Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prince acknowledged their greetings as he and his favourite sat in the two great throne-like chairs at the high table . |
| 2 | He was about four feet away when his foot caught in the electric flex he was dragging and he stumbled forward off balance . |
| 3 | His statue stands in the delightful Place Royale , above the possessive caption of ‘ Lou Nouste Henric ’ , or ‘ Our Henry ’ in the local Gas con patois . |
| 4 | Down was one of the outstanding medical students of his generation , and his decision to work in the neglected and perhaps despised field of mental deficiency was courageous . |
| 5 | Jews and the ‘ Jewish Question , were mentioned as such neither in Hitler 's New Year exhortation to his Party at the beginning of 1932 , nor in his notorious speech to the Düsseldorfer Industrieklub in January , nor in his ‘ Appeal to the Nation ’ , sold as a record in July and typical of his election addresses in the first half of the year . |
| 6 | A canoeist died when his canoe overturned in the swollen River Ogwen in north Wales . |
| 7 | But at the same time , if there is a God , it is perfectly plausible to argue that He would desire the discussion of His existence to proceed in the argumentative , confused and doubting way in which it currently does . |
| 8 | What part , for example , did his teaching play in the increasing secularization of modern society ? |
| 9 | He also declared his willingness to participate in the second round of the presidential poll and said that UNITA would attend forthcoming multiparty talks convened by the MPLA-PT . |
| 10 | Gently at first , but as it aroused her he opened his mouth to take in the full upward curve of her left breast . |
| 11 | ‘ Gina , Gina … ’ he murmured , his mouth buried in the thick darkness of her hair , his hands travelling with deep caressing movements up and down her body . |
| 12 | Delaney had already got one leg over the door frame that led below , and would have stopped for no one , except that his glance took in the obvious truth . |
| 13 | Faldo conceded the French and Belgian Opens when victory seemed a formality and he bristled when I questioned these fallibilities during his march to triumph in the European Open at Sunningdale . |
| 14 | Tim Jarvis says it 's always been his ambition to ride in the National and now he wants to go one step further . |
| 15 | Director Christopher Barry , as he appeared in his cameo shot in the 1976 story ‘ The Brain of Morbius ’ , which starred Tom Baker as the Doctor . |
| 16 | ‘ In the post-war years ’ , wrote Randolph 's son , ‘ Randolph remained for ever in debt because of his determination to live in the grand style to which he had allowed himself to become accustomed . ’ |
| 17 | If Meyer meets someone I want his picture taken in the utmost secrecy . |
| 18 | The House does , of course , have charge of its own affairs and can expel a Member , without prejudice to his right to stand in the ensuing by-election , whenever it so wishes . |
| 19 | Lightbody has already booked his place to compete in the British Isles singles championship in Worthing in July . |
| 20 | The old body of the seer , one of the great examples of early classical realism , finds no parallel on the west , but the furrow on his brow recurs in the western gable and a metope too . |
| 21 | ENGLAND boss Graham Taylor has admitted for the first time that his team flopped in the European Championship finals because they were n't fit enough . |
| 22 | Later , as his family came into the world , it was to be the dining-room and a new surgery was built at the side of the house , but when Mrs Curdle first knew him , the doctor and his wife dined in the sunny little room at the back of the house , conveniently near to the kitchen . |
| 23 | Eliot and his wife photographed in the early morning , following a celebration of the opening of The Elder Statesman , 26 September , 1958 . |
| 24 | He leaned back in his seat , casually turning his head to take in the whole room . |
| 25 | Ember ducked his head to whisper in the warm , secret tinge of biolight , ‘ Do n't pay no mind to them , Jez . |
| 26 | The cupboard was just deep enough to hold him sitting cross-legged , his head concealed in the pinstriped folds of Francie 's second-best suit , which hung on a hanger . |
| 27 | Their most useful contribution has been a fresh appraisal of his later work created at Moret-sur-Loing where his art culminated in the marvellous series of depictions of the south-west facade of the town 's church ( 1893–1894 ) . |
| 28 | ‘ But chief of and top of his knowledge consists in the Holy Scriptures . |
| 29 | He smiled , seeing his pledge lie in the other man 's palm , as yet only half-accepted . |
| 30 | Oh by the way Miss Hall do you know anything , said P C Garfield , well said Jane I was n't going to tell , but I think Mr Sandy and their assistant knows something about it , because about twelve thirty this morning I was going to report about the cobwebs and dampness on the walls and I heard Mr Sandy and his assistant talking in the back room . |