Example sentences of "his [noun sg] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of Abimelech 's questioning of Abraham it emerges that he has been claiming Sarah is his sister at every place they have been ! |
| 2 | He had grown close to Gerry Gomez since the day he had asked if he could meet his sister at the airport , and they now worked together admirably . |
| 3 | She caught a glimpse of his paleness at the window of the bathroom on the first floor . |
| 4 | The music had sounded exactly like all other music he had ever heard , and the intervals between Louise Müller 's appearances had been rather tedious , but the display of her charms had provided more than adequate compensation for the occasional ennui Lefevre had enjoyed it even more , expressing his enthusiasm at the end by shouting , ‘ Bravo ! ’ standing , and clapping his hands above his head . |
| 5 | First half losses before tax increased from £17.7m to £30.6m at Ratners ; Gerald Ratner received much criticism and there were calls for his resignation at the company 's agm . |
| 6 | Sharon announced his resignation at the start of a meeting of the central committee of the Likud party ( the principal component of the country 's ruling coalition ) . |
| 7 | These included the rationalization of the State Intelligence Secretariat ( SIDE ) , with one-third of employees being made redundant and buildings and vehicles auctioned off ( the SIDE chief , Juan Bautista Yofre , announcing his resignation at the end of the month and being succeeded by Hugo Anzorreguí ) , and the creation of a central body to supervise the finances of public-sector companies due for privatization . |
| 8 | If the price goes up 9% and his costs stay about the same maybe up 5% or so , er his actual bottom line is his income at the end of the year will in fact increase by about 60% . |
| 9 | At the beginning of August , Joseph was summoned to Lapwai by yet another commission desiring his settlement at an agency . |
| 10 | The first minister he saw after taking in the new facts was Eden , in many ways his favourite at the time . |
| 11 | Harry did n't really have his heart at the Centre and was only there to please his wife . |
| 12 | In answer to his pull at the doorbell a butler appeared who regretted , on Charles 's enquiry for Lord Southdown , that His Lordship was out . |
| 13 | Sold by Marseille chairman Bernard Tapie after bust-up at a charity match when he threw his shirt at the referee . |
| 14 | Les Davies ( representing Economics ) , currently completing his PhD at the Management Centre , will join the group as research fellow . |
| 15 | She was also clutching his knee and he was swinging her up on his foot at every step and she was screaming and laughing . |
| 16 | Hirst , who broke his foot at the start of the season , missed both the games against Spain and Norway . |
| 17 | The Board 's general counsel , Michael Friend , said afterwards : ‘ The finding was that he did change his scorecard at the qualifying round for the European Tour School last October , but the Board felt the sentence of 10 years was too severe given that it was a first offence . ’ |
| 18 | His decision at the outset of the election campaign to disclose his Budget plans drew intense Conservative fire and reinforced Labour 's reputation as a high-taxation party . |
| 19 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the United board that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 20 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the board , that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 21 | For many years Thomson lived in New York in his apartment at the Chelsea Hotel . |
| 22 | He transferred his swagger-stick to his left arm , thrust his hands alongside the piping on his breeches , and aimed his jaw at the horizon . |
| 23 | In 1759 Arthur Guinness founded his brewery at the St. James 's Gate site in Dublin and in 1769 the first export shipment took place . |
| 24 | Aussie scrum half Allan Langer is playing out of his skin at the moment and if ‘ Alfie ’ controls the open spaces at Wembley , it will be curtains . |
| 25 | ‘ Someone 's been splashing out at Woolworths , ’ said O'Hara , tapping with his hook at the pearls . |
| 26 | For when the Battle of the Somme broke out in July , Boelcke — having persuaded his seniors of his indispensability at the front — accounted for fiftyone planes with his ‘ Flying Circus ’ , of which twenty were his own personal bag . |
| 27 | Liverpool 's snooker ace made his admission at the launch of Royal Liver Assurance 's £375,000 sponsorship of the event which starts in Preston next Friday . |
| 28 | On hearing of the atrocity Wilson thought it his duty to cancel the concert and to call together the 800 German seamen to explain what had happened and to share with them his horror at the deed . |
| 29 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the way in which he expressed his sympathy and that of his party and his revulsion at the events that have occurred . |
| 30 | His presence at the court will be a definite aid to our mission . |