Example sentences of "his [noun sg] at [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The ‘ sharpening his stick at both ends ’ refers to Roger , another character to have changed considerably since the beginning . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Eden , saying he had been asked to speak by the Cabinet , said ‘ they would remember him always — for his magnanimity , for his courage at all times and for his unfailing humour , founded in his unrivalled mastery of the English language ’ . |
| 5 | Not that this Pooh-Bah of a person let his duties worry him , even though they were within his sight at all hours . |
| 6 | After the war , when he was out of the army , he tried his hand at several things , and they were all pretty much a disaster . |
| 7 | Keith Elliott 's sermon , delivered in 1948 , was a tribute to his battered bicycle which served as his transport during his curacy at All Saints ' Parish , Palmerston North . |
| 8 | Because of events at the time , his pain at these losses had not been recognized ; they had been buried deep in his memory . |