Example sentences of "in [noun] [conj] his " in BNC.

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1 This is the first exhibition of Bruskin 's work in Moscow since his ‘ Fundamental Lexicon ’ was top lot at the 1987 Sotheby 's Moscow sale and since his emigration in 1988 .
2 He will come from a rough housing scheme in Stirling and his name will be Billy Bremner .
3 The England midfielder has played just two domestic cup ties plus a UEFA Cup tie in midweek since his £6.5 million move from Bari this summer .
4 His voice deepened , and Kate felt herself melt in response as his heated body at last touched hers again .
5 Eliot made clear in Notes that his true concern was ‘ a problem of the first importance … that of the transmission of culture ’ .
6 Perhaps this came about in part because his idol and friend , Wordsworth — to whom he was in some way in thrall — had left the district to go to France and make a settlement with his French mistress and daughter as a prelude to marrying his childhood sweetheart back in England .
7 Some countships were more equal than others : a " greater " count was presumably so called in part because his civitas was richer and more important , for instance , as a central place in one of the regna ( like Angers in Neustria , or Autun in Burgundy ) .
8 CUB scout John Moore watched in horror as his father 's body was pulled from a lake during a a ‘ lads and dads ’ adventure weekend .
9 Later that over Pringle let a ball or two pass only to freeze in horror as his last snapped back to hit the off stump .
10 In Confucius and his teaching about right relationships — parent-child , teacher-pupil , ruler-subject , man and his neighbour , I saw the presentation of the cultured Chinese ideal of learning , virtue and duty .
11 DUNDEE 'S Canadian chairman Ron Dixon will have had an uncomfortable time since Saturday despite the distance between his home in Vancouver and his football headquarters at Dens Park .
12 He left behind him a town in uproar and the foundations of his fame , for he had been recognised while in Whitehaven and his identity had been confirmed by the Irish deserter .
13 The Lazio star , pictured left carrying a lot of extra poundage on his way to Rome two months ago , has shed more than a stone in weight since his £5.5million summer move from Tottenham — but he must wait a few more weeks before he returns to serious competition .
14 With four minutes of the match remaining , a scramble in the Didcot goal mouth saw Patterson hold his head in disbelief as his shot went literally inches wide , to stop them at least taking the match into extra time , and give a most relieved Didcot a one nil victory to go into the third round .
15 Duff Cooper , an improbable standard-bearer , for he had acclaimed the victory of the independent candidate in Paddington and his wife was a close friend of Beaverbrook , offered himself as a knightly substitute ; and Baldwin , who did not want to sever his connection with Bewdley , accepted gratefully .
16 But despite his confidence in Kylie and his willingness to give her complete control over her shows , Bush was turned down .
17 No , the difficulty I have with Dennett 's excellent paper , and the reason I have brought it into discussion here , has to do with the fact that he never actually says which parts of the diagram are in consciousness and his view is consistent with consciousness being ( a ) the ‘ control box ’ , ( b ) sometimes one box and sometimes another ( very like the ‘ heterarchical aspect ’ of Minsky 's views , which I earlier called a ‘ pinball machine ’ theory of consciousness ) , or ( c ) some elements of what passed down the communication channels , that is to say , the lines between the boxes .
18 Undoubtedly , the Prince of Wales ' unprecedented public denunciation in April 1989 of Ceauşescu 's demolitions in Bucharest and his plan to ‘ systematize , rural Romania represented genuine revulsion at the human consequences of the Conducator 's policies .
19 Young Stuart Duncan is back in action after his career was put on hold following a serious knee injury last Christmas and Malone are still hoping that former Irish Schools ' star Scott Kirkpatrick remains at home rather than taking up an option to return to the States .
20 Mr Lloyd Webber has built up one of the country 's finest collections of Pre-Raphaelites , which is split between his 10,000-acre country estate in Berkshire and his home in Eaton Square .
21 This analysis may also help to assess the extent to which the central contradiction in Anderson 's character , his apparently greater interest in football than his academic field of ethics , displays itself in conversation .
22 Senna went on to win nine Formula Three races in succession and his success was to ensure a regular succession of hopeful young Brazilians leaving home to drive under the watchful eyes of Bennetts .
23 But Moloney 's mount was soon back in command when his rival made a nonsense of the second last jump , from where Whaat Fettle went on to record a splendid 10-length win .
24 You know Paul has lent me some very clean but very ugly old fashioned trays of the sort that people have in restaurants that his mother lent him and they 're they 're a God send !
25 Don Juan was in exile and his supporters in Spain did not have the military or political support necessary to effect a successful coup .
26 But he dispels that notion when asked how seriously he considered a dangerous brain operation in Mexico before his family talked him out of it .
27 AN AMERICAN accused of killing a Japanese exchange student who knocked on the wrong door while looking for a Halloween party said he acted in self-defence when his trial opened yesterday .
28 She groaned aloud in pleasure when his kisses continued down to the swell of her bosom .
29 This is likely to be most important early in therapy when his self-confidence may be low .
30 In making his decisions about gifts or patronage , a king had to bear in mind that his nobles too had clients , and obligations of their own .
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