Example sentences of "at his [noun sg] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | . It is here very tentatively suggested that these may be cases in which , as the law now stands , the doctor has a discretion … either to refrain , at his patient 's request , from administering life-saving treatments or to ignore his patient 's wishes where compliance is likely to result in death . |
| 2 | John Brown looked over the wall at his neighbour 's invention and did the same . |
| 3 | Projection of another dimension or dimensions as when the sun breaks through a cloud and washing-up powder , launderette , what else was Jacob 's ladder ? he wrote , and Goldberg , staring at his friend 's manuscript all those years later , typed that in and put a little question mark in the margin of his typescript . |
| 4 | Typical James , thought Cameron , as he handed back the flask and looked at his friend 's flushed face : we are plotting to save our lives and he turns it into a holiday . |
| 5 | Mr Utterson looked at his friend 's red , angry face . |
| 6 | He looked at his friend 's neat copper head and wide-set eyes . |
| 7 | He stayed overnight at his friend 's house , en route from Everton to Elland Road , and left with these words ringing in his ears : ‘ Do n't sign on the dotted line . |
| 8 | I hang up and ring Crilly at his friend 's flat . |
| 9 | Also on 13 March Fawcett received the ‘ preliminary note ’ at his editor 's office and gave it top priority . |
| 10 | Enraged at his chaplain 's disloyalty , Finch peremptorily sacked him . |
| 11 | The cyclist 's eldest child was peforming at his school 's nativity play and was led off the stage to be told of his father 's death . |
| 12 | He looked at his love 's shuttered , miserable face and realized he would get nowhere along those lines . |
| 13 | And — like all good dogs — dropped the present at his master 's feet . |
| 14 | For the whole of Jesus 's public ministry , Simon Peter is at his master 's side , almost as a kind of bodyguard — a function in keeping with his sobriquet of ‘ Rocky ’ or ‘ tough ’ . |
| 15 | Abe Abramson , who fought blazes during the Blitz of Liverpool , had just arrived at his son-in-law 's shop to help his daughter when the attack happened . |
| 16 | Her husband had just finished the day 's work at his butcher 's shop and they were settling down to supper . |
| 17 | The boys talked nostalgically about the way fighting had been a part of their fathers ' world ; ‘ about the time old man MacIlroy , half-pissed , had taken on ali the men folk of his very extended family , at his sister 's wedding , and stili had time to call for more beer . |
| 18 | Bal Kundra , who runs the cafe next to the funeral parlour , said he saw Murrell at his sister 's home four months ago . |
| 19 | John tugged at his sister 's leg . |
| 20 | Mrs Robinson summoned Annie : Joseph had gone over to Cockermouth with his larger share of the char and would be staying the night at his sister 's . |
| 21 | Tom was at his sister 's side , not bothering with the niceties of introducing Belinda , to the latter 's relief . |
| 22 | Still in severe pain , Mick 's off work for at least a week , while he recovers at his sister 's house in Moredon . |
| 23 | The break-in at his sister 's house caused £15 damage . |
| 24 | Philip saw him staring at his Dad 's swimming trophies . |
| 25 | He told himself that he was the last man who could reasonably be expected to advise or reassure on the problems of pregnancy and he sensed that Rickards 's unhappiness at his wife 's absence went deeper than missing her company . |
| 26 | Both said the police paid scant attention to Mr Mackenzie 's ill-health , only allowing him to get a jacket at his wife 's insistence . |
| 27 | SANDY LYLE is ready to pull out of the US Masters to be at his wife 's side for the birth of their first child . |
| 28 | Green had also pointed the finger at his wife 's lover Stuwart Skett . |
| 29 | But Andrew may be so outraged at his wife 's topless antics that he could decide to fight for custody of his children after all . |
| 30 | The naked body of Diana Travers , his domestic servant , was found drowned at his wife 's Thames-side birthday party , a party at which he was expected to be present . |