Example sentences of "and his [noun] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Lamb , managing director of SMP Playgrounds , is an expert when it comes to designing playgrounds and his company has been in the business for over 30 years . |
| 2 | Even then he had a special devotion to subterranean tracks and as the train came to the Wellington tunnel ( he and his parents had been on holiday to Cornwall that summer ) he began letting out a series of long drawn-out hooting sounds . |
| 3 | By the test of later reflection his idea of explanation was confused and his findings have been at least modified by the theory of relativity . |
| 4 | Hazel and his companions had been on the jump for nearly two days . |
| 5 | Victory : The only valuables the Vampire and his minion have are on their persons ( see their profiles ) . |
| 6 | If we do , we now have a model and can say that he and his family have been through it and have borne it with great fortitude , resilience and courage — as has been said , only through their deep religious faith — and that that has been a great lesson to us all . |
| 7 | We now have our own ducks and they have nested and hatched their eggs , and a male moorhen and his family have been in residence for a couple of years . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed softly , and wondered if her mother and his father had been among them . |
| 9 | Mr Toghill has a degree in English Literature , and his career has been in PR and marketing , and latterly in careers work and the promotion of membership for the AAT . |