Example sentences of "[noun sg] in his [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Conrad later published " the facts " of his research in his book The Deaf School Child ( 1979 ) which is a devastating critique of pure oralism and total vindication of one of the BDA 's chief objectives since its foundation . |
| 2 | The bones of Halling Man were removed and sent to Professor Arthur Keith the foremost archaeologist of his day who later as Sir Arthur Keith , was to write a whole chapter in his book The Antiquity of Man 1915 , on Halling Man . |
| 3 | ‘ Matt and I had a bust-up in his office a week or so ago . |
| 4 | Popper in his book The Unended Quest quoted a passage of Boltzmann in a reply to Zermela . |
| 5 | Central defender Mick Gallagher underwent scope surgery on the snapped cruciate ligament in his knee a fortnight ago , and Canal Street physio Jimmy Graham said today : ‘ He could be back in action in late September or October . ’ |
| 6 | Central defender Mick Gallagher underwent scope surgery on the snapped cruciate ligament in his knee a fortnight ago , and Canal Street physio Jimmy Graham said today : ‘ He could be back in action in late September or October . ’ |
| 7 | But the other thing that worried me , he was inclined to be erm mind you I felt aggression in his sermon a little , but he did incline to be very uptight . |
| 8 | In deciding to use a particular occupational process in his design a choreographer has four considerations : |
| 9 | Behind the awe in his gaze a deeper , more powerful emotion smouldered , sending thrills like tiny flames along her nerve-ends . |
| 10 | Both boys had been taken prisoner and tortured ( according to Dr Caskie , who told the story in his book The Tartan Pimpernel ) ‘ until the blood came out of their ears ’ ; but they managed convincingly to deny their activities , and eventually they were released . |
| 11 | I was reminded of John Barrett 's eulogy in his book The Pembrokeshire Coastal Path ( HMSO , 1974 ) . |
| 12 | Mark Twain was so impressed he included a description in his work The Innocents Abroad : ‘ I watched the Silver Swan which had a living grace about his movements and a living intelligence in his eyes — watched him swimming about as comfortably and unconcernedly as if he had been born in a morass instead of a jewellers ' shop — watched him seize a silver fish from under the water and hold up his head and go through all the customary and elaborate motions of swallowing it ’ . |
| 13 | In many ways Dostoevsky ( 1821–1881 ) had predicted the spiritual bankruptcy of the new collectivism in his novel The Devils ( 1872 ) ( a novel , incidentally , still banned in the Soviet Union ) . |
| 14 | And on this tack , he does feel slightly sore , particularly with Norman Lebrecht in his book The Maestro Myth which bemoans the lack of starry young conductors . |
| 15 | Though crippled , he managed to give any woman in his presence the conviction that she was delicate , helpless , and ultra-decorative , and could rely on him to shelter her from life 's cruel blows . |
| 16 | As soon as he had the paper in his hand the door slammed again . |
| 17 | But he 's still mainly known either for having had Grace in his face a few years back , or as the third meatboy in line after Stallone and Scharzenegger ; one of that strange Eighties breed of actors who can manage all kinds of complicated weapons , but have trouble with lines of dialogue longer than ten words . |
| 18 | Christopher Smart , having been introduced to Leapor 's work while visiting Samuel Richardson , reprinted Colinetta with a very warm comment in his journal The Midwife . |
| 19 | The politics of deference — the rich man in his castle the poor man at his gate — held change in check . |
| 20 | The sentence of death was imposed on him by Ayatollah Khomeini for alleged blasphemy in his book The Satanic Verses . |
| 21 | The incitement to murder Mr Rushdie came from the late Ayatollah Khomeini for alleged blasphemy in his book The Satanic Verses . |
| 22 | In a meeting with the Canadian ambassador , Paul Dingledine , he criticised western governments ' growing public support for Rushdie , whose death was ordered by the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini four years ago for alleged blasphemy in his book The Satanic Verses . |
| 23 | " You know your father gets a hornet in his hat every now and then about Chuck . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's early days yet , ’ said Tom , the cheerfulness in his manner a little forced . |
| 25 | Lawrence Beesley made no mention of female dress in his book The Loss of the Titanic . |
| 26 | Trevor Griffiths asks many painful , searching questions about laughter and humour in his play The Comedians . |
| 27 | Her pressing a shilling in his hand every birthday , no matter how hard up they were . |
| 28 | Charles van Engen deals with the issue of the relationship of the Kingdom to the Church in a sensitive and scholarly way in his book The Growth of the True Church . |
| 29 | If he is the sort of man who wears a red rose in his buttonhole every day , loyalty will drive him to have a bet on Mr Kinnock , regardless of his chances . |
| 30 | J. G. spelt out his credo for the craft in a short note in his book An Outline of the Universe published in 1931 : ‘ … |