Example sentences of "[adj] of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | His remark comes from book 67 of his commentary on the edict , and palingenesia shows that he was discussing an interdict , most likely the interdict quod legatorum which was available to the bonorum possessor to recover property which a possessor was purporting to hold under a legacy . |
| 2 | The trouble was that being a good club player , even being an outstanding club player , does not of itself make you a worthy international , and it was Waldron 's failure to recognise this of his own Neath players that contributed as much as anything to his downfall . |
| 3 | A member of the nursing staff usually discusses in detail the patient 's lifestyle and the effects on this of his present illness and admission to hospital . |
| 4 | His parents already doubted Angel 's religious belief , so they were almost relieved to hear this of his future wife . |
| 5 | Ronald Koeman converted that penalty , then another gloriously won by Julio Salinas when , tiring of the professional duty to let seconds tick away near the corner flag , he burst clear of his attendant , evaded one challenge along the byline , and fell under a second . |
| 6 | Pipe , well clear of his rival trainers in both winners and prize-money , breaks new ground when Grand Frere becomes his 200th individual runner of the campaign . |
| 7 | His feet found bottom and he surfaced , hands up to smear the mud clear of his eyes . |
| 8 | NOW that 's he getting on a bit , Eric Clapton is steering clear of his flashy Ferraris and Alfa Romeos . |
| 9 | Mansell is looking to clinch a record-breaking ninth Grand Prix win in a season — and he underlined his determination yesterday by blasting clear of his chasers in the first qualifying session for tomorrow 's Portuguese race . |
| 10 | He was not at all interested in this display of equestrian skill and he probably knew to get clear of his wife when her temper was roused . |
| 11 | Like Emerson he finished second in his Swift but that was good enough to take him clear of his main rivals with one round remaining . |
| 12 | Jonsson wins RALLYING : SWEDISH Toyota driver Mats Jonsson led the field throughout the final day of the Swedish motor rally on Sunday to finish 39 seconds clear of his main rival , Briton Colin McRae in a Subaru . |
| 13 | The 16-year-old central defender , who captained Cleveland schools last season won the shot by nearly two metres with a put of 12.25 metres , while he was almost two metres clear of his nearest rival in the javelin , with a throw of 39.85 metres . |
| 14 | — FAST-improving Darren Bunn , of Middlesbrough , equalled his pb when he won the preliminary boys 1500m in 4 mins 54.6 secs , over nine seconds clear of his nearest rival . |
| 15 | The Finn touched the ball inside to Jess who controlled it and turned in a blur of movement which took him clear of his cover and a sweetly struck shot hummed past Andy Rhodes . |
| 16 | Marginally more in control , she sauntered back through to the kitchen and handed him the brush , carefully keeping her own fingers clear of his . |
| 17 | In parallel , the inner life of the Tsar and that of the two most visionary of his children , the haemophiliac Tsarevich Alexis and the daughter Tatiana , becomes increasingly burdened and tormented by visions . |
| 18 | He made a good living , and seemed resentful of his wife 's decision to take in a lodger . |
| 19 | He had been well aware that she would dearly love to have been one of his girlfriends , more than willing to go to bed with him had he given her any encouragement , and was resentful of his relationship with Liza . |
| 20 | When I look back on the long friendship , I realize that I need not have had certain misgivings about troubling Eliot or taking up his time — misgivings due to temperamental diffidence rather than to genuine modesty , I am afraid — because he was both generous of his time and solicitous about the welfare of those in whom lie took an interest . |
| 21 | Yesterday as 390 of his old workmates were thrown on to the dole with him , Mike said : ‘ It 's like somebody kicked you in the guts . |
| 22 | He he 's got half of his to Simon , half of that house . |
| 23 | I met up with Pat in a small room at the front of the house tucking into a breakfast of fried eggs and an obscure piece of meat that took up about half of his mess-tin . |
| 24 | The Belgian team ADR are to sue Greg Lemond after the American left them for their French rivals Z. Lemond , the Tour de France winner and world champion , was lured to Z in September for a record £3.5million fee , having served only half of his two-year contract with the Belgian team . |
| 25 | The Belgian team ADR are to sue Greg Lemond after the American left them for their French rivals Z. Lemond , the Tour de France winner and world champion , was lured to Z in September for a record £3.5million fee , having served only half of his two-year contract with the Belgian team . |
| 26 | That is unless it 's sold to the sort of person who blasts half of his land away to quarry gravel for motorways , like someone I can think of on the west coast . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's got half of his nose bit off . ’ |
| 28 | In fact , there is a real chance that next season the England captain will not be on first-name terms with almost half of his team . |
| 29 | and half of his face does n't exist , |
| 30 | Tiny Rowland , Lonrho 's chief executive , has said he will sell half of his 15% stake in Lonrho to Dieter Bock , a German financier ; the deal will cost £50m . |