Example sentences of "his [noun sg] was [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already his mouth was watering at the prospect of sinking his teeth into a thick slice of bread liberally spread with best butter and sprinkled with sugar from one of the big sacks standing in the corner . |
| 2 | His leisure was spent at the Western Club and , on Saturday afternoons , at Prestwick Golf Club . |
| 3 | This sense of his irreplaceability was reinforced at the last moment by the dramatic and threatening events of the Cuban Missile Crisis , which began just six days before the French voters went to the polls . |
| 4 | His jacket was ripped at the armpit . |
| 5 | His lordship was standing at the archway that led into the ballroom . |
| 6 | ‘ The decision to meet Sakharov 's demand and save his life was taken at the highest level , evidently at a meeting of the politbureau . |
| 7 | There was a booming sound in his skull that came in waves , and his vision was going at the edges , like burning paper dwindling and darkening . |
| 8 | Interesting , then , that his book was published at a time when the Western world was still recoiling after the oil sheikhs ' first shock to our system . |
| 9 | His statement was reported at the end of a three-day visit by Yeltsin [ see p. 38772 ] . |
| 10 | His childhood was spent at the mission station in the village of Siaochang , southern Hopei . |
| 11 | His mother was aching at the evidence before them both ; her ache transmitted itself through her flesh like a smell , and he absorbed it . |
| 12 | His protest was directed at the midsummer 's day four-mile ‘ exclusion zone ’ at Stonehenge , imposed by Salisbury District Council and confirmed by the Home Secretary . |