Example sentences of "[pron] was [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | These he carried home , partly because the little room lacked storage space , partly to appease the secretive , magpie instinct which was part of his nature : he loved to keep , hide , obfuscate , cover his tracks ; he had fantasies in the watches of the night of other scholars stealing a march on him and publishing the definitive study of Walter Machin first ( though how that would be possible , in view of his privileged position , he would have been hard put to it to say ) . |
| 2 | Gerry , a member of the Belfast Telegraph staff for 25 years , and previously with the Irish News , underwent a quadruple heart by-pass operation in 1983 but within a week he had started writing his column again from his hospital bed — a column which was part of his life . |
| 3 | Perhaps they thought she was part of his troupe ? |
| 4 | She was part of his life . |
| 5 | There was noone at his home at Thenford on the border of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire today . |
| 6 | There was sand in his mouth . |
| 7 | No matter how certain he might be immediately before he closed his eyes that there was plenty of space in front of him , no matter how positive he was as he walked with eyes closed that he was n't veering off to one side and there was tarmac under his feet rather than grass , he still found it very hard , almost impossible , to walk more than about twenty paces with his eyes closed . |
| 8 | There was rime on his beard , making him appear grizzled and old . |
| 9 | Most evenings after dinner there was music at his Headquarters in Stenay , with the Crown Prince himself sometimes playing the violin , at which he was a fair performer . |
| 10 | Though it trembled , there was music in his voice . |
| 11 | His hands and feet seemed to be constantly moving in almost impossibly splendiferous patterns , his eyes shone like June blackberries and there was music in his voice which seemed to roll up in great hopeful waves from deep in his abdomen . |
| 12 | But there was music in his big , strong hands . |
| 13 | There was helium in his blood . |
| 14 | The officer looked at him scornfully , but there was pity in his voice as he said quickly , ‘ Shoot him , man ! |
| 15 | ’ But there was doubt in his voice . |
| 16 | There was fury in his eyes . |
| 17 | But the hands came cunning and swift and raised a harsh green fabric up , until there was darkness over his head and he was paralysed with fear as he was lifted up and began a long and terrible journey . |
| 18 | ‘ But whether there was gold in his mind or not , whether he was concerned with the dollar parity or not , as soon as he caught sight of the girl waiting seductively under the lamp in front of him , he fell victim to his own undisciplined and obsessive hungers . |
| 19 | But there was laughter at his response to a question about a reported split among the directors when he said that the board was ‘ united and happy ’ with the direction the club was taking . |
| 20 | But there was laughter at his response to a question about a reported split among the directors when he said that the board was ‘ united and happy ’ with the direction the club was taking . |
| 21 | For the first time in her life Horatia was terrified of Rossmayne There was insanity in his eyes , and she knew without a doubt that at that moment he wanted to murder her . |
| 22 | There was Pete in his class who really needed to shave twice a day , who had a deep voice and a very hairy chest , and he was a known bender ; and there was Stuart , who could n't look at a cloud or a diagram in TD lessons or even sometimes a house without seeing a version of the female anatomy , and lie was as smooth as a babe . |
| 23 | There was frustration in his voice . |
| 24 | There was regret in his sleepy voice . |
| 25 | He filled up the doorway with his uneasy bulk and there was defiance in his eyes . |
| 26 | There was gratitude in his faint , sad smile . |
| 27 | There was nausea in his stomach and sweat was gathering on his forehead . |
| 28 | Of a sudden , for Yeremi at least there was law in his surroundings . |
| 29 | There was panic in his voice . |
| 30 | He was smiling at her , but there was concern in his eyes . |