Example sentences of "his [noun] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Whitelaw , as Home Secretary was furious at her applause for critics of his policies at the annual party conference . |
| 2 | Bielicki formally submitted his resignation at the inaugural session of the new Sejm on Nov. 25 , despite a plea from Walesa to remain . |
| 3 | Jovic formally withdrew his resignation at the next meeting of the Federal Presidency on March 21 . |
| 4 | There had been concern about his progress at the same stage as there now was for Balbinder 's . |
| 5 | I turned up at his apartment at the appointed hour . |
| 6 | The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute . |
| 7 | As Yanto went through , Billy turned and hurled his stick at the oncoming stag , which hesitated slightly . |
| 8 | ‘ He shook his stick at the old man , who stepped back in surprise . |
| 9 | While Ambrose earns wickets for his colleagues merely by dint of his presence at the other end , one timely intrusion at Chelmsford dispelled any notions of sloth . |
| 10 | In his Beverly Hills suit and hand-painted 1950s tie , Kaufman looked like a divorce lawyer in ‘ LA Law ’ ; his presence at the Tory Party 's autumn festival could be explained only by the need to earn a crust ; he had been invited by the BBC , no doubt , to comment on the proceedings . |
| 11 | Rory smiled , sucking air through his teeth at the same time , clinked one thumbnail against his glass . |
| 12 | When the final draft was completed , shortly after midnight in his suite at the Imperial Hotel , it was made known that he would have nothing to say to markets on this occasion . |
| 13 | Imagining his grandfather turning in his grave at the very thought , he paid £120 to repair the old one . |
| 14 | But having had his look at the outside Phar Lap returned to join the rest of the pack , and though he remained at the rear he was going very easily . |
| 15 | Cashed his cheque at the High Street bank . |
| 16 | If he is not saying that he would repeal the increase in VAT , he is simply speaking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time . |
| 17 | And then , of course , there is Steve Bone blowing as many saxes as he can fit in his mouth at the same time . |
| 18 | Colleagues heard that Reagan pestered North about the hostages two or three times a week ; McFarlane , probably the transmitter of the pestering , remembered that he would barely open his mouth at the 9.30 briefing before the President would ask , ‘ Anything new on the hostages ? ’ |
| 19 | He moved to Australia to box professionally , and fought there successfully for ten years until his attempt at the Australian middleweight title in 1890 , when he was defeated by Jim Hall . |
| 20 | After he died of a heart attack in 1968 on the dock next to his boat at the Waikiki Yacht Club , his ashes were scattered over Kalahuewehe break . |
| 21 | Churchill inspired but also unnerved his listeners at the same time by painting the prospects of the armed struggle in darker and more dramatic tones than might seem necessary or desirable . |
| 22 | Politburo ‘ conservatives ’ hardly had a coherent programme , and their numbers were subject to continual attrition ( Ligachev , who left the leadership after his defeat at the 28th Congress , was a notable casualty ) . |
| 23 | In an interview which he gave in this year , he expressed his disappointment at the recent development of English poetry and suggested that any " creative advance " would come in prose fiction or in poetic drama : this is clearly what he himself was aiming at , as if he felt he could achieve in drama what he had already achieved in poetry . |
| 24 | Inside the kitchen , Frobisher was kneeling beside the body , peering through his bifocals at the horrible dent in the skull . |
| 25 | Tony asked , suspecting that Freddie had lost his nerve at the last minute . |
| 26 | Dr Peter Clarke , SCOTVEC 's Chairman , expressed his pleasure at the continued growth in National Certificate in typical style at a recent conference . |
| 27 | Writing as he was in the 1930s , he expressed his pleasure at the extensive documentation and reference material available to the student of art , instancing the growth of libraries and art historical teaching . |
| 28 | THE innocence of youth will give way to the pressures of adulthood when Duncan Ferguson plays against Germany at Ibrox tomorrow night , ending a nine-month period during which his future at the highest level looked in doubt . |
| 29 | By some terrific fluke Richard came face to face with his future at the precise time he most needed to see it . |
| 30 | Morpeth Harrier Archbold , who will go for the five-race Wearside Grand Prix title , made his break at the two mile mark and went on to beat Sunderland 's Martin Armstrong by a comfortable 30 seconds . |