Example sentences of "[noun sg] in his [noun sg] 's [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She comes up here , throws herself at a man who may or may not be her brother , but who is undoubtedly mixed up in a very unsavoury episode in his country 's history , lets him persuade her to fool around with a very dangerous drug … |
| 2 | The Second Son did indeed meet me as always , but this time I stayed once again in his bedroom in his father 's Abu Dhabi villa , and this time I ate my meals with the Sheikh , his men and his two eldest sons . |
| 3 | The Llanelli right wing returned to Aussie two years later but staggered away from Brisbane 's Ballymore Stadium close to tears after being part of the most humiliating defeat in his nation 's history . |
| 4 | ‘ What is it , Chung ? ’ he said , his voice quavering , seeing the fear in his Chancellor 's face . |
| 5 | ( Flash-in of her leading a march in his mother 's place . ) |
| 6 | I waggled my piece in his crony 's snoz . |
| 7 | ‘ Virginia 's got other things on her mind , ’ said her father , with a thoughtful glance in his daughter 's direction . |
| 8 | At least , she thought , she had made clear to Stephen the fact that she was not happy living in his mother 's shadow . |
| 9 | Hopkinson was educated at St Edward 's , Oxford , which he left at 16 for an apprenticeship in his uncle 's engineering firm at Manchester , where he joined the Territorial Army . |
| 10 | Then he was made redundant and started an apprenticeship in his father 's trade of toolmaking — until he got fed up with it . |
| 11 | Once they realized that no presents could ever be exactly the same and that they could help him to take pleasure in his sister 's presents by pointing out the good features of one of her new toys to her they felt more confident in coping with his reactions . |
| 12 | But , as a key figure in his brother 's polity , Gloucester probably knew most of his brother 's leading servants . |
| 13 | His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity . |
| 14 | But , as a key figure in his brother 's polity , Gloucester probably knew most of his brother 's leading servants . |
| 15 | His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity . |
| 16 | Alan Travers had risen to prominence in his wife 's organisation and was now one of the Family Party 's two members of parliament . |
| 17 | Already interested in the new hobby of stamp-collecting , he started to trade in stamps in 1856 from a desk in his father 's shop . |
| 18 | James was not very bright at school but learnt many manual skills as a boy in his father 's workshop . |
| 19 | Labour Coun John Williams , leader of the council , believes the pedestrian plan was a key issue in his party 's success in last year 's local elections . |
| 20 | Without a word , the nun ushered them through the broad , thick oak door and into a tiled hall , there to be confronted by a statue of the Virgin Mary with the Child in her arms , and above her , on the wall , a large crucifix hanging at such an angle it appeared that Christ 's bent head was viewing Himself as a child in His mother 's arms . |
| 21 | It does mean that the way in which the case has been handled , the way in which it 's been approached , the cooperation between various departments in a particular office , has been done properly , and if the client has the opportunity of winning , he will win and not lose by sloppy work in his solicitor 's office . |
| 22 | Elizabeth Addams lived next door , Thomas Addams was still at work in his smith 's shop , Thomas Burge had taken over as the Bristol carrier , and the Clement family were producing cloth for all they were worth in workshops at the end of the street . |
| 23 | Cerruti began work in his father 's factory at the age of eleven , and his 50 years of experience have given him strong convictions about style . |
| 24 | He started work in his father 's business in Aldersgate Street , but his real ambition was journalism . |
| 25 | Benjamin , who had been walking for a month , found himself less welcome in his mother 's room and followed Ruth around the house like a pet lamb . |
| 26 | As Tiguary announced the plan to the assembled chiefs , Dulé could see the scene in his mind 's eye : the fire licking up one mast , then leaping in the rigging to the other , snaking through the spars , then falling in sparks , and setting the decks to smouldering while sleepy men sloshed water about with the balers , yelling orders to one another , until , when the flames had lit up all the timbers and the ship blazed in a transparent lattice of spars and ribs , her defenders would fling themselves into the sea and the warriors would swoop out of the shallows and fall on them : it would be as easy as catching fish . |
| 27 | Well Russell bought it when he was at home in his mother 's house . |
| 28 | He should be at home in his father 's mansion , not listening to the ranting of some deranged maniac on the eve of what must surely be the one of the largest battles in the Empire 's history . |
| 29 | He must have caught a shade of disapproval in his sergeant 's poker-face for he added , ‘ Do n't be so strait-laced , Sergeant . |
| 30 | Nithard does so , however , while the author of a curious single annal for 830 – 1 , tacked onto the Prior Metz Annals ( the last entry otherwise was for 805 ) makes Judith the central figure in the story , and explains the 830 rebellion in terms of her stepsons ' hostility to her and her " very goodlooking son Charles " who " they feared might succeed as heir in his father 's realm " . |