Example sentences of "this [noun] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point Antonio enters , and Shylock instantly switches to verse in an aside to us : This is a crucial moment , revealing to us alone at this point his real hatred , so strong that only verse can express it . |
| 2 | At this point his heavy hand came into harsh contact with my face . |
| 3 | Once again Eliot sought secrecy at one of the most important events of his life , although on this occasion his primary aim was to avoid the attentions of the newspapers . |
| 4 | No one remembered , except Maude who kept her thoughts to herself , that seven years ago this week his little child , Matthew , died suddenly , the victim of the plague which stalked the alleyways and streets of London . |
| 5 | The TV bear comes of age this year his 40th anniversary and puppeteer Matthew Corbett feared rip-offs in the wake of Sooty-mania . |
| 6 | By this time his international reputation was well established . |
| 7 | Immediately a great roar of applause broke out , and Gurney looked at the audience , and this time his self-satisfied smirk seemed to be so obvious , to George at any rate , that he could not understand how the audience too could fail to see it . |
| 8 | This time his 38-year-old legs were not quick enough to cut off the corners and trap his quarry for even the slightest roughing-up . |
| 9 | At this time his poetic inspiration returned , and some of his finest work was written in the last weeks of his life , including his most famous poem , ‘ Heart of the Heartless World ’ . |
| 10 | That was why , apart from a mild hope that this time his wretched daughter would get herself killed , he did not devote his considerable powers to learning more about the three travellers galloping desperately out of his realm . |
| 11 | At this stage his main objective was to catch a wave all the way into the beach . |