Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [be] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His shop was at the sign of the Globe in Fleet Street .
2 It was noted , however , that his name was at the head of the official announcement of the Cabinet list , immediately after that of the Prime Minister , as read on Radiodiffusion-Television du Senegal .
3 Within a week he was a member , within a fortnight he 'd come out at home and within three weeks his father was at the CHE group wanting to know what the hell was going on .
4 He felt , when he woke the next morning , that his life was at an end-a complete disaster .
5 He bellowed something which Jess could n't catch , but she knew his rage was at a peak .
6 A dog may well think that his master is at the door : but unless a dog masters a language it is hard to see how he can think that he is thinking that his master is at the door .
7 A dog may well think that his master is at the door : but unless a dog masters a language it is hard to see how he can think that he is thinking that his master is at the door .
8 A far narrower range of beliefs are attributable to the dog , specifically those that hark back to what we could immediately read off from similar behaviour in the case of a human being ; thus the dog believes his master is at the door but it would be a false move in the game also to ask if it believed that its master would be late the next day .
9 The implications of the vicariate of Christ and Innocent 's conception of his office are at the heart of an understanding of both his view of the past and his view of his role .
10 His conversion was at the cost of some estrangement from his parents and friends .
11 When he realised his mammy was at the door , he swung his legs out of the chair and came rushing to greet her .
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