Example sentences of "in his [adj] [noun] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paisley was the evangelical preacher , embracing the religious and the political in his two careers and he was backed by the Protestant farmers . |
| 2 | Reagan was supported by an exceptionally talented staff in his first term and it might be said that his legislative triumphs can best be explained by the quality of the team around him . |
| 3 | After 27 years at BTR 's electrical wholesaling subsidiary Newey & Eyre , 46-year-old Alan knew he had a worthwhile asset in his preserved pension and he wanted to be sure he got the best value . |
| 4 | He was merely taunting in his usual manner and she was quite pleased with herself that she had managed to retain some control when he 'd kissed her . |
| 5 | She thought she detected the ghost of amusement in his blue eyes and it incensed her even more . |
| 6 | There was no acknowledgement of betrayal in his orderly world and it left him floundering . |
| 7 | It rang in his private office and I took it there . |
| 8 | Just because he came here in his working clothes and I knew he drove a lorry … |
| 9 | In this scene , a stiff muscular hero has a large , heavy club raised in his right hand and he advances towards his objective . |
| 10 | He still had his biro gripped in his right hand and he was fiddling with it tensely , his brown , slightly almond-slitted eyes fallen to the table , unable to meet the directness of Ward 's gaze . |
| 11 | The bottle was in his right hand and he swung it to and fro once or twice , apparently judging its weight . |
| 12 | Paul Devraux 's features bore a strong resemblance to his father 's , but his dark eyes twinkled mischievously in his sunburned face and he affected a droll , cynical expression . |
| 13 | She watched the play of muscles in his powerful back and she reluctantly admitted that he really was a magnificent specimen . |
| 14 | ‘ You attended Edwin Garland in his last illness and you were called in at his death . |
| 15 | He 's got his own skateboard ramp in his back garden and he video tapes what he does so that he can watch what he 's doing wrong and all the rest of it . |
| 16 | I lean back in his comfortable armchair and I sigh . |
| 17 | His chin was in his oversized hands and he was beaming . |
| 18 | Especially after someone landed a greenie in his open mouth and he got hepatitis . |
| 19 | He put it in his own holster and he put the er thumb strap over t to secure it in the holster . |
| 20 | He 's a genius in his own way and he knows it . ’ |
| 21 | My master came back , slightly bemused , lost in his own thoughts and I had to repeat two or three times what Mathilda had told me . |
| 22 | She could n't just ignore him in his own house and she had the nasty feeling that she would not have been able to ignore him anywhere . |
| 23 | What that also shows is that Ile De Nisky is a very useful performer in his own right and he should take today 's Foundation Stakes in his stride before having another crack at Nashwan in Newmarket 's Champion Stakes later this month . |