Example sentences of "his [noun] [prep] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are not playing kick and rush , ’ he insisted when driving out to a friend 's hotel in the Derwent Valley below Consett , pausing now and then to savour the uncluttered Durham landscape , his heart for ever in the North-east of England . |
| 2 | Craig made his way at once to the study , the desk was locked as he had expected . |
| 3 | He had climbed through her window in the sweet nights , nights that would torment his memory for ever with the perfume of darkness and intrigue . |
| 4 | But Francis , who has already led Wednesday into the Coca-Cola Cup final and a showdown with Arsenal , refuses to divulge his line-up until just before the kick-off . |
| 5 | Crosby also has injury worries to add to his team selection problems , and he will not name his line-up until just before the start . |
| 6 | He looked as if he had been conserving all his energy since then for the moment when he took advantage of an error by Butcher to shoot strongly past Woods . |
| 7 | He looked as if he had been conserving all his energy since then for the moment when he took advantage of an error by Butcher to shoot strongly past Woods . |
| 8 | Colt knew his target at once from the photograph that he had been given . |