation and the worlds that have passed or are still standing ; the years of the world with all the happenings that occurred in it , and the men with their wealth and their power ; the revelations of the [ spiritual ] benefits which were bestowed on the Fathers , and the retributory judgements that took place generation after generation [ or ‘ birth after birth' ] , together with all the various vicissitudes which the affairs of the creation undergo . |
| 29 | Yet the hunter , walking with gun on arm , thoughts only of killing and murder in his mind and his intent clearly expressed in his body language , is shunned in fear by all creatures who can . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's still a warrior in his mind and you ca n't break his spirit . |