Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that , of course , Tuathal had had to drop his attack and race to be first over the river , since he could not face eight times his number in the open plain between the Glen and the crossing . |
| 2 | The charges were eventually dropped after an investigation , but had he stayed with the Scots Guards his career would inevitably have been wrecked . |
| 3 | Sean French fingers his typewriter as the main culprit in the singular case of the missing shoe ( sorry — ‘ show ’ ) |
| 4 | DIARY Sean French fingers his typewriter as the main culprit in the singular case of the missing shoe ( sorry — ‘ show ’ ) |
| 5 | " X " on the graph shows that after 2 hours his temperature was 990 , " X " is directly above 2 hours and in line with 990 , |
| 6 | Revocation by the principal , his death , and in some cases his insanity , put an end to the agent 's authority , though in general a revocation will be inoperative as against those to whom the principal has held out the agent as having authority , and who have no notice of the revocation . |
| 7 | But in some cases his role will be more active . |
| 8 | Every few months his owner gives Ben a bath . |
| 9 | Within a few months his position came under threat from a new direction . |
| 10 | Consequently while his secular music ( see the next chapter ) was set to German words his church music consists mainly of Latin motets and Masses . |
| 11 | To some temperaments his state of nature might seem exciting and full of challenge . |
| 12 | In some respects his ethics is a representative in the ‘ modern ’ world of the same type of approach as was taken by Plato and Aristotle . |
| 13 | In some respects his work echoes that of Dunleavy and Castells . |
| 14 | ‘ In the past 12 months his play has come more and more to dominate phases of the game , especially against Wales and Ireland . |
| 15 | Tesfaye Gebre Kidan continued to appeal for a ceasefire and to impress on foreign ambassadors his willingness to negotiate with the rebels . |
| 16 | In the Baltic provinces , meanwhile — modern Estonia and Latvia — the tsar considered the German nobles his friends . |
| 17 | Gould lost no time venturing into the field , taking with him on some excursions his nephew Henry , who was understandably thrilled by the prospect of driving bullock carts ; his servant James , who he was zealously training in the art of taxidermy ; and sometimes his assistant Gilbert . |
| 18 | For the last 30 years his zany humour has shown beginner readers that books can be fun . |
| 19 | Roberton 's interests extended to chamber music , and for some years his concerts featured visits from the London String Quartet and the Lener String Quartet . |
| 20 | Mind you , he was also daunted by the fact that I was some years his senior . |
| 21 | She was some years his junior , not pretty , but personable enough , with brown hair , neatly dressed and a good figure . |
| 22 | It 's the third time in 2 years his house has been raided and the second in the space of a week . |
| 23 | He 'd carry on as if nothing was the matter , though some days his face was grey with pain . |
| 24 | This he did with such success that within the next few years his name became a byword throughout Spain . |
| 25 | Over the next few years his local reputation spread , and in 1953–54 he joined Sydney grade club Petersham , catching the overnight train to the match each Saturday and returning home that evening . |
| 26 | Captain French died in 1854 and within a few years his wife was confined to a mental home . |
| 27 | He used to say that in a few years his uncle would retire ; then he would be in control . ’ |
| 28 | Bourdieu 's articles on markets preceded by a few years his pieces on ‘ fields ’ . |
| 29 | The Honourable Diana Spencer was born late on the afternoon of July 1,1961 , the third daughter of Viscount Althorp , then aged 37 , and Viscountess Althorp , 12 years his junior . |
| 30 | It was agreed that during the next 12 years his earnings would have been £21,000 per annum , which would have given him £7,500 after tax . |