Example sentences of "his [noun sg] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She caught a glimpse of his paleness at the window of the bathroom on the first floor . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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% . |
| 8 | The first minister he saw after taking in the new facts was Eden , in many ways his favourite at the time . |
| 9 | Harry did n't really have his heart at the Centre and was only there to please his wife . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Sold by Marseille chairman Bernard Tapie after bust-up at a charity match when he threw his shirt at the referee . |
| 12 | Les Davies ( representing Economics ) , currently completing his PhD at the Management Centre , will join the group as research fellow . |
| 13 | Hirst , who broke his foot at the start of the season , missed both the games against Spain and Norway . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | His presence at the court will be a definite aid to our mission . |
| 24 | Before 675 he had defeated Wulfhere of Mercia [ q.v. ] , bringing the kingdom of Lindsey ( north Lincolnshire ) and possibly a larger part of Mercia under his direct rule : his presence at the synod of Hertford in 672 may be a mark of this temporary overlordship . |
| 25 | However , his presence at the Treasury keeps the Thatcherite torch alive : he was once tipped to be the next leader but two ; now he could the next leader but one . |
| 26 | Cloud by day and fire by night marked his presence at the tabernacle , which was quite literally in their midst . |
| 27 | Hudson has concluded that Cnut received the submission of the Scots in 1031 in Strathclyde , during a naval expedition into the Irish Sea , and whether or not Echmarcach did rule in Galloway and the Isle of Man at this time ( see above ) , his presence at the meeting could be relevant to Cnut 's relations with the Irish . |
| 28 | There were only three other black kids at Repton at the time and Hope had to withstand some daunting reactions to his presence at the club in the East End of London . |
| 29 | His presence at the Father 's side is the silent guarantee that we are accepted . |
| 30 | ‘ A little , ’ she admitted reluctantly , but it had only just begun to do so , and she suspected that the tension induced by his presence at the end of an unusually demanding day was more responsible than the bump . |