Example sentences of "his [noun sg] had [vb pp] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought of the cabin up the creek to which his sister had withdrawn at his urging , and he turned to find the track , willing himself to control his horror , to keep moving nimbly and stealthily as if he did not feel unstrung . |
| 2 | His hair was dishevelled , his beard had grown around his neck as if he had spent the past four months away from civilisation . |
| 3 | His mood had softened after his little chat with Kirsty . |
| 4 | His monocle had plopped from his eye . |
| 5 | Crump was a kindly man and his kindness to his wife had resulted in his being made to appear in thrall to her from time to time . |
| 6 | It is hardly likely that this could have been true of the greatest of them , Whittington , because his father had died with his estate encumbered by an outlawry incurred in a plea of debt . |
| 7 | His phobia had spread to his grooms when Raimundo 's even crueller predecessor had broken the leg of a grey filly , hurling it to the ground for branding , and the following day he had died of snake bite . |
| 8 | His spirit had come with his son . |
| 9 | By 1900 his radicalism had prevailed over his loyalty to his employer . |
| 10 | His face was livid , and his hand had clapped to his sword . |
| 11 | Did n't think it helped he 'd , just before we got there his biro had exploded in his pocket . |
| 12 | His father , long dead , had been a dentist , and his son had taken for his own use the old man 's inordinately large store of self-designed surgical overalls . |