Example sentences of "in his [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his narrow world there was room only for Rose . |
| 2 | In his gentle Spanish he said softly , ‘ I do n't see it that way . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The announcement proclaimed that Welsh actors and actresses were needed by the eminent playwright , director and actor Emlyn Williams , to fill ‘ small parts in his new play which will open in London in the autumn ’ . |
| 5 | In his new role he will be based at the Law Society Shop in the Strand . |
| 6 | Once confident in his new power he flew at flagpole height with the greatest of ease . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In his first round he chose Dr Who as his specialist subject . |
| 12 | In his first experiment he cut from a sheet of mica a normal hour-glass shaped test-piece ( Figure 6(b) ) . |
| 13 | In his first term he had to write for him an essay on the art of poetry . |
| 14 | Reagan 's notoriously detached style of management made high-quality staff essential , and in his first term he appears to have been particularly well served by those responsible for ushering his economic policy proposals through congress . |
| 15 | I was slightly surprised that he should get to the front so early , in his other races he 's usually slow to get going . |
| 16 | During the five minutes that he spoke about the Bill in his 52-minute speech he was floored by his own seconds — Conservative Back Benchers — when they expressed their concern . |
| 17 | In his first-class career he scored 37,665 runs ( 37.77 ) , with 63 centuries . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 20 | In his latter years he took little day-to-day interest in racing , but was seen as an elder statesman of the turf . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In his Fifth Report he argued that there were three or four major underlying principles under which all claims for exceptions could be brought . |
| 24 | They feature prominently in his present selection which includes Janine Antoni , Rachel Evans , Damien Hirst , Jeff Koons , Simon Linke , Paul McCarthy , Marc Quinn , Charles Ray , Cindy Sherman and Kiki Smith , each creating work of humour laced with a thread of menace . |
| 25 | If he was the cynosure of all eyes he did n't notice and in his present mood he would n't have been troubled if he had . |
| 26 | In his present incumbency he takes a company into its twelfth season this spring looking remarkably solid and healthy . |
| 27 | Though reserved in his interpersonal relationships he nevertheless displays good interpersonal skills . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | In his manic enthusiasm he arrests an innocent man , the bear-like Dan Maguire , and sets about framing him . |
| 30 | In his rear mirror he watched his father struggle with the doors and manhandle the basket on to the ground . |