Example sentences of "[be] [prep] his [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's already had two anyway through recognising people that have been through his hands in the cell block , an following 'em and finding them climbing through a window . |
| 2 | Lauda and Ferrari were supreme in 1975 and Lauda 's five wins , including three in succession , were enough to take him on to his first world title , a title he would surely have retained had it not been for his accident at the Nurburgring . |
| 3 | A spokesman for makers Granada said : ‘ All our thoughts are with his family at the moment . ’ |
| 4 | For example Alec Hume 's memoirs were described them as this little book about fishing , a beautiful evocation of a countryman in Downing Street who would always rather have been with his fly on the river Tweed on the Scottish Borders . |
| 5 | Nothing could shake the steadiness of such men as Hugh Waterton or John Norbury , who had been in his service from the time when he had been merely Henry of Bolingbroke , earl of Derby , and even that title borrowed by courtesy from his father . |
| 6 | The first move had been in his choice of the katana as the weapon of combat . |
| 7 | Used as he had been in his youth to the drabs of the garrison towns , the Major nevertheless began courteously to disengage himself . |
| 8 | I should n't have been in his study in the first place . |
| 9 | Landlord Bill Long , who has since moved to another pub , gave evidence in support of the defendant , verifying that he had been within his sight for the time in question , except for a brief spell when he was collecting glasses . |
| 10 | They have to buy a house in town , of course , so that Howard can be near his work during the week . |
| 11 | On Gooch 's ill-fated Ashes tour of Australia two years ago , batsman Robin Smith was refused permission to make a 25,000-mile round trip home to be with his wife at the birth of their son , Harrison . |
| 12 | At the time the offer had thrilled her , not because of the pearls but because it had indicated she would be in his life in the future . |
| 13 | So , one would have thought that he would be in his element in the 19 Waltzes of Chopin . |
| 14 | The internal phone system springs into life and the moves are analysed or colleagues contacted to speculate on who has ‘ blotted his copy book ’ , or who seems to be on his way up the hierarchical tree in the mad scramble for position and preference . |
| 15 | But they made it clear they hoped he would soon be on his way to the United States . |
| 16 | Kennedy was through White balked him without question a yard outside the area and Derek White who was booked only moments ago I 'm sure could be on his way to the dressing room early . |
| 17 | He 'd probably be on his way across the Channel now and waiting outside her flat just as she got home from work . |
| 18 | And , equally clearly , Ralf was only too anxious to be on his way before the hostilities he had interrupted broke out again . |
| 19 | The foregoing chapters bring the story to that crucial time in the long history of earthly life when emerging man would find himself unwilling to accept that he must for ever be on his guard against the uncontrolled violence that ruled the evolutionary scene . |
| 20 | At a dinner to celebrate his 25 years , said of that he was an example to everybody in terms of hard work and leadership and recalled how in the snow of 1982 he had walked the five miles from his home and Playford to be at his desk at the normal time . |
| 21 | He introduced them to Mobuto then went on to explain that one of them would always be at his side for the duration of his visit . |
| 22 | So the Collector had arranged that the giant Sikh , Hookum Singh , should be at his side in the most central part of the Residency ready to wield the Church bell which had been toppled from its tower earlier in the siege and which only he was strong enough to lift . |
| 23 | He also practises simpler exercises not related to the concerto but contributing , by continual repetition , to the skill which will be at his command on the concert platform . |
| 24 | The man standing before her had earlier been on his knees on the opposite side from the woman . |
| 25 | She had been on his mind since the morning he had seen her from his horse ; frightened yet defiant , sparking with anger . |
| 26 | An enemy could not approach him without being under his fire for the distance of more than a half-mile . ’ |
| 27 | We were with his secretary in the car immediately behind the gun car , a huge open station wagon with six secret service men wearing bullet-proof jackets and with the most vicious looking automatic rifles at the ready . |
| 28 | Mr Palmer told the court that Mr Browning admitted being in his car at the time of the killing . |
| 29 | The atmosphere of bonhomie was suddenly gone , and in the frosty silence that followed , Harry Pascoe swayed deliberately from side to side in his chair , as if he were in his cabin aboard the Russell and a gale was blowing . |
| 30 | The applicant , a member of the Tax Bar , had been served with notices under the Taxes Management Act 1970 requiring him to produce copies of documents which were in his possession for the purpose of providing legal advice to clients , who had not authorised disclosure . |