Example sentences of "in his [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paused in his work to stare at what Dolly was doing to her first potato . |
| 2 | Oh , he 's too wrapped up in his work to bother about his wife . |
| 3 | Perhaps Lehmann 's confidence in his work acted as a spur . |
| 4 | At Waddington , Tim Taylor has organised an exhibition of maquettes and drawings by Henry Moore ( 3 June-4 July ) at a time when international interest in his work appears to be reviving , with current exhibitions taking place in Sydney and in the Garden of the Bagatelles in Paris . |
| 5 | Mr Stern has not flinched from talking to buyers , sellers , advisers , consultants , accountants , friends , farmers and agents in his determination to buy at what he considers a reasonable price . |
| 6 | Despite the density and complexity of social detail in Goody 's descriptions of literacy practice , there is a peculiar lack of sociological imagination in his determination to attribute to literacy per se , characteristics which are clearly those of the social order in which it is found . |
| 7 | The Prince muttered , ‘ Bless you , ’ then stood in his stirrups to gaze at the Lancers through a telescope . |
| 8 | Despite the flaws in his character highlighted during the bitter presidential campaign , he signifies a fresh start not just for Americans , but for many people the world over . |
| 9 | Another curious contradiction in his character led to his installation of a notorious coin-box and enamelled sign , ‘ Public Telephone ’ , for the use of his guests . |
| 10 | Suddenly he felt the car beginning to skid and in his panic trod on the brakes . |
| 11 | Sir Michael made his attack when speaking to 200 guests at a retirement dinner in his honour given by the Royal Television Society in London . |
| 12 | Sir Michael made his attack when speaking to 200 guests at a retirement dinner in his honour given by the Royal Television Society in London . |
| 13 | The pistol in his belt dug into his belly . |
| 14 | When a figure such as Duck , amenable , respectful and flattering in his gratitude came to be transplanted from his native Wiltshire to mingle with the best society of the land , his mentors no longer questioned his right to such an elevation , but were immediately at pains to educate him to become an inconspicuous unit in his new social caste . |
| 15 | On February 3rd 1817 an entry in his diary hints at the dreariness he found in his marathon task of writing the Guide . |
| 16 | Uncle Vernon , wearing a paper crown jerked from a cracker , had nodded off in his armchair listening to a choral mass on the Third Programme . |
| 17 | He was ashamed of the way his father sat in his armchair staring at them without joining in the conversation , or even rudely reading as they talked . |
| 18 | The headmaster Stan Hughes in his address spoke of the senseless loss of one so young … |
| 19 | In his childhood swimming at Cannes there had been no need for these ridiculous costumes . |
| 20 | One lieutenant-colonel in his prime died of a heart attack , and the German M.O.s began expressing serious concern about the physical state of the troops . |
| 21 | Of course with a heart like his it would n't have taken long , but why pick on strychnine when he had a fair selection of the British Pharmacopoeia in his dispensary to choose from ? |
| 22 | It was claimed in the indictment that Mackie , an investment analyst with the Edinburgh stockbrokers , Bell Lawrie White , counselled and procured two salesmen in his firm to deal in Shanks & McEwan securities on the London Stock Exchange . |
| 23 | The charge under the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 alleges that between 6 and 12 September , 1991 , he counselled and procured two salesmen in his firm to deal in Shanks & McEwan shares . |
| 24 | Mackie , of Craigcrook Road , Edinburgh , denies a charge under the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 that between 6 and 12 September 1991 , he counselled and procured two institutional salesman in his firm to deal in Shanks&McEwan shares . |
| 25 | Mackie denies a charge under the Companies Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 that in September 1991 he counselled and procured two salesmen in his firm to deal in Shanks & McEwan . |
| 26 | The malice in his tone scraped at Shiona 's nerve-ends . |
| 27 | Something wondering and recapitulatory in his tone brought to mind the way I had often spoken of Jess in her absence : odd , I thought , the way men tended to prize their partners more highly when they were elsewhere ; almost as though the idea of relationship was more satisfactory than its practice . |
| 28 | The three principal figures in his demonology proved to be the Shah , Israel and the United States , and in a sermon against this trio in March 1963 he had done much to trigger the disturbances of that summer and the process that led to his banishment to Najaf in Iraq . |
| 29 | His career was privileged beyond Lewis 's , as recounted in his memoir Surprised by Joy ( 1955 ) : no trauma of pre-1914 boarding schools , no fighting on the Western front ( only ambulance work ) , no pecuniary struggle to survive . |
| 30 | There was just enough boldness in his stare to border on the arrogant , and she clenched her fists at her sides . |