Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [was/were] [adj] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His skin was dirty in places and wrinkled and Endill thought he must be at least fifty years old . |
| 2 | His note-book was open in front of him and his helmet was on the table . |
| 3 | Dylan Thomas was a cult-poet , indeed ; but in Britain , at least , his poetic followers achieved little , and even before his death in New York in 1953 his influence was greater in America than at home . |
| 4 | His father was active in City companies , and was master of the Carpenters ' Company in 1906 . |
| 5 | His performance was better in French , where he obtained 71 per cent and 75 per cent in the grammatical and oral examinations respectively . |
| 6 | The doors of his temple were open in times of war , closed in times of peace . |
| 7 | Mr Jonathon Seeley , for Hilton , said his client was involved in drug distribution for a very short period and bitterly regretted his behaviour . |
| 8 | Wyspianski and his family were due in Paris the next week . |
| 9 | The stool upon which Jotan sat put his back to the sun , and his face was deep in shadow . |
| 10 | His face was feline in shape , wide at the temples , and his blink was as slow as any cat 's . |