Example sentences of "of his [noun] [vb past] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of his crew believed that they were sailing into nothingness or that they might sail off the edge of the world . |
| 2 | The very stillness of his muscles meant that I 'd touched something he 'd thought hidden . |
| 3 | However , examination of his foot showed that he had lost one-third of the skin from his heel . |
| 4 | This was a sort of Blue Peter for the gastronomically challenged for the clumsy truth is , of course , that either Mr Mayle or the adaptor of his book feared that WE would n't recognise a truffle if it crawled up our trouser leg . |
| 5 | ( None of his books indicated that he had spent so much of his life in America . ) |
| 6 | Despite his crippling disease , he had still managed to practise psychiatry with some success ; but finally , the progressive nature of his condition meant that he needed treatment in an intensive care unit with 24-hour-a-day supervision , breathing only with the aid of a respirator . |
| 7 | The set of his mouth suggested that he was angry , and Lindsey felt the dull colour rising in her cheeks as she wondered why . |