Example sentences of "his [noun sg] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If his successor at British Coal were appointed from within the corporation he considers that it would be impertinent to tell him how the job should be done . |
| 2 | He was clean-shaven , although a faint darkness marked his jaw at this hour ; inevitable with his colouring , she knew , her eyes moving upwards to his jet-black hair and then — a betrayal of herself — down to where the open neck of his shirt provided tantalising glimpses of subtly gleaming flesh shadowed by softly curling dark hair , all so emphatically masculine . |
| 3 | FERRARI yesterday criticised the International Motor Sports Federation ( FISA ) for not giving Nigel Mansell a fair hearing in the continuing row over sanctions against him following his disqualification at last month 's Portuguese Grand Prix . |
| 4 | Ralph , without the wise word of Piggy , does not realise until near the end that ‘ sharpening his stick at both ends ’ means that Jack 's hunters are out to kill him as he believes that they are not capable of murder . |
| 5 | The ‘ sharpening his stick at both ends ’ refers to Roger , another character to have changed considerably since the beginning . |
| 6 | Roger 's violent personality has emerged from beyond his ‘ superego ’ which once held back his conditioned arm from throwing stones , which now is demonstrated by the dropping of a rock on Piggy , the beating up of Sam 'n' Eric and the sharpening of his stick at both ends . |
| 7 | This year many followers of Hardy will no doubt have been tempted , as a tribute linked with the 150th anniversary of the novelist 's birth , to visit his cottage at Higher Bockhampton in Dorset . |
| 8 | Even so , he last witnesses a dated charter ( S 961 ) in 1024 , which would fit well enough with his presence at Holy River . |
| 9 | However , opposing parties complained that his presence at Civic Forum and PAV rallies contravened election rules . |
| 10 | The new paperback version of the Bible substitutes a high-rise building for the word ‘ holy ’ , leaving John Knox to turn in his grave at this testament to the Tower of Babel . |
| 11 | STEVE CRAM will make his debut at 5,000 metres next month when he becomes the first British athlete to compete in South Africa for almost 20 years . |
| 12 | The Brentwood goalkeeper , making his debut at this level , is the son of 1966 World Cup soccer hero Martin . |
| 13 | Newcastle , the hot-bed for local fell running , supplies Edinburgh-based Richard Rodgers who has performed many times for Northern Ireland and Willowfield 's George Morris — making his debut at this level — completes the senior mens ' team . |
| 14 | Newcastle , the hot-bed for local fell running , supplies Edinburgh-based Richard Rodgers who has performed many times for Northern Ireland and Willowfield 's George Morris — making his debut at this level — completes the senior mens ' team . |
| 15 | It was only on glancing again at his watch at three minutes to one and wondering what time the Substitute would turn up that he realized that the Substitute was the reason why . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , his ghost at any rate . ’ |
| 17 | He added : ‘ It was an extraordinarily tactless thing for him to open his mouth at this stage , and say what most people think is true . |
| 18 | Mr Lamont , who sees the Budget as his attempt at political rehabilitation , was boastful , saying he believed last year 's Budget had contributed to the Tory victory at the election and this one would also prove a winner in the next election in 1996 ‘ or whenever the election comes ’ . |
| 19 | However , by s 6 of the 1907 Act , a limited partner may by himself or his agent at any time inspect the books of the firm and look into the state and prospects of the partnership business , and may advise with the partners thereon . |
| 20 | Vincent Hickey is already under observation after being discovered with slash wounds in his cell at Long Lartin jail near Evesham . |
| 21 | But in the last six months his father 's image had begun to intrude on his consciousness at odd moments , in the middle of a meeting , across a boardroom table , in a gesture , the droop of an eyelid , the tone of a voice , the line of a speaker 's mouth , the shape of fingers splayed to an open fire . |
| 22 | With a greatly reduced Government majority in the Commons , there is one individual the Prime Minister must retain on his side at all cost . |
| 23 | Zlatko Matgigic is setting out his future at new restaurant at the Springhill Centre near Aylesbury . |
| 24 | To understand why , argues Gilbert , we need to understand the construction of the sodomite , his association at that time with evil , rebellion , and insurrection , and the belief that to tolerate his sin was to court the possibility of divine revenge ( as with Sodom and Gomorrah ) . |
| 25 | THE same day as dealing with the Sumner case , the Court of Appeal ruled on Mark Hill-Trevor who lost control of his car at high speed . |
| 26 | The following is his acceptance speech as President and , while betraying a certain youthfulness , it demonstrates the cast — the humour and the audacity — of his mind at that time : |
| 27 | We assume that he would have been informed of this during his briefing at Eighth Army , and obviously it was no less important for Macmillan to brief Keightley than for him to brief Harding . |
| 28 | Martin Postle splices detail and generalisation , so that he can move deftly from a meticulous account of Reynolds ' studio practice to the perceptive observation that ‘ it was not Reynolds ’ style but his lack of style which characterised his work at this time as sitters danced , flirted , embroidered , sacrificed to pagan deities , or merely meditated , in the manner of Guido Reni , Titian , Van Dyck or even Michelangelo ’ . |
| 29 | Faced , as far as he can see , with a future of minimum inflow and maximum outflow , he has decided to sell his gallery at 22 Cork Street as an art object . |
| 30 | A little fold of the veil can be drawn aside to disclose his mood at that time . |