Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv] [pron] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kate knew it was no good resisting , so she meekly allowed him to shepherd her out of the flat down to the basement where he kept his car . |
| 2 | While Montgomerie radiated confidence and respect for the course , it was a typically down-beat Sandy Lyle who prepared to re-acquaint himself with the course where he made his U.S. Open debut in 1980 . |
| 3 | In 1752 he prepared a catalogue of the contents of his Mill Hill garden and later had this bound with the seventh edition of the Dictionary where he made his own marginal notes on items of interest , including remarkable first flowerings in Britain . |
| 4 | I wonder if in ten years ' time Mr. Duggan will be looking back at videos of ‘ England 's glory years ’ and then be writing to RW&P to remind us of the lock forward who elbowed his opposite number from behind , perforating his eardrum , or the flankers who really do n't seem to mind where their feet or hands come into contact with their opponents . |
| 5 | Royle has named five Goodison old boys in the 16-man squad to face the club where he started his career . |
| 6 | PLUMBER Peter Rowe , 53 , has bought the Wheal Basset Inn at Carnkie , Cornwall — the pub where he had his first drink 38 years ago . |
| 7 | He was so fed up that he put another penny to the one earned for a whole day 's labour and went to the pub where he drowned his sorrows in a pint . |
| 8 | Benin climbed out and crossed to the guardhouse where he showed his ID card to the nearest of three armed sentries . |
| 9 | When her father retired she and her sisters begged him to rake a bungalow up the coast , but he insisted on remaining in Odborough , choosing this house from where he can see , half a mile away , the roof and chimney of the shop where he made his money . |
| 10 | The moment when he knew his mother finally acknowledged that she needed him , was then , when she lowered her eyes , and gave a small resigned sigh of agreement . |
| 11 | One director used him in Waiting for Godot , and he felt at home in a straight play at last , but unfortunately a critic wrote four hundred words about the Christly nature of the moment when he took his hat off . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , if it was intended as a distraction , then that must have been the moment when he poisoned his wife . |
| 13 | The moment when it enters his or her head , that X was the one who did it , can thus be concealed and brought out only at the very end of the story . |
| 14 | Alone in the room where he passed his nights , Frere closed the chapter of the Bible which had long ceased to occupy his thoughts . |
| 15 | ‘ The place where he keeps his altar and spirits — disembodied spirits , that is . ’ |
| 16 | Conversation between them had been a problem in the hospital where they first met , right up to the night when she pushed his cot into an empty room , locked the door , took off her uniform and climbed in beside him . |
| 17 | He stood up and began to pace restlessly round the room , stopping occasionally by the door to squint out through the perspex porthole , by the table to lean across it and impale her on his eyes , or by the wall where he sent his hands into spirals of explanation . |
| 18 | He had his own little boat and do you know where farmers make farrows on the land , the only mark that was left behind by Angus was the mark where he pulled his boat up on to the shore every day that the weather was not too rough . |
| 19 | ‘ My boss was a hypochondriac , and the most important item of furniture in the office was the cabinet where he kept his pills and potions . |
| 20 | This is the role where he proves his worth with a characterisation which is by turns taciturn , compassionate and obsessed . |
| 21 | He wore a smart black tail coat and silk waistcoat , and a gold chain was draped from a buttonhole to the pocket where he kept his watch . |
| 22 | And three days before these lines were written , English Heritage set the seal on Eliot 's Kensington associations by putting a plaque on the block where he spent his last and happiest years . |
| 23 | The stick , after the apparent improvement of his pulled tendons , remained in his office , always in the corner by the door where he hung his coat . |
| 24 | As she stepped back and opened the door wider he shook his head . |
| 25 | Chief Inspector , I understand what you 're getting at , but I could n't ask the man where he got his money from , could I ? |
| 26 | A MUCH-TRAVELLED vicar is returning to the city where he began his ministry 30 years ago . |
| 27 | A MUCH-TRAVELLED vicar is returning to the city where he began his ministry 30 years ago . |
| 28 | By Monday evening the Wycliffes were back at The Watch House , their home outside the city where he had his headquarters , and on Tuesday morning he was in his office . |
| 29 | Former Middlesbrough player Souness , 38 , later returned to the hospital where he had his operation a week ago . |
| 30 | On the way home he asked his mum : ‘ Mum , where is our Janey 's right wheel ? ’ |