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Example sentences of "[subord] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	It is always safer to transfer the person on the tail to the nose , where his extra weight can be more effective .
2	He let his mind wander down the twenty yards of landing and the three stairs to the back bedroom where his sixteen-year-old daughter lay .
3	It would be appropriate not simply as a true alternative to expulsion where the grounds for the latter exist but also where the circumstances make it difficult to identify some particular breach or failure by the partner served with notice , where the problem is more that his face no longer fits , where his general approach to the business of the firm is inconsistent with the policy which the other partners have decided to adopt , and so on .
4	Mr Reynolds is admitted directly from the surgical Outpatient Clinic where his General Practitioner referred him urgently because of his history of an alteration in bowel habit , rectal bleeding and constipation .
5	Laughton spent a childhood largely tormented by a glandular problem which made him constantly overweight and therefore unpopular at school and indeed at home , where his early determination to become an actor met severe parental opposition .
6	Held , dismissing the appeal , that on its true construction section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 did not confer on a minor who had attained the age of 16 an absolute right to determine whether or not he received medical treatment but enabled him , for the limited purpose of protecting his medical practitioner from prosecution or from any claim in trespass , to give consent to such treatment as effectively as if he were an adult ; that , although a minor of any age who had sufficient maturity might consent to treatment , his refusal to give consent could not overrule consent given by the court ; that in exercising its inherent jurisdiction the court would take particular account of the minor 's wishes , the importance of which increased with his age and maturity , but would override them where his best interests so required ; and that , having regard to the nature of W. 's illness and to the serious deterioration in her condition , her best interests required the court to direct her immediate transfer to and treatment at the new unit without her consent ( post , pp. 765G — 766A , H — 767C , 768F–G , 769G–H , 770B–D , 772A–C , D–E , 774C–D , 775H — 776A , E–F , 777F–G , 779A , 780B–E , G–H , 781B–E , H — 782A ) .
7	Those were offset by a double bogey at the par-five 15th , where his second shot went into the water .
8	There , at Kemp 's home again I 'm guessing — a quarrel took place in which Kemp was struck over the head and sent stumbling in his own living room , where his right temple crashed against the kerb of the fire-place — and where he died .
9	where his right hand , he 's a very confident music reader and plays but his left hand he 's merely sort of hangs there like a claw and plays the odd chord
10	But that notion was dispelled by Hill-Wood , who wants the Swedish international — relegated to the subs ' bench for the last two matches — to extend his career with the Gunners , where his current contract expires in 18 months .
11	As she dashed out into the road , where his camouflaged truck was parked , she was relieved that the only thing pursuing her was his curses .
12	Cregeen died on Good Friday , 9 April 1841 , and was buried 13 April in Arbory churchyard , where his elegant box-tomb is still to be seen south-east of the church .
13	As a representative of non-Zionist Jews Wolf played an important role at the Paris peace conference of 1919 , where his close association with the British delegation helped to bring about the conclusion of the minority treaties .
14	On this particular Sunday afternoon , Celia 's husband , clad in shorts and T-shirt , bent over them carefully , snipping here and there , and occasionally looking towards the pram , parked in the shade a few feet away , where his nine-month-old son , propped up by pillows and securely strapped in , made contented unintelligible noises at him .
15	Mansell dominated the opening qualifying in his Canon-Williams-Renault for the tough 81-lap Adelaide street circuit race , where his 1986 title hopes were wrecked by a tyre blow-out .
16	A third , small , anoraked figure approached the sergeant from behind where his two captives were kicking their legs like the rear end of a pantomime horse on speed .
17	I could n't be entirely sure where his other arm was , but he just disappeared .
18	Then he was drafted into Laura 's studio where his technical expertise was critical in strengthening the developing team .
19	In 1938 he won a scholarship to Merton College , Oxford , where his influential tutor was Edmund Blunden [ q.v. ] , soldier-poet of an earlier war than that for which Douglas enlisted in 1940 .
20	There are , therefore , three kinds of consent that do not impose obligations on the agent : first , where his personal situation is not affected by the consent ; second , where his personal situation is favourably affected , for the consent is a condition of his possession of a right or of some other benefit ; third , where his personal situation is adversely affected , but by waiving a right rather than by undertaking an obligation .
21	There are , therefore , three kinds of consent that do not impose obligations on the agent : first , where his personal situation is not affected by the consent ; second , where his personal situation is favourably affected , for the consent is a condition of his possession of a right or of some other benefit ; third , where his personal situation is adversely affected , but by waiving a right rather than by undertaking an obligation .
22	There are , therefore , three kinds of consent that do not impose obligations on the agent : first , where his personal situation is not affected by the consent ; second , where his personal situation is favourably affected , for the consent is a condition of his possession of a right or of some other benefit ; third , where his personal situation is adversely affected , but by waiving a right rather than by undertaking an obligation .
23	When he does produce these propositions he does so through ironic positive politeness , more precisely through superficially observing the approbation maxim : Anderson 's irony here is much more successful than that which he uses when arguing with the captain in scene six ( where his ironic statements concerning human rights in Czechoslovakia actually prompt the captain to ask further awkward questions ( pp. 70 – 1 ) ) , because he exploits the potential ambiguity of the academic discourse appropriate to a lecture .
24	That will comprise a potentially exempt transfer regardless of where the life tenant resides or where his ordinary place of residence is or where he is domiciled .
25	He arrived back at his parents ' home in Bures St Mary near Sudbury , Suffolk , yesterday where his first task was to wash off the grime of Patagonia , much of it volcanic dust .
26	But there was fierce hostility to the appointment within the Labour ranks ; Thomas instead accepted the Colonial Office , where his instinctive patriotism and robust utterances were more appreciated .
27	In it , the young Anglo- Asian hero , Karim , engages in some heavy petting with a white male school friend , then takes a breather in the garden , where his Asian father is making love to his friend 's single- breasted mother ( cancer has claimed the other breast ) .
28	Gabriele Bacquier 's Somarone , too , is a delight , where his opposite number , Jules Bastin , became quickly tiresome , a crudely blustering figure .
29	‘ You really think you can play God with people 's lives , do n't you ? ’ she demanded shakily , rubbing her arm jerkily where his restraining grip seemed to have stopped the blood flow .
30	Strong and sturdy , Phil was a valuable player to have around in those 3rd Division days of hustle and bustle , where his competitive spirit was constantly driving the Palace forward to success .