Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hospitals were to become a setting later in the decade for ‘ Doctor ’ films , ‘ Carry Ons ’ and such tepid dramas as Behind the Mask ( 1958 ) , but the genre can be traced back to White Corridors ( 1951 ) where , amidst the routine romantic squabbles , and an occasional lecture on the working of the NHS , two strong stories evolve : a researcher develops a drug that will kill infections resistant to penicillin and his lover secures herself a registrar 's post against nepotistic competition , by skilfully operating on a patient her rival has misdiagnosed . |
| 2 | It had been a debate in the House of Lords on juvenile delinquency , a subject on which His Lordship considered himself an expert since he had , indubitably , once been a boy and had , briefly , helped organise a youth club on his grandfather 's estate . |
| 3 | Spenser was able to use his MA to call himself a gentleman , his education was the key to his social mobility . |
| 4 | He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible . |
| 5 | It was heavy , being covered by a thick layer of turf , and as soon as he could he checked over his shoulder to satisfy himself the area was entirely clear , before climbing stiffly all the way out and dropping the trapdoor shut again . |