Example sentences of "his [noun] was [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 2 | Dauberval 's exclusion from the Académie Royale ( later the Paris Opera ) was justified by those in charge because they felt his idea of making farmers , peasants and the like the heroes and heroines of his ballets was beneath the dignity of an opera house whose stage had hitherto been occupied with the deeds of noble heroes , heroines and courts . |
| 3 | His favourite was about the man who told a doctor : ‘ Yes . |
| 4 | His route was across the Niagara River above the falls . |
| 5 | ‘ Goodnight ! ’ she snapped , and went to slam the door shut on him — then found that his foot was in the way . |
| 6 | Before she could quite close the door , his foot was in the jamb . |
| 7 | He had to shave , grey bristles ; for Parker had gone bald suddenly ( and very young , a terrible fright , he had awoke one morning , all his hair was on the pillow ) and his wigs — he had three , short to long to shaggy ; the ploy , he hoped , visits to the barber — were black for blue . |
| 8 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 9 | When he woke up his hair was in the soup and his head on the rim of the plate , and his hostess had left the table . |
| 10 | Ferguson , for his part , can now look any supporter of his club in the eye and say that Gough having to commit the foul that debarred him from a Cup-tie verified the youngster 's ability to put an awkward pre-match situation out of his mind and play in a determined way that suggested his temperament was on the mend . |
| 11 | When his car was past the missile launchers , past the guards , he demanded speed . |
| 12 | His car was in the turning circle . |
| 13 | For a second his mind was off the ball , leaving it free for Patrick Lombard to belt in and whip it away , dribbling it for a few yards , then powering it to Mike , who , relishing his new freedom at Number Two , took it up field . |
| 14 | The spirit of his meticulousness was in the pile of freshly laundered shirts and handkerchiefs at the foot of the bed . |
| 15 | He was a good soldier , but his marriage was on the rocks . |
| 16 | His plan was for the contra leaders to set sail with their manifesto , or a version of it , to Philadelphia from Nicaragua . |
| 17 | As Faraday went deeper into electromagnetism , he began to leave his contemporaries behind ; his work was on the boundary between inductive experimental science and deductive physics , and failed to fit easily into either category . |
| 18 | Since the departure of Miss Harker he had become more surly than before and his drinking was on the increase . |
| 19 | His fist was about the size of a sack of potatoes . |
| 20 | His ad was in the paper again today . |
| 21 | His beak was like the tip Of a rose thorn As he pecked for the cheese . |
| 22 | By next day his picture was in the papers . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , Frano Botica helped himself to 24 points , two tries and eight goals , as Wigan beat French champions , Carcassonne 52–0 — and then admitted his job was on the line . |
| 24 | Mr Geddes added that his group was of the view that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had failed to consult the Scottish people about water privatisation and was pursuing the matter in spite of it not being included in the Conservative election manifesto . |
| 25 | His shop was at the sign of the Globe in Fleet Street . |
| 26 | His shop was in the merchants ' quarter of the city — a maze of buildings which had been divided and sub-divided , so great was the demand for space , which lay within the strictly enforced boundaries of the streets which radiated from the Golden Yurt like the spokes of a wheel . |
| 27 | Yesterday , Miss Emily Grenfell had momentarily been at a loss , wanting to know where her fiance was and realizing to her dismay that his safety was in the hands of the shoemaker 's daughter . |
| 28 | Despite Hekmatyar 's public avowal that his war was with the Uzbek militia and not with other mujaheddin groups , analysts were agreed that he had stepped up the military pressure against the government to prevent Rabbani from consolidating his position and marginalizing the Hezb-i-Islami . |
| 29 | His war was against the Nazis , Biggins decided . |
| 30 | And his double-bass was in the hall , ’ she said smugly . |