Example sentences of "his [noun] [pron] [vb -s] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if , while in the presence of a dead man , the poet is reverent and sad , but once out of his presence he vents his anger for his dead friend on nature . |
| 2 | In introducing his characters he follows his usual method of direct statement in thumbnail sketches of red-haired Judd , the slow-witted giant Brett , ruthless , brilliant Wick and the plodding conformer Stringy . |
| 3 | He confesses his past mistakes to his daughter who reaffirms her love for him and then , at the close of the play , he retires to the shade of a beech tree and dies . |
| 4 | But when he gets to his destination he swaps his turbocharged Navajo for a motorised skateboard . |
| 5 | Like all his colleagues he dismisses their legendary toughness . |