Example sentences of "his uncle 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He collects a motley crew of musicians and singers , drunken Deco , Dean with his uncle 's sax , Billy , who has to have his drums redeemed from the pawnbrokers , Joey ‘ The Lips ’ Fagan , and the girls Imelda , Natalie and Bernie . |
| 2 | ( The latter , of Lyon Cohen , a signal appraisement which finds similar expression in his uncle 's behaviour , as we shall presently see . ) |
| 3 | A painter whose pictures record the atrocities of the past , he acts as his uncle 's conscience and it is partly due to him that Singer — at the height of his spivvy , flashy success - throws himself into a Hampstead pond . |
| 4 | Hopkinson was educated at St Edward 's , Oxford , which he left at 16 for an apprenticeship in his uncle 's engineering firm at Manchester , where he joined the Territorial Army . |
| 5 | He himself believed he was his father 's son , and even more importantly , his uncle 's nephew , and that is what matters . |
| 6 | Mindful of the quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family which had marred his uncle 's coronation , Napoleon III may have felt it unwise to provide them with a similar occasion for bad manners . |
| 7 | His uncle 's axe was striking at his head . |
| 8 | The elder Pliny was full of curiosity at first , and planned to sail across in his galley for a closer look , but his nephew was not so keen on the idea , and turned down his uncle 's invitation to go along as well , pleading pressure of work . |
| 9 | Paddy offered it to him , with the slightest of smiles while Denis held the paten below his uncle 's chin . |
| 10 | It was all there , faithfully recorded in his uncle 's stiff and formal style . |
| 11 | He could understand his uncle 's concern . |
| 12 | The Big Houses in the district were now mostly inhabited by people of his uncle 's generation . |
| 13 | He detected a note of excitement in his uncle 's voice and thought that it would be something for the old man to look forward to , seeing his work in print . |
| 14 | Without his realising it , Alec 's voice had become as enthusiastic as his uncle 's . |
| 15 | Although John was a partner every move was under his uncle 's direction . |
| 16 | Born John Fiott , he changed his name to Lee in 1815 in compliance with his uncle 's will . |
| 17 | Most of his days were spent huddled round over the fire and George knew that his parents were worried about his Uncle 's condition . |
| 18 | His Uncle 's illness had placed the responsibility for all the sheep on George 's shoulders . |
| 19 | Crow Road is also a dingily respectable thoroughfare in Glasgow , and it is there that Prentice beds his uncle 's former lover , his own ‘ Aunty ’ Janice . |
| 20 | Eventually all is set for Culkin , now holed up in his uncle 's deserted townhouse , to wire the rooms , set traps on the stairs , gather inflammable materials and treat Pesci and Stern to a far more violent onslaught than was executed in Home Alone 1 . |
| 21 | When Macaulay holes up in his uncle 's deserted house , he treats Pesci and Stern to a cartoon-like sadistic onslaught which goes way beyond what was served up in Home Alone 1 . |
| 22 | Gary , above , sang his uncle 's favourite hymn at his funeral but was back on stage 24 hours later . |
| 23 | He repeated his uncle 's announcement and added peremptorily that swift compliance was required or it would be the worse for Gilsland . |
| 24 | Lewis , who was no fool , soon saw that in some incomprehensible way he had put his uncle 's back up . |
| 25 | His uncle 's birthday was noted , he must always have a Christmas present bought and sent in good time . |
| 26 | After the cremation , while the few mourners were looking gloomily at the flowers , his uncle 's solicitor , a partner in the Ipswich practice , spoke to Lewis simply to say that he believed he already knew the contents of the will . |
| 27 | Jack had been his uncle 's heir . |
| 28 | The thought inevitably occurs as to whether his studies and the sharing of his uncle 's austerities had undermined his health . |
| 29 | Again the two brothers were pushing at each other and as they all mounted the steps Ellen stepped and walked by the side of her son , something she was in the habit of doing whenever they were in company , and which Joe had been aware of from the time she had recovered after his uncle 's death . |
| 30 | And , of course , time spent in Paris meant that he could buy a new wardrobe , visit his mother and put flowers on his uncle 's grave . |