Example sentences of "his [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had grown close to Gerry Gomez since the day he had asked if he could meet his sister at the airport , and they now worked together admirably . |
| 2 | She caught a glimpse of his paleness at the window of the bathroom on the first floor . |
| 3 | The music had sounded exactly like all other music he had ever heard , and the intervals between Louise Müller 's appearances had been rather tedious , but the display of her charms had provided more than adequate compensation for the occasional ennui Lefevre had enjoyed it even more , expressing his enthusiasm at the end by shouting , ‘ Bravo ! ’ standing , and clapping his hands above his head . |
| 4 | First half losses before tax increased from £17.7m to £30.6m at Ratners ; Gerald Ratner received much criticism and there were calls for his resignation at the company 's agm . |
| 5 | Sharon announced his resignation at the start of a meeting of the central committee of the Likud party ( the principal component of the country 's ruling coalition ) . |
| 6 | These included the rationalization of the State Intelligence Secretariat ( SIDE ) , with one-third of employees being made redundant and buildings and vehicles auctioned off ( the SIDE chief , Juan Bautista Yofre , announcing his resignation at the end of the month and being succeeded by Hugo Anzorreguí ) , and the creation of a central body to supervise the finances of public-sector companies due for privatization . |
| 7 | Jovic formally withdrew his resignation at the next meeting of the Federal Presidency on March 21 . |
| 8 | Bielicki formally submitted his resignation at the inaugural session of the new Sejm on Nov. 25 , despite a plea from Walesa to remain . |
| 9 | There had been concern about his progress at the same stage as there now was for Balbinder 's . |
| 10 | If the price goes up 9% and his costs stay about the same maybe up 5% or so , er his actual bottom line is his income at the end of the year will in fact increase by about 60% . |
| 11 | The first minister he saw after taking in the new facts was Eden , in many ways his favourite at the time . |
| 12 | Harry did n't really have his heart at the Centre and was only there to please his wife . |
| 13 | In answer to his pull at the doorbell a butler appeared who regretted , on Charles 's enquiry for Lord Southdown , that His Lordship was out . |
| 14 | Sold by Marseille chairman Bernard Tapie after bust-up at a charity match when he threw his shirt at the referee . |
| 15 | He looked into his tent at the two dark cowled figures squatting there . |
| 16 | Les Davies ( representing Economics ) , currently completing his PhD at the Management Centre , will join the group as research fellow . |
| 17 | Hirst , who broke his foot at the start of the season , missed both the games against Spain and Norway . |
| 18 | The Board 's general counsel , Michael Friend , said afterwards : ‘ The finding was that he did change his scorecard at the qualifying round for the European Tour School last October , but the Board felt the sentence of 10 years was too severe given that it was a first offence . ’ |
| 19 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the United board that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 20 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the board , that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 21 | His decision at the outset of the election campaign to disclose his Budget plans drew intense Conservative fire and reinforced Labour 's reputation as a high-taxation party . |
| 22 | For many years Thomson lived in New York in his apartment at the Chelsea Hotel . |
| 23 | I turned up at his apartment at the appointed hour . |
| 24 | He transferred his swagger-stick to his left arm , thrust his hands alongside the piping on his breeches , and aimed his jaw at the horizon . |
| 25 | In 1759 Arthur Guinness founded his brewery at the St. James 's Gate site in Dublin and in 1769 the first export shipment took place . |
| 26 | Aussie scrum half Allan Langer is playing out of his skin at the moment and if ‘ Alfie ’ controls the open spaces at Wembley , it will be curtains . |
| 27 | The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute . |
| 28 | This was how North presented his case at the public hearings , never doubting . |
| 29 | ‘ Someone 's been splashing out at Woolworths , ’ said O'Hara , tapping with his hook at the pearls . |
| 30 | For when the Battle of the Somme broke out in July , Boelcke — having persuaded his seniors of his indispensability at the front — accounted for fiftyone planes with his ‘ Flying Circus ’ , of which twenty were his own personal bag . |