Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not like Karr to use his privilege so crudely and for a moment he had been concerned by his friend 's behaviour . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems that he reversed his car rather quickly and in doing so he inadvertently used too much gas , ’ said Mr Tweddle . |
| 3 | His painting gives us much pleasure — he did splendidly to find his way so well with his painting — and I am sure that he must have responded to being appreciated for his work as well as for his teaching . |
| 4 | ‘ There 'll be someone to take his place soon enough but with any luck they 'll just stick to violence . ’ |
| 5 | As the pasta drained , he gave the sauce a quick blast on the ring , and we ate in the middle of his room as enjoyably as in a trattoria . |
| 6 | In the meantime it is better to have tough regulation than none at all , and the consumer must have someone who can intervene on his behalf more effectively than in the past . |
| 7 | Because of the closing weather , an element of urgency entered our expedition , and my companion started to speed up his pace so dramatically that within five minutes conversation between us was only possible by semaphore . |
| 8 | The Chief Inspector put flame to his pipe once more and under cover of the smokescreen took a thin file out of the desk . |
| 9 | But er having done that erm you , you apacked his er , his objection very well and in fact you er y you got over that because you , you told him why er and what you could do and , and he , he agreed to er he was certainly a lot warmer then than he was initially . |