Example sentences of "in [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | In My Early Life he says I had picked up a wide vocabulary and a liking for the feel of words fitting and falling into their places like pennies in the slot . |
| 2 | My father worked on the railway and in my conscious life he was a supervisor , he was called an inspector , Inspector . |
| 3 | Leicester have got so many men back in their own half he 'll do well to make anything of this Collimore . |
| 4 | In her shocked silence he told her Pascoe had been found dead that morning but no one could get details . |
| 5 | This was a declaration of sorts , however lightly made , and one which Dr Neil had not thought to make to any woman in any form , and before Sally-Anne could take in its full meaning he rapidly continued , ‘ And now let us stop providing entertainment for the passers-by . |
| 6 | In his gentle Spanish he said softly , ‘ I do n't see it that way . |
| 7 | In his new role he will be based at the Law Society Shop in the Strand . |
| 8 | Once confident in his new power he flew at flagpole height with the greatest of ease . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In his first round he chose Dr Who as his specialist subject . |
| 13 | In his first experiment he cut from a sheet of mica a normal hour-glass shaped test-piece ( Figure 6(b) ) . |
| 14 | In his first term he had to write for him an essay on the art of poetry . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 19 | In his Fifth Report he argued that there were three or four major underlying principles under which all claims for exceptions could be brought . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In his present incumbency he takes a company into its twelfth season this spring looking remarkably solid and healthy . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In his manic enthusiasm he arrests an innocent man , the bear-like Dan Maguire , and sets about framing him . |
| 24 | In his rear mirror he watched his father struggle with the doors and manhandle the basket on to the ground . |
| 25 | In his final year he took the part of Hotspur in the school production of Henry IV Part 1 and had the audience cheering at his rabble-rousing speeches . |
| 26 | In his delicate fashion he would likely add , ‘ If you 're so much in need of it , live with somebody . |
| 27 | In his rear-view mirror he could see the glaring eyes and twisted blood smeared mouth of his assailant , and he could feel the pressure of the gun muzzle behind his right ear . |
| 28 | With church bells ringing in his tired head he looked down and saw , 300 feet below , the woman in the red petticoat . |
| 29 | Though perhaps in his blustery way he did try to be friends with them . |
| 30 | In his private practice he had adults in psychoanalysis and some children too , though with children he now concentrated more on the ‘ therapeutic consultation ’ , where he found that a single interview could at times unhitch a developmental hold-up . |