Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] his [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know the American President and his adviser were in the malai capital at the time ? ’ |
| 2 | Matthew was kneeling on the floor looking into her eyes beside the couch and his arm was around her . |
| 3 | ‘ He is a big horse and his preference is for soft ground . |
| 4 | Er , he was carrying a shotgun and his revolver was in the holster , hence there there was no spare holster . |
| 5 | The second episode which Mrs Whitehouse says she remembers with a mixture of ‘ amusement and incredulity ’ involved a scene in which Alf and his son-in-law were in the living room reading : Mike , a football book , and Alf a book that can not at first be seen . |
| 6 | Secondly , he had published doctrine at variance with the Athanasian Creed and the Homilies of the Church of England and his teaching was at variance with that of the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops . |
| 7 | Oh that 's good , that means , that means their anal passage and his rectum were in the right shape again . |
| 8 | He will pick up £375,000 in compensation and his shareholding is worth £136,000 . |
| 9 | A sobbing girl said : ‘ Gerard and his mum were in the living room when the shooting started . |
| 10 | ROUND the world yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnson and his crew were off the southern coast of Brazil yesterday as they maintained their challenge for the Jules Verne Trophy . |
| 11 | Santerre and his wife were in close council with each other . |
| 12 | Santerre and his wife were like waxen effigies but Rachel , her face slightly flushed , leaned forward as if without a care in the world . |
| 13 | Mr James Durham , the nightwatchman , had a cabin near the crossing and his beat was from the old goods station , east of the crossing to the passenger station on the west . |
| 14 | If he wept because he saw another world beyond sensible things , that , after all , is called ‘ Water of the Eyes ’ , then he has seen a thing which is a congener and perfecter of prayer , that is the object of prayer and his prayer is in order and even more perfect . |
| 15 | Colin and his dad are in the same flipping outfit ! |
| 16 | Ferguson and his squad are in Portugal preparing for tonight 's prestige friendly against Benfica in Lisbon 's Stadium of Light — where an expected 70,000 crowd will see Cantona make his debut in a United shirt . |
| 17 | For a moment Sophia was afraid that Mark was going to speak sternly to her , for his eyes had their rather distant look and his mouth was in a firm line . |
| 18 | He has said there is no need and his group is against the proposal . |
| 19 | Gregg Toland was the cameraman and his work is in a class of its own — full of haunting close-ups and long shots that graphically bring out the tragic relationship between man and the land . |
| 20 | His body and his mind were about their different businesses . |
| 21 | The owner of a couple of narrow boats and his crew are at a great disadvantage when pitted against such competitors as , shall we say , Mr Evans , the Goods Manager of the Midland Railway . |
| 22 | He kept listening for sounds that would tell him Blackbeard and his henchman were in the vicinity . |
| 23 | Hampton and his crew were in FA342 : |
| 24 | Brown sticks stuck out of the sleeves where there should have been wrists and his head was like a hard dry acorn , sun-burned and bald , no hair . |
| 25 | ‘ Here in the palace — though since none herein has seen hide or hair of him , one suspects that the king and his brother are under some form of house arrest . ’ |
| 26 | My landlord and his servant were in no hurry to help , and could not have climbed the cellar steps more slowly , but luckily a woman , who I supposed was the housekeeper , rushed into the room to calm the dogs . |
| 27 | Because of this ritual we wondered if Madame was privy to his secret , if she knew the story , if she sat by him because she knew that O 's great self-possession and his quietness were in fact the signs of a pain which had to be kept hidden , a pain which stayed fresh and so had to be controlled every hour of the night . |
| 28 | A Welsh miner and his wife were on passage on the " Islay " to Port Askaig to join the workers at Ballygrant when his wife was taken ill . |
| 29 | Chambers , for his part , had given his endorsement in the book : ‘ During the case Nixon and his family were at our farm , encouraging me and comforting my family . |
| 30 | One single man lived in lodgings and his landlady was in the habit of putting in a pudding basin the lunch she had prepared for that day , for him to have warmed up on the morrow . |