Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 William had been involved with Clydesdales since his boyhood and in 1897 he bought two good mature stallions and a fine brood mare with which he established Dunure Mains as a stud .
2 The term of service was reduced by his successors and in 1762 it was made voluntary , but the great bulk of the officer corps continued to be staffed by hereditary noblemen .
3 After being invalided out of the Royal Artillery in 1942 , Price joined the company of ( Sir ) Noël Coward [ q.v. ] , who was so impressed by his charm that in 1943 he gave Price the leading role of Charles Condamine in his play , Blithe Spirit , at the Duchess Theatre .
4 But by 1646 he had been deprived of his parish and in 1648 he was expelled from Christ Church .
5 Such was his energy that in 1753 he steered no fewer than six separate turnpike trust bills through Parliament , all relating to Whitehaven .
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