Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says he can remember he was burnt in the fire and that his sister died in the fire . |
| 2 | The look in his eye , when it met Gabriel 's , frightened the boy more than ever — made his heart cower in the back of its cage . |
| 3 | With term approaching fast , it was quite likely that Andrew was coming to London on department business , and had seen his opportunity to call in the debt . |
| 4 | He forced his wife to put up with having his mistress living in the house with them . |
| 5 | His foot caught in the grass , and he sprawled headlong . |
| 6 | Ironically , the only Hibs player who appeared to have any kind of conviction going forward was Pat McGinlay , who has taken up the attention of Celtic 's manager , Liam Brady , and will be the object of a move from that quarter when his contract expires in the summer . |
| 7 | But to conclude from this that the quality of his faith lay in the fact that he trusted God for no reason whatever is quite illegitimate . |
| 8 | Philip saw his Mum standing in the doorway . |
| 9 | In imitation of Velasquez , Minton shows himself at his easel reflected in the mirror behind . |
| 10 | On which the door swings open to reveal MR BACON , his eyes bulging slightly , his hair wafting in the draught . |
| 11 | Thoughtfully she watched his elegant figure in the well-cut black coat , his hair streaming in the wind and shining like molten gold in the morning light . |
| 12 | He spent a lot of time in his study engaged in the writing of some mysterious work . |
| 13 | Even with his practised deception , his uncertainty showed in the depths of his haunted eyes . |
| 14 | Overtaking a convoy of lorries he struck one of them and his car landed in the ditch . |
| 15 | A moment later she heard his car turning in the courtyard , then the sound faded as he drove away . |
| 16 | ‘ I heard his key turning in the lock . ’ |
| 17 | On Friday night his grandmother heard him come in , because his key grated in the lock . |
| 18 | His monument erected in the Parish Church of East Grinstead was removed to Sevenoaks in 1710 , when the Church roof fell in and a window to his memory was placed in the Parish Church of Sevenoaks in 1954 . |
| 19 | But he meant well , and the place and his practice thrived in the way that life tends to in India . |
| 20 | Lance Henly was destined to become a legend in Club lore and the only Secretary to have his photograph hung in the clubhouse . |
| 21 | Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it . |
| 22 | He let his eyes travel over her , openly appraising , as his gaze took in the firm , high breasts , softly moulded by the cashmere of her sweater-dress , then drifted down to the dip of her waist and the womanly curves of her hips and thighs . |
| 23 | his dream continued in the submarine sleep |
| 24 | ‘ It 's times like that when his work gets in the way most . ’ |
| 25 | His portrait hangs in the place of honour in the Boston office of the Anglian Water Authority . |
| 26 | The speed of hands stamped the most vivid contrast on the encounter , for in each session Leonard took time out in his backtracking to whip in the jab and later the left hook to win the judges ' favour . |
| 27 | ' When the time comes , Dustin has expressed his desire to depart in the style of the actor David Burns , who suffered a fatal heart attack in the middle of a performance . |
| 28 | That , and the need to earn a living , are the reasons behind his desire to stay in the US where he is seeking a green card as a full-time athlete having graduated from Stanford University last year . |
| 29 | Again it is unnecessary for him to explain his reluctance to respond in the circumstances to the hope of this reviewer that he would again delight us with an introduction of the wide sweep of brilliance with which he embellished Volume II . |
| 30 | His commercial pride badly wounded , Mercer fought off the criticism , but had to endure a harsh winter watching his team struggle in the knowledge that it would be many years before he could contemplate the fire-side warmth of his own undersoil heating . |