Example sentences of "in his [adj] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his gentle Spanish he said softly , ‘ I do n't see it that way . |
| 2 | But in his two lectures he contented himself with a couple of scattered references to " Apolline clarity " and tragedy 's — actually Shakespearean tragedy 's — " Dionysiac " quality . |
| 3 | Once confident in his new power he flew at flagpole height with the greatest of ease . |
| 4 | In his first scene he established an unshakeable authority , which , Charles knew , was bound to strengthen the total collapse of the character in the second act . |
| 5 | Ken did and Jackie promptly produced results : on his first day 's testing he was as quick as Bruce McLaren ; in his first race he won and scored eleven victories in thirteen starts . |
| 6 | He was ordained deacon in 1870 , and priest in 1872 , but in his first curacy he fell foul of both his vicar and his bishop for his heterodox beliefs ; the former asked him to leave the parish and the latter delayed his ordination . |
| 7 | In his first years he developed his interests in stratigraphy of the Chalk and in Pleistocene and Recent deposits , before he was transferred to the Lake District . |
| 8 | In his first round he chose Dr Who as his specialist subject . |
| 9 | In his first experiment he cut from a sheet of mica a normal hour-glass shaped test-piece ( Figure 6(b) ) . |
| 10 | In his first term he had to write for him an essay on the art of poetry . |
| 11 | In his first-class career he scored 37,665 runs ( 37.77 ) , with 63 centuries . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Hogarth also lived there , but he was often at his business address in Leicester Fields , and in his latter years he became ‘ Sergeant Painter ’ to the King . |
| 14 | In his latter years he took little day-to-day interest in racing , but was seen as an elder statesman of the turf . |
| 15 | In his latter years he created an elaborate water garden at the cottage ornée he had built for himself on the outskirts of Plymouth , and was wont to drive round the streets of the town in a gig disguised as a Roman war chariot , looking , in Wightwick 's words ‘ ( as far as his true English face and costume allowed ) like Ictinus of the Parthenon , ‘ out for a lark ’ . ’ |
| 16 | The McLaggans had put grass halters round the necks of a few of Menzies ' horses ; Cameron rode on one ; from the back in his dark coat he looked like a preacher leading away the faithful to a field communion . |
| 17 | In his Fifth Report he argued that there were three or four major underlying principles under which all claims for exceptions could be brought . |
| 18 | The beggarman just stood there , eyes wide in horror , mouth slack ; in his upraised hand he held by the hair the decapitated head of Adam Horne , alderman and merchant . |
| 19 | In his rear mirror he watched his father struggle with the doors and manhandle the basket on to the ground . |
| 20 | In his final year he took the part of Hotspur in the school production of Henry IV Part 1 and had the audience cheering at his rabble-rousing speeches . |
| 21 | In his final years he witnessed the introduction of vaccination ( 1798 ) and the rejection of inoculation by the majority of doctors . |
| 22 | In his final years he tried to revive his career in an American television series about martial arts called The Master ( 1986 ) but it failed and another series never got beyond the pilot stage . |
| 23 | Because in his shining colours he reflected her back in coral and violet , a shimmer of organdie , pearl and secure . |
| 24 | With church bells ringing in his tired head he looked down and saw , 300 feet below , the woman in the red petticoat . |
| 25 | Though perhaps in his blustery way he did try to be friends with them . |
| 26 | In his private practice he had adults in psychoanalysis and some children too , though with children he now concentrated more on the ‘ therapeutic consultation ’ , where he found that a single interview could at times unhitch a developmental hold-up . |
| 27 | In his second dream he found an axe on the streets of his city . |
| 28 | In his second year it dawned on him that he and his friends were the cleverest young men in the world . |
| 29 | In his second letter he wrote , ‘ I have never seen a cradle without thinking of a grave ; the sight of a naked woman makes me imagine her skeleton . ’ |
| 30 | At one stage it looked as if Gordon Hotson , of Sleaford , would put in a severe challenge , but after being five under in his second round he slipped back to a 69 , finishing a stroke behind the leaders . |