Example sentences of "in his [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trainer now reports : ‘ Arazi is an intelligent horse , much more mature , and in his work he has been doing just what he has to do . ’ |
| 2 | Fries made the assumption that the natural lifespan of the human species is of fixed duration ; in his work he takes this as 85 years . |
| 3 | Yet , among its symptoms listed by Marx in his description of alienation , one — the fact that the work is not done for the worker but for someone else , that ‘ in his work he does not belong to himself but to another person … . |
| 4 | In 1923 he married Margaret Kavanagh , upon whose assistance in his work he had increasingly relied during the growing blindness that afflicted his later years . |
| 5 | In his work he has been at the forefront of a movement fighting to drag British dance into the 20th century . |
| 6 | In his poetry he describes himself as ‘ one bred up in homely Cott ’ . |
| 7 | Perhaps in his way he was the sort of cricketer I would like to have been if I had possessed the talent . |
| 8 | Then , when the boy was n't looking in his direction he hurled it towards the pool . |
| 9 | But he quietened down soon after , because when Jennifer turned her dark eyes in his direction he was put suddenly in mind of Martha and understood very well why Tristram had been unable to keep away from her . |
| 10 | At a dinner in his honour he urged : " You need to institute reforms leading to a state of law and an open market … |
| 11 | In his preface he pays tribute to ‘ the hearty and valuable assistance of B.R. Pearn ’ . |
| 12 | In his preface he elaborates , almost apologetically , on this process of seduction : |
| 13 | In his belt he had a horn container which held a mixture which was supposed to be smeared upon the eyelids under such conditions to increase the density of the clan tattoo . |
| 14 | Not only is there no suggestion in the biographical sources or in documents that Fahreddin Acemi ever held a kadilik , but there is also positive evidence that for long periods in his Muftilik he could not have been kadi of Edirne , at least , since someone else was . |
| 15 | In his defence he was trying to get back onside , but Linighan was aware of this and shoved him , to keep him there . |
| 16 | If the distributor 's buyer opens them up and finds them not to comply with a condition in his contract he may reject them . |
| 17 | In his lunch-hour he would go out and meet Dave and Colin in the pub for lunch . |
| 18 | In his award he said that he had heard , examined , and considered the allegations , witnesses and evidence of all the parties . |
| 19 | He left the room and in his bed he wept with a violence he had never known before , spasm following spasm . |
| 20 | In his approach he includes sensitive ear to the parents of players . |
| 21 | And he has talked with her , he sought her out , not just because he loved her , but because in his love he wanted to save her ! |
| 22 | And J B Phillips in his paraphrase he puts that last question like this , what has happened to your faith ? |
| 23 | And in his diary he wrote , ‘ It 's lovely having him here , we 've had so many cosy talks . |
| 24 | But in his diary he wrote : My feet are very bad . |
| 25 | In his diary he noted , " He is a man and the straightest I have met yet … |
| 26 | In his diary he records several incidents . |
| 27 | In his chagrin he wandered up on to Moel Siabod above his home , where a clump of purple flowers amongst the grey rocks of the mountain caught his eye , just as they might that of some solitary wanderer today . |
| 28 | In his address he stated that ‘ he would n't be in favour of the pardon , but peace is worth much more ’ ( Independent 1989 ) . |
| 29 | Elsewhere in his address he lamented the drop in property values after the last election which he admitted was ‘ particularly annoying ’ and not at all expected . |
| 30 | One morning in his childhood he came downstairs , opened a door ‘ and it was like below the decks of an old galleon complete with hammocks hanging up ’ . |