Example sentences of "in his [adj] [noun pl] [pron] had " in BNC.
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1 | Even in India , where Owen had served before he came to Egypt , and where in his latter years he had been seconded from his regiment to an Intelligence post on the Frontier , it had been normal practice to purchase information . |
2 | In his early days he had been clerk of the race-course , but is more well known as the fiery Salvationist he became after his conversion . |
3 | By now he had come to symbolize the Montparnasse adventure , and even in his worst moments he had a glamour about him , a sense of intensity , that excited envy and admiration . |
4 | He did not know that in his last months he had developed a fatal heart condition . |
5 | In his wildest nightmares he had never thought it would come to this . |