Example sentences of "his [noun sg] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Brentwood goalkeeper , making his debut at this level , is the son of 1966 World Cup soccer hero Martin . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , his ghost at any rate . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | With a greatly reduced Government majority in the Commons , there is one individual the Prime Minister must retain on his side at all cost . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 : |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | A little fold of the veil can be drawn aside to disclose his mood at that time . |
| 14 | Though his mood at this stage , I admit , seemed , if anything , to be one of exhaustive disenchantment . |
| 15 | His profile at this year 's Balmoral Show was as prominent as any of his predecessors in recent years . |
| 16 | His intervention at this time , in the same way as his intervention in Kent in 764–5 , was probably a response to political instability among the South Saxons . |
| 17 | Her presence in his room at this hour confirmed her role in Matilda 's household only too plainly . |
| 18 | This is a person who quite likes the idea that the woman he is mashing might stick an ice-pick into his jugular at any second . |
| 19 | Bond he no longer has the Princess Di haircut by the way reorganised his team at half time , pushing former Quaker Alan Walsh further forward , but Quakers had the perfect answer . |
| 20 | It was difficult not to be ashamed of his behaviour at that time . |
| 21 | His behaviour at this point can be readily explained by the fact that he was Sigismund 's son-in-law . |
| 22 | ‘ Last Saturday night , just about the time you were with his wife at that party in Fulham . |
| 23 | Some feedback now Jeff said okay he 's done this course before and he 's looking for feedback to see the level of his competence at this point , but everybody er I 'm sure you will agree by the end of tomorrow will have got feedback . |
| 24 | It would have been easy to nick his wallet at that point . |
| 25 | ‘ Boy ’ Mould had served in France with 1 Squadron in 1939/40 , where he had shot down the first German aircraft to be claimed by R.A.F. fighters over the Western Front ; he had over eight victories to his credit at this time . |
| 26 | His irritation at this failure to control his warring vassals was further increased in the spring of 1188 when Richard , no longer distracted by rebellion , launched his Brabançons in a massive attack on Toulouse . |
| 27 | There is little legend attached in early times to the name of Theseus ; and his build-up at this period as a companion and analogue of Herakles seems as a propaganda-figure for the Athenian democracy . |
| 28 | was working for his father at this time and about 1740 John Bird [ q.v. ] |
| 29 | His topic at this point , we shall simplistically assume ( see further discussion in Chapter 3 ) , is his nervousness . |
| 30 | His ideal at this time was Cebotari . |