Example sentences of "[conj] his [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The professional man who gave a lower standard of service in necessitous cases , where his remuneration was little or nothing , would be regarded as an unworthy colleague by his professional brethren . |
| 2 | There was nothing in the least bit objectionable about him , but he looked as though he had a computer where his heart was , and rushed home at night to plug in to a socket and recharge the batteries . |
| 3 | And in whatever enterprise he was engaged there , in that far-off region she had never seen , and never would see , where his heart was , she knew in her own heart that it could not be less than glorious . |
| 4 | On another occasion he declared that marriage was a partnership where his wife was not simply marrying the man but a way of life . |
| 5 | No doubt he exaggerated ( such was his wont where his conscience was concerned ) ; yet the only news she had received from Em herself had not been happy ; and now — to learn that she had suffered a miscarriage in that desert place at such a time of year , and that she had not felt able to share the grief of it with her own affectionate sister … |
| 6 | He did n't know who he was anymore , and neither did the Earthlings , hence his name , Doctor Who ; he did n't know precisely where his home was ; he did not fully know how to operate the time-space machine . |
| 7 | He was equally active as admiral , and in the previous year admiralty business had taken him along the south coast , where his presence was noted at Southampton and Lydd . |
| 8 | He was equally active as admiral , and in the previous year admiralty business had taken him along the south coast , where his presence was noted at Southampton and Lydd . |
| 9 | Gloucester 's immediate influence was mainly restricted to the edges of the county : to the lordship of Clitheroe in the east and to Furness in the north — both areas where his influence was in a sense overspill from more substantial interests elsewhere . |
| 10 | Gloucester 's immediate influence was mainly restricted to the edges of the county : to the lordship of Clitheroe in the east and to Furness in the north — both areas where his influence was in a sense overspill from more substantial interests elsewhere . |
| 11 | They drove down to Causeway Bay where his junk was waiting , and were taken out to it in a sampan owned by an ancient Chinese in a lampshade hat . |
| 12 | Elliott was educated at Malvern College , where his life was hell . |
| 13 | Voyages took the seaman from port to port where his life was led in the streets , alleys and boarding houses of yet other seagoing communities , a ready prey to disease and vice of all kinds . |
| 14 | It did n't surprise her to learn that he was extremely knowledgeable where his subject was concerned . |
| 15 | He was genuinely keen to return to St Augustine 's where his sister was now a pupil and both social work and child guidance were keen to see him return to mainstream schooling . |
| 16 | With Minton 's help he obtained work at the Royal College as an artist 's model until he decided to return home where his future was secured for him through marriage and the management of a pub . |
| 17 | The Eladeldi watched as the cop marched her to the end of the alley , where his double was waiting in the hover . |
| 18 | In March 1941 as principal scientific officer he joined P. M. S. ( later Baron ) Blackett [ q.v. ] in the operational research section at Coastal Command , where his task was to improve the methods of finding and sinking U-boats . |
| 19 | Put heez monnaie where his mouth was . |
| 20 | This feat could have earned him £6,000 from the bookies if he had put his money where his mouth was . |
| 21 | It put his dick where his mouth was , if you 'll be kind enough to excuse the expression . |
| 22 | It seems reasonable to suppose that John was born and spent his early years in Grimston , Norfolk , where his family was recorded as having an estate in 1664 , but there is no record of his educational background . |
| 23 | More effective might be a missus sent to his own home-territory where his power was trusted and feared . |
| 24 | Perhaps it was then , rather than in 1290 as often supposed , that the priory presented him to the rectory of North Marston ( Buckinghamshire ) , where his cult was to develop , and which he held until his death . |
| 25 | He considered : surely things were n't so utterly disorganised in the kitchens that the scullions no longer knew who was in charge of them , or where his office was ? |
| 26 | Rustenburg , where his brother was running the Grand Hotel , offered the right sort of opportunity . |
| 27 | Where his brother was mighty , he was weak . |
| 28 | Where his face was angular and spare , hers was a flawless oval , and her round eyes were very dark . |
| 29 | Okinawan-te , as karate was first known , was introduced into Japan by a mild-mannered Okinawan schoolmaster named Gichin Funakoshi , an expert in the punching and kicking arts of his island homeland , where his teacher was a great master named Azato . |
| 30 | Lothar received his earliest education in Rome , probably at the Benedictine abbey of St Andrea al Celio where his teacher was Peter Ismael . |