Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pron] [verb] his [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time in over forty years someone had humbled him on the board he considered his own . |
| 2 | Even on the field he had his own personal trademark — flapping shirt sleeves and long , baggy shorts , which served both as a landmark for his colleagues and to help keep out the cold he felt so badly . |
| 3 | In the case of mythology the saga teller will always produce a version of the story which puts his own ancestors in a particularly favourable light . |
| 4 | Melchiori in one place actually describes ‘ the I ’ as being ‘ the poet who voices his own feelings ’ , and says that the absence of the I form in some sonnets ‘ is an impediment to the dialogue , to the theatrical quality ’ , which he describes in disappointingly literal terms : ‘ Normally in Shakespeare 's Sonnets we find a truly dramatic dialogue between two characters : the persona of the poet himself ( the speaking I , not the man William Shakespeare ) ’ — a welcome disclaimer ! — ‘ and a ‘ you ’ , the actor playing the role of a lovely boy , a worthy or unworthy mistress , possibly a rival poet' . |
| 5 | The insider who studies his own society is really the ‘ anthropologist at home ’ and he can not move away . |
| 6 | I wonder if this fundamentally unimportant fact will linger as long in any mention of her as did the pillorying of Anthony Burgess as ‘ The Man Who Reviewed His Own Book ’ some 30 years ago . |
| 7 | Then all the young gentlemen came up to him and shook both his hands very hard , especially the hand which held his few possessions . |
| 8 | No doubt there were many contributory external or psychological factors in what was happening to the way he perceived his own personality . |
| 9 | The same secretive manner , the way he considered his own wishes to be paramount , the odd furtive way he stared at her when he thought she was not aware of it . |
| 10 | This is both for the purposes of common courtesy but also as it may have an important bearing on the way he discharges his own continuing professional responsibilities . |
| 11 | From the balcony he thanked his many friends for their support , and the Lord God for showing the jury his divine wisdom . |