Example sentences of "[adv] in his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Bolinger seems to weaken this latter claim somewhat in his discussion of what he calls a " nominalised " predicative position , as in it was a plump one . |
| 2 | gave me a C yeah and said improved greatly from the last showed much better in his work and really trying hard and gave me a C. |
| 3 | He sat forward tensely in his seat , as if he found it difficult to see the road , and frequently wiped at the windscreen with his handkerchief . |
| 4 | Alec died suddenly in his sleep one night . |
| 5 | In the main room of the house Duclos sat up suddenly in his chair , wondering why his drink was taking so long . |
| 6 | He shivered , looking out across the blackness of the lake , his heart suddenly in his throat . |
| 7 | The sublime memory of that first descent into the moist , mossy darkness of the jungle earlier in the day blazed again suddenly in his mind 's eye for a moment , but then his numbness left him in a furious rush and a piercing surge of purity and sweetness flashed through the rank darkness of the hut . |
| 8 | How typical it was of Luke to make his position so crystal-clear , drawing the line almost brutally in his determination that she should n't make any personal conclusions from his offer . |
| 9 | But when Uccello died in his eighties , ‘ He left a daughter who could design , and a wife who used to say that Paolo would remain the night long in his study to work out the lines of his perspective , and that when she called him to come to rest , he replied , ‘ Oh what a sweet thing this perspective is ! ’ |
| 10 | He would n't have lasted long in his condition in waters that cold . ’ |
| 11 | Picking her up gently in his mouth he carried her back home , sweeping her flamboyantly over the threshold and into their new abode — his cosy old basket in the corner of the kitchen ! |
| 12 | Rocking gently in his chair , his expression bland , he was the epitome of the suave , impeccable businessman . |
| 13 | Magill leant back rocking gently in his chair . |
| 14 | William Whewell in Cambridge was consulted by him over nomenclature , and took a great interest in his work , especially in his unease about the atomic theory with its inert and massy billiard-balls . |
| 15 | His bold , unflinching approach to racing has won him a devoted following , especially in his home country . |
| 16 | Professor Roger Scruton made himself the spearhead of the academic attack , especially in his Peace Studies : A Critical Survey ( with Baroness Cox , 1984 ) , and Education and Indoctrination ( with Angela Ellis-Jones and Dennis O'Keefe , 1985 ) . |
| 17 | A survey has shown that the code is constantly being breached … especially in his constituency . |
| 18 | He was influential as a theorist in Britain and America and anticipated , especially in his metalwork , the functional style of the Modern movement . |
| 19 | President Poincaré wrote gloomily in his diary : ‘ Encore une défaillance ! ‘ , revealing that this was not the first news he had received of a lapse of morale at Verdun . |
| 20 | He growled impatiently in his throat — a very strong throat , she noted inconsequentially , corded with muscles , revealed by the open neck of his shirt . |
| 21 | This Engels demonstrated brilliantly in his analysis of the position of women in capitalist society . |
| 22 | Cursing obscenely in his exasperation , Sherman set himself and fired . |
| 23 | John Betjeman scribbled verses on the backs of envelopes and read them aloud in his car . |
| 24 | He thinks that if he is only slavish enough in his service of the old hag , the beautiful girl to whom he once made love will come back to him : |
| 25 | Unfortunately he could n't find anything large enough in his wife 's wardrobe . |
| 26 | Bright enough in his way ! |
| 27 | The man has enough in his body as it is . ’ |
| 28 | You may find it safe enough in his care . ’ |
| 29 | He could see the image clearly enough in his mind 's eye ( since that night no two rememberings had been more than a minute apart ) but even the most basic sketch eluded his hand . |
| 30 | Himalayan Kingdoms are to be congratulated on organising the first commercial British expedition to an 8000m peak , but Alan Hinkes does not tell us enough in his article Broad Peak in the June issue . |