Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor was so pleased with his progress he said the patient could go home if Eva was going to be there to look after him . |
| 2 | Although his life was packed with drama , exciting travel adventures , wealth and personal idealism , yet in his heart he felt the emptiness of it all . |
| 3 | The Ray-Bans obscured his eyes , but from the subtle hardening of his jaw she had the feeling she 'd angered him . |
| 4 | But to his horror he saw the boy cup his hands round his mouth and make a crude and earsplittingly loud imitation of a pheasant 's call . |
| 5 | They 'll give you a fire if it 's cold the other day when Tony was here with his mum they had a fan heater |
| 6 | Until , under the mirror , after many a circle and feint , after many a playful retreat and renewed approach , Ivan at last cornered her , and even before he opened his mouth she felt the smell of fear from herself : her pores broke open , she stood there panting slightly , her hair rising on the back of her neck in terror , her heated skin covered in icy sweat : ‘ And when , ’ asked Ivan pleasantly , ‘ are you two going to make the announcement ? |
| 7 | At this point in Uncle Albert 's path around his study he reached the fireplace and caught sight of the clock on the mantlepiece . |
| 8 | Once he had reached his side he placed an arm around Tommy 's shoulder . |
| 9 | Ma Smith took in gentlemen paying guests and for his outlay he had a bedroom , a personal sitting room and the dedicated service of the widowed Mrs Smith and her daughters . |
| 10 | Even though I knew what was going through his mind I asked a supplemental , ‘ The software does support Grey Scales does n't it ? ’ . |
| 11 | And in his mind he formed a pattern of their vivid after-images against the dull mauve light . |
| 12 | In the back of his mind he knew the air in the Base was getting staler as the crisis progressed , but he could n't afford to worry about that now . |
| 13 | With one part of his mind he logged the fact that Mum had understood the worst immediately and must in some way have been expecting it . |
| 14 | He was obviously a sad man , but in his soundlessness I detected a stillness that neither his wife nor his son achieved . |
| 15 | In his heyday he had a memory like a clamp . |
| 16 | At the conclusion of his apprenticeship he became a partner in this firm , thereafter Wilberforce & Smith . |
| 17 | After completing his apprenticeship he suffered a breakdown in health and was compelled to abandon his intended profession . |
| 18 | Through his marriage he acquired the lease of houses and lands here and continued to invest in property . |
| 19 | Polgar told me that in the early days of his marriage he examined the childhood of many famous persons and saw that geniuses all specialised in a field very early . |
| 20 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 21 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 22 | By his second he had a son who died in infancy , and a daughter born 1641 . |
| 23 | Soon after his return he took a lease of Colworth House , Sharnbrook in north Bedfordshire , from John Fiott-Lee , whose principal seat was at Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire . |
| 24 | After his return he made a statement to the UK House of Commons on Oct. 24 , warning that the decision on the use of force was " not one which can be indefinitely shirked " if sanctions were proving ineffectual . |
| 25 | On his return he faced a conflict of loyalties . |
| 26 | On his return he found an island in the grip of suspicion . |
| 27 | On his desk he had a box full of eyes . |
| 28 | He was met by Kjell-Arne , his kennel boy , who told him that when he was eating his lunch he heard the noise of a dog scratching against the door . |
| 29 | Unfortunately when we went into the shop to buy his gift we met a couple of his ex-girlfriends who insisted on coming along to remind him of the girls he is leaving behind , and to present him with a small , but wonderfully-packaged gift , a token of our friendship . |
| 30 | From his saddlebag he took a length of rope that he knotted as a leash round Nosey 's neck , then he drew his rifle out of the saddle holster , cocked it , and went silently forward . |