Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [pron] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or , finally , his failure to adapt himself in 1944 – 46 could be seen as the product of a genuine idealism . |
| 2 | He had his chance to show hisen in three games did n't he ? |
| 3 | His wife predeceased him in 1841 , leaving no children . |
| 4 | His father coached him in Dutch , and also introduced him to theosophy . |
| 5 | Miguel was his usual self and his efficiency left him in fifth place . |
| 6 | In the arts it has become over the last century not the exception but almost the rule for the innovator at the crucial time of forming his style to find something in another culture from which he can learn , an influence not superficial , as in eighteenth century chinoiserie , but radical ( the Impressionists and the Japanese woodcut , Debussy and the Javanese gamelan , Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese architecture , the Imagists and Japanese and Chinese poetry , the Cubists and African sculpture , Henry Moore and the Mexican Chac Mool , Brecht and Chinese theatre , Artaud and Balinese dance ) . |
| 7 | The Somali tribes , with whom he had identified himself , might well have rallied to his cause had he in this decisive hour shown himself a leader . |
| 8 | The most important factor in keeping arrears down to the lowest possible level was exercising proper care in granting mortgage loans , checking the applicant 's income , his previous borrowing record , verifying that the property was relevant to the borrower 's needs and his ability to maintain it in good order . |
| 9 | Beauty to him came from the soul , as we say , and he saw it as his task to exteriorise it in some way that harmonized with the subject matter . |