Example sentences of "interest in his [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , he used to take a healthy interest in his wife 's bowel movements , as is meet . |
| 2 | He seemed to take no interest in his wife 's wealth as such ; in fact Alexandra could never remember him buying anything unless it was for the farm or some little thing for her . |
| 3 | JULIAN Mathias , director of Foreign & Colonial , has a particular interest in his firm 's position as the largest backer of the £49m management buy-out of Salt Union from ICI . |
| 4 | Professor Dowd , as he liked to be called — and who cut his hair and trimmed his beard to look just like President Lincoln — probably never travelled to the Pacific , nor to very many other places outside America ; but he had an abiding interest in his country 's enormous and burgeoning railway system , and from that fascination grew a scheme which changed the world — and particularly the Pacific — for ever . |
| 5 | His grandfather , George Ritchie , played prop for Scotland against England at Twickenham in 1932 and , still a lively 82 , takes a keen interest in his grandson 's fortunes and indeed watched his international debut from the Murrayfield stand , his first visit there since 1988 . |
| 6 | Taking an early interest in his father 's work , he constructed a steam engine with which to drive all the lathes and other machines ; in order to do this , he had to convert the reciprocating movement of the Newcomen-type beam engine into rotary motion . |
| 7 | He was the son of a rich merchant , with whom he fell out , however , because of his preoccupation with and his lack of interest in his father 's profession . |