Example sentences of "[subord] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The professional man who gave a lower standard of service in necessitous cases , where his remuneration was little or nothing , would be regarded as an unworthy colleague by his professional brethren . |
| 2 | Certainly one would visit the cottage at Higher Bockhampton where Hardy was born ( now looked after by the National Trust ) and Stinsford church where his heart is buried . |
| 3 | There was nothing in the least bit objectionable about him , but he looked as though he had a computer where his heart was , and rushed home at night to plug in to a socket and recharge the batteries . |
| 4 | There was a lead weight where his heart should have been . |
| 5 | Where his heart is I am not sure . |
| 6 | He took Ranulf 's hand , led him over to the gibbet and pushed his hand between the iron bars until the tips of his fingers touched the decaying flesh of the hanged man , just above where his heart had been . |
| 7 | And he looked at McAllister sitting primly before him , hands in her lap , the face beneath the lace cap so enchanting that Angela Macleod , née Deverill , and all her works , flew away forever , and he knew again where his heart now lay . |
| 8 | And in whatever enterprise he was engaged there , in that far-off region she had never seen , and never would see , where his heart was , she knew in her own heart that it could not be less than glorious . |
| 9 | They came to a wonderful peak towards the end of his life where his love of the countryside , its changing weather , lights and moods brought forth a series of remarkable , free-spirited watercolours . |
| 10 | Chopper Harris , on the other hand , was a dullard who had a big heart where his friends were concerned , and it was he who often stood cups of tea or a pint for his friends . |
| 11 | Born in Stanley , County Durham , he was also a prominent member of Greenbank Methodist Church where his friends included Sir Charles Starmer and Ald. C.H. Leach . |
| 12 | Her eyes were on a level with his chest , where his tie hung crookedly from a casually loosened knot . |
| 13 | The door of No. 1 , where his wife Cissy Salt dressed , was ajar . |
| 14 | Whenever possible he selected ones that contained pieces on the menopause and left them lying around where his wife could see them . |
| 15 | He suggested an hotel nearby where his wife , who could speak German , worked as a receptionist . |
| 16 | In 1844 he bought Hotham Hall where his wife and son principally lived , until another estate was purchased at Bradwell in Oxfordshire . |
| 17 | Royal Fusilier Butler , 23 , wrecked a flat in Bolton , Greater Manchester , where his wife Joanne , 24 , and six-week-old daughter Amanda lived with Alan Murphy , 28 . |
| 18 | He had spent the week driving back and forth between Blackburn and Southampton where his wife gave birth last Monday to their first child . |
| 19 | Other faces who will be missing are winger Rob Egerton , who will be in the United States where his wife will be studying , while both Steve Cutler and Jeff Miller have announced their retirements . |
| 20 | Mr Wallace 's shadow lies heavily across the state where he was governor for four terms and where his wife Lurleen ( who has a museum to herself , complete with wax mannequins wearing her clothes ) was governor for one . |
| 21 | On another occasion he declared that marriage was a partnership where his wife was not simply marrying the man but a way of life . |
| 22 | But because of his deteriorating health , he is unable to keep any of these jobs long , and throughout much of the novel he is confined to his shack where his wife cares for him . |
| 23 | The case was heard by an exceptionally unconventional judge , but one of sound common sense , Mr Justice Caulfield , who more recently found fame in his unorthodox but equally commonsensical summing-up in the Jeffrey Archer action , where his description of Mrs Archer as ‘ fragrant ’ , no doubt causing great embarrassment to the lady , will go down in the history of judicial extravagance . |
| 24 | He stood just within the room , looking steadily at the Princess , and went headlong where his genius pointed him . |
| 25 | Johnny Nelson , the British cruiserweight champion , has been given the chance to succeed where his Brendan Ingle stablemate Herol Graham failed earlier this year , and bring a world title to Sheffield — and with home advantage . |
| 26 | When Nigel 's not working , he retreats to his Wiltshire home , where his daughter Kate , now 13 , and Polly 's sons , William , 10 , and eight-year-old Ben , are frequent visitors . |
| 27 | After the war , Tute worked in a variety of jobs where his skills as both sailor and writer were much in demand — broadcasting , film-making , and as script editor for London Weekend Television . |
| 28 | Instead of wrestling with the imponderables of land and trees and drainage and crops , he was back where his skills gave him a harsh certainty . |
| 29 | Shortly thereafter , however , the Haldane party struck back , by securing the return of Morris to the Inverkeithing station and the transfer of Sharp to distant Ayr , where his ability to participate in burgh politics would be somewhat restricted . |
| 30 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |