Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] his [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dad tells me he met a friend of his aged 59 , unemployed , who 'd sold his house , car , video and now his wife is in hospital after taking an overdose . |
| 2 | She heard his chair scrape , and then his arm was on her shoulder , gently but firmly turning her to face him . |
| 3 | Michael Bowerman , defending , said : ‘ The prosecution is not in a position to proceed now and that is nothing to do with the defendant at all and yet his life is in a state of limbo . ’ |
| 4 | But now his mind was on Harry Mack . |
| 5 | His home has been attacked by animal rights activists in the past but now his farm is in the hands of managers and he says he 's paid his price . |
| 6 | Kirkpatrick is a marvellous rugby man , but surely his expertise is with the development of youngsters he enjoys so much . |
| 7 | and he may be and careless and just throws his clothes down everywhere but then his mind 's in the right place . |