Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] in his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His strengths are in his coaching skills — training methods , tactics and motivation . |
| 2 | These teenagers were in his experience a lot less tough than they looked . |
| 3 | After the terrible night when Lok and Fa have dared to cross to the island in an attempt to rescue the abducted children , Lok 's feelings are described : " there was stuffed inside the bones of his head the white flock of the autumn creepers , their seeds were in his nose , making him yawn and sneeze " ( p. 134 ) . |
| 4 | The arm sells pretty much anything which is ‘ user installable ’ on a Sun , except the box itself , despite Sun president Scott McNealy 's view that Sun machines are in his estimation , user-installable . |
| 5 | The conviction carried by how things are in his fiction can not be separated from the sense that they might be otherwise . |
| 6 | Two hearts were in his body now . |
| 7 | As he had done with the Axis in 1940 and the Allies in 1945 , Franco considered that the foreign powers were in his debt and , therefore , that he , not they , should lay down the terms of Spanish cooperation . |
| 8 | Whether it was the Trooping of the Colour , a state visit , or Remembrance Sunday , whatever the time or day of the week , the dates were in his diary and he was on parade without fail and without question . |
| 9 | The cheques were in his name so I did n't really have a lot of say in it . |
| 10 | I am disappointed that none of those hon. Members is in his place , because I had been looking forward to their contributions and should have liked to address the odd remark to them , but I shall do that in any event . |
| 11 | Helen 's fingers were in his hair . |
| 12 | Her fingers were in his hair , unsure whether to encourage the fiery torment by pressing his face more firmly against her , or whether to end this excruciating torture by using her strength to drag him away . |
| 13 | Lee had a camouflage jacket on and Philip had this feeling that Uncle Walter 's medals were in his pocket . |