Example sentences of "[noun sg] in his [noun sg] 's [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they realized that no presents could ever be exactly the same and that they could help him to take pleasure in his sister 's presents by pointing out the good features of one of her new toys to her they felt more confident in coping with his reactions . |
| 2 | Without a word , the nun ushered them through the broad , thick oak door and into a tiled hall , there to be confronted by a statue of the Virgin Mary with the Child in her arms , and above her , on the wall , a large crucifix hanging at such an angle it appeared that Christ 's bent head was viewing Himself as a child in His mother 's arms . |
| 3 | The last he saw was a gloat in his sibling 's eyes , and a final , spiteful , vengeful lunge in his direction before he was taken away . |
| 4 | Before filming was finished , she had left Vadim , her director husband , for Jean-Louis Trintignant , her actor husband in the story , a situation which Vadim took with apparent aplomb as he continued to encourage her to strive for even more realism in his rival 's arms . |
| 5 | The Profitboss takes pride in his company 's products and so does his team . |
| 6 | He became especially good as a one-day containing bowler , playing a big part in his county 's successes , and contributing many useful , if very idiosyncratic , lower middle order runs ; while his Test bowling average was declining , his batting figure was improving all the time , and reached a handy 21 . |
| 7 | But the 24-year-old Kharin refused to leave Moscow and take part in his team 's preparations for the game , preferring instead to make final arrangements before leaving his country and moving to Stamford Bridge in a £200,000 deal . |
| 8 | CAMBRIDGE caretaker manager Gary Johnson was unable to take a full part in his side 's celebrations last night . |
| 9 | ‘ Only one thing about that pool , ’ Hugh said , depositing Jacqueline wrapped in a damp towel like a warm parcel in his wife 's arms , ‘ the tide 's gone down a bit . |
| 10 | Accordingly , Barth plays with multiple notions of plot : love intrigue ; a character trying to find the historical pattern in his family 's lives ; and textual ordering . |
| 11 | Now he hoped he had found a fatal flaw in his wife 's plans and they could , as usual , spend the summer holiday with his mother in Dorset . |
| 12 | He had already diminished the man in his audience 's eyes by refusing to accept his interruptions . |
| 13 | The Young King 's opportunity was getting nearer , but if he were to show his hand at last , he needed an excuse , a justification for the war which would make sense in his father 's eyes and just might lead him to condone the attack on Richard . |
| 14 | ‘ I adore Vitor in his driver 's overalls , ’ she had declared , giggling . |
| 15 | His grandfather , George Ritchie , played prop for Scotland against England at Twickenham in 1932 and , still a lively 82 , takes a keen interest in his grandson 's fortunes and indeed watched his international debut from the Murrayfield stand , his first visit there since 1988 . |