Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says he can remember he was burnt in the fire and that his sister died in the fire . |
| 2 | Which was when the other horse got to Hullabaloo 's quarters , a big , handsome bay , his bit covered in a white froth , his nostrils wide and red , and his eye set fast on the forthcoming obstacle . |
| 3 | The Prince acknowledged their greetings as he and his favourite sat in the two great throne-like chairs at the high table . |
| 4 | The look in his eye , when it met Gabriel 's , frightened the boy more than ever — made his heart cower in the back of its cage . |
| 5 | With term approaching fast , it was quite likely that Andrew was coming to London on department business , and had seen his opportunity to call in the debt . |
| 6 | He forced his wife to put up with having his mistress living in the house with them . |
| 7 | He and all his kind meet in a tavern outside the city on the Mile End Road — it 's called the Gaveston . |
| 8 | He found his foot stuck in a branch and he bent to free himself . |
| 9 | His foot caught in the grass , and he sprawled headlong . |
| 10 | He was about four feet away when his foot caught in the electric flex he was dragging and he stumbled forward off balance . |
| 11 | When he has not seen the man he has hoped to see , his long spine slackens and he falls back upon the red vinyl of the booth with his eyes closed and his foot shaking in a livid tic . |
| 12 | His statue stands in the delightful Place Royale , above the possessive caption of ‘ Lou Nouste Henric ’ , or ‘ Our Henry ’ in the local Gas con patois . |
| 13 | Down was one of the outstanding medical students of his generation , and his decision to work in the neglected and perhaps despised field of mental deficiency was courageous . |
| 14 | EDDIE NEWTON , the rising Chelsea star who had his jaw smashed in a racist attack just six months ago , is determined to break Manchester United hearts at Stamford Bridge today . |
| 15 | He was interrupted by Bill Martin 's return to the room , his jaw set in a determined line . |
| 16 | Jews and the ‘ Jewish Question , were mentioned as such neither in Hitler 's New Year exhortation to his Party at the beginning of 1932 , nor in his notorious speech to the Düsseldorfer Industrieklub in January , nor in his ‘ Appeal to the Nation ’ , sold as a record in July and typical of his election addresses in the first half of the year . |
| 17 | His plea came in a speech to nearly 5,000 delegates at a congress marking the final stage of the two-year process to merge his ruling Zanu-PF party and Joshua Nkomo 's Zapu . |
| 18 | A canoeist died when his canoe overturned in the swollen River Ogwen in north Wales . |
| 19 | Ironically , the only Hibs player who appeared to have any kind of conviction going forward was Pat McGinlay , who has taken up the attention of Celtic 's manager , Liam Brady , and will be the object of a move from that quarter when his contract expires in the summer . |
| 20 | But to conclude from this that the quality of his faith lay in the fact that he trusted God for no reason whatever is quite illegitimate . |
| 21 | Wattling always leaves his flannel lying in a heap by the bath . |
| 22 | Paatelainen had only been introduced as a substitute but he certainly made his presence felt in no uncertain manner with his 56th minute strike . |
| 23 | Philip saw his Mum standing in the doorway . |
| 24 | In imitation of Velasquez , Minton shows himself at his easel reflected in the mirror behind . |
| 25 | But at the same time , if there is a God , it is perfectly plausible to argue that He would desire the discussion of His existence to proceed in the argumentative , confused and doubting way in which it currently does . |
| 26 | What part , for example , did his teaching play in the increasing secularization of modern society ? |
| 27 | He also declared his willingness to participate in the second round of the presidential poll and said that UNITA would attend forthcoming multiparty talks convened by the MPLA-PT . |
| 28 | On which the door swings open to reveal MR BACON , his eyes bulging slightly , his hair wafting in the draught . |
| 29 | Thoughtfully she watched his elegant figure in the well-cut black coat , his hair streaming in the wind and shining like molten gold in the morning light . |
| 30 | His hair curled in a thick golden tangle , his skin stretched taut and golden-bronze over his rolling muscles and over his high cheekboned , demonically handsome face . |