Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | Oh that 's good , that means , that means their anal passage and his rectum were in the right shape again . |
| 6 | He will pick up £375,000 in compensation and his shareholding is worth £136,000 . |
| 7 | Santerre and his wife were in close council with each other . |
| 8 | Santerre and his wife were like waxen effigies but Rachel , her face slightly flushed , leaned forward as if without a care in the world . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He has said there is no need and his group is against the proposal . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | His body and his mind were about their different businesses . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Not like when he was a baby and his father was in France until he was about three . ’ |
| 20 | Police said one of the boys suffered a broken leg and his father was in hospital with serious burns . |
| 21 | That cousin and his wife were against me and my husband was frightened of them . |
| 22 | It seemed that all the world and his wife were in Madrid . |
| 23 | Each year Mrs Curdle asked to see how the previous year 's bouquet had worn , so that the doctor and his wife were in honour bound not to destroy these offerings . |
| 24 | God spoke on three February mornings to John Reeve , and told him that he was to be the prophet and his cousin was to be Reeve 's mouth . |
| 25 | His achievements in sport made him something of a celebrity at school and his status was in no small way boosted by the teachers ' approval . |
| 26 | His chin was resting on his shoulder and his face was in profile to her . |
| 27 | Ferguson missed that match , which fell when communications between the player and his manager were under repair . |
| 28 | ( 22 November 1780 ) The tenor , Anton Raaff , who was singing the title role , caused difficulties for different reasons — he was 65 at the time and his voice was past its best : |