Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left the village school at the age of eleven , and helped his father in farming and sawing timber . |
| 2 | Lin Foh jerked his head in acknowledgement of the courtesy , his princely bearing enabling him to do nothing else . |
| 3 | Pius XII was trained as a diplomat , and retained his faith in diplomacy despite its obvious failure in the case of Germany . |
| 4 | Many rabbis expected a Messiah after the destruction of the Second Temple , and the greatest of them , Rabbi Akiva , found his Messiah in Bar Kochba under Hadrian , though it is very doubtful whether Bar Kochba himself even claimed Messianic status . |
| 5 | Holm , 24 , who reached the last 16 at Wimbledon last year before losing to Stefan Edberg in four sets , also trailed 5–4 in the second set but found his range in time to break New Zealander Steven in the 11th game to level the match . |
| 6 | He clenched his fist in frustration . |
| 7 | He wrinkled his nose in distaste at the acrid smell of the place . |
| 8 | Stephen wrinkled his nose in disapproval . |
| 9 | Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon . |
| 10 | Leo , watching from the comer of the room , dropped his glass in amazement at Katherine 's unexpected wildness . |
| 11 | They affected his taste in food , for instance , his liking for antiques — even , one friend thought , the way he walked . |
| 12 | Ben , whistling happily , serviced his car in preparation for the long drive North . |
| 13 | Richard only estimated his age in relationship to his duties . |
| 14 | Anthony Wedgwood-Benn renounced his peerage in order to stand for election to the House of Commons . |
| 15 | If Eliot largely renounced his interest in childhood and in anthropology during the few years that followed , he gave up neither entirely . |
| 16 | Christie 's auctioneer Colin Sheaf mounted his rostrum in front of a wall of 1,100 blue and white vases . |
| 17 | His wattle started to quiver and he buried his head in Chicken Likken 's feathers again . |
| 18 | Next to pull out was Surrey fast bowler Martin Bicknell , who dislocated his shoulder in training . |
| 19 | ‘ I am standing in what until very recently was one of the largest Uridian marioc manufacturing centres , ’ Trevor Newson poked his microphone in front of the nearest dancer . |
| 20 | This sensation of being hemmed in in the middle of Europe was heightened by the foundation of the German Empire in 1871 , although it was Bismarck 's great achievement that he united his country in concert with the other nations of Europe . |
| 21 | A year before his father avowed his change in faith , Cecil had journeyed to Rome and made his own profession of Catholicism . |
| 22 | Quiet , steady and composed , Gavin was an ideal partner for skipper Jim Cannon at the heart of the Palace defence and , if the early '80s were a time when our back four was often under a lot of pressure , Gavin played his part in Palace 's revival at the end of the decade although , in spite of skippering our successful 1988–89 side for a few matches mid-season , he incurred yet another injury and was prevented from playing in all but the final three games . |
| 23 | The Under-Secretary lifted his head in surprise . |
| 24 | Klaus smiled and lifted his glass in acknowledgement . |
| 25 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 26 | Ben lifted his hand in farewell and Hari smiled politely before closing the door behind her . |
| 27 | ‘ It was a lovely meal , ’ he said as he lifted his hand in farewell , ‘ and I do n't have to tell you — nobody in the world can make a pork pie like yours ! ’ |
| 28 | When he became a father , he unwittingly undermined and displaced his wife in order not to be undermined and displaced himself . |
| 29 | Poll appeared — the pair were never far apart — and ate his share in silence , except for the crunching of needle-sharp teeth . |
| 30 | Just before half-time he slid his easiest opportunity wide , then turned his back in favour of Mike Marsh after Hutchison was fouled for a penalty six minutes from time that clinched a fourth-round tie with Crystal Palace . |