Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His initial unease is indicated in his hesitant reference to being on the way to an engagement ( p. 65 ) , and his fear and powerlessness at the end of the scene reflects itself in his abandonment of his turn as he " decides abruptly to leave " ( p. 73 ) . |
| 2 | I have not seen Brian Way for a few years now , since he went to work in America , but if he is continually developing his philosophy and practice at the rate Dorothy Heathcote is refining hers , then there is the added danger that anything written about them is out of date as it leaves the press . |
| 3 | ‘ Lend me your ears , ’ Fred orated , altering his hold and guttering at the knees . |
| 4 | His lecture and recital at the RSAMD earlier in the week revealed Hamel 's genius as very profound but possibly not always as a composer . |
| 5 | ‘ You talk of confidence , do you , with laughing boy sitting here with his pencil and paper at the ready ? |
| 6 | Joshua Cohen , sitting with his wife and daughter at the back of the synagogue rather than in his usual seat near the Ark of the Law , kept glancing up at everyone as they passed him . |
| 7 | Last night Mr Garel-Jones was reunited with his wife and family at the apartment , preparing for a spot of Christmas shopping . |
| 8 | The judge was satisfied he told what he believed to be the truth about his fear for his own safety and his shock and horror at the suffering and death of many men , some of them friends . |
| 9 | Decision : it was clear that under Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 , s.16 ( 5 ) ( b ) a court dealing with an offender for breach of a community service order must consider his age and position at the time when the order was made ( considering R. v. Wyre Magistrates ' Court ex parte Boardman ( 1987 ) 9 Cr.App.R . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Swinton is reticent about everything to do with the painting except to express his relief and delight at the perfect union of conception and execution . |
| 11 | In June 1308 Edward had accompanied a letter to the pope on Gaveston 's behalf with the grant of the castle of Blanquefort to the pope 's nephew ; later that year , at the pope 's request , the king released some prisoners , among whom was Walter Langton , bishop of Lichfield , who had offended the barons by his corruption and extortion at the exchequer and the king by earlier siding with Edward I against Gaveston . |
| 12 | Minton 's sharpest critic was David Sylvester who , having admired his Painter and Model at the Contemporary Art Society exhibition earlier that year , damned the portraits at the Lefevre for their lack of reality ; Minton , he argued , had not come to grips with appearances because he had failed to detach his faculties of observation from his interest in the sitters ' personalities . |