Example sentences of "[prep] his [adj] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , when Woosnam was taken ill so badly during the Johnnie Walker tournament in Bangkok earlier this year that on completion of his round he had to be rushed to hospital suffering from dehydration , he did not leave until he had first dealt with the hovering group of reporters . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , in place of his ideal he substituted ‘ rough trade ’ , favoured by other homosexuals of his class partly because it is easily discarded . |
| 3 | Mr. Ratcliffe told me he could not say that an average person would not be woken by a heavy goods vehicle passing by his window and , to his credit , whilst making the very best of his brief he did not suggest that the present position is not disturbing . |
| 4 | He did what little packing of his own he had to do , then ordered up a small supper : a club sandwich , ice-cream , bourbon and coffee . |
| 5 | He wondered how much of his own he had left . |
| 6 | It seemed that for reasons of his own he wanted to make quite sure that the woman knew how things stood , and really she could not have been left in any doubt , Maggie thought . |
| 7 | And now for some purpose of his own he shook her off , and with almost insulting lack of finesse . |
| 8 | With his right arm he swam , and with his left he waved wildly , shouting as loudly as he could . |
| 9 | As an adolescent and well into his twenties he had affected to despise the whole fairy tale — the people , the properties , the false virtues , the false security it represented . |
| 10 | In his twenties he had taken up with a girl called Freda and got her pregnant . |
| 11 | While he was still in his twenties he set up his own factory in Welwyn Garden City and became a millionaire . |
| 12 | In his forties it grew worse and he decided to see a specialist When Alan mentioned that he had taken a lot of antibiotics just before the urticaria began , the specialist suggested that he try a diet with no sugar and very little starch . |
| 13 | In his left he balanced a glass of scalding hot tea . |
| 14 | Now that he was in his mid-seventies he signed his rare letters to her ‘ Daddy ’ or even ‘ Pops ’ . |
| 15 | In his 20s he became a director of N.M . |
| 16 | Two tables to his left I recognized the handsome young Guards major who had just become a father . |
| 17 | Turning to his left he ran , making for T'ai Cho 's room and the labs beyond , hoping it was n't too late . |
| 18 | To his left he heard a low growl and a faint crunching noise . |
| 19 | Over to his left he caught a glimpse of a Georgian mansion huddled a quarter-mile off the main road . |
| 20 | To his right wing the hills sloped gently down and were of little interest but on his left they formed a steep escarpment up whose side came a soaring wind . |