Example sentences of "his [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tells everybody his sister gave it to him for Christmas and he does n't really want one , but what with the job and all his meetings it comes in handy . |
| 2 | But for most of his contemporaries it was Smith 's immense personal charm , warmth and good humour they valued most . |
| 3 | Biogeography was the principal source of Darwin 's theory of evolution , but to most of his contemporaries it seemed obvious that the starting point for any investigation of the history of life on earth must be the fossil record . |
| 4 | And each time Charles looked at his progress it seemed more negative . |
| 5 | From that moment the poor man knew in his heart it was the start of his dog 's career in Grand Prix car chasing ! |
| 6 | But his conscience it may fail him and his heart it may give way , |
| 7 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 8 | And it , it is n't a personal thing on his part it 's no not going shopping or driving her here there and everywhere because he he , he , he er er he does n't want to it 's just that he 's incap he will be incapable of doing it . |
| 9 | It crossed my mind that if he had changed his opinions it might be partly because the squalor and expense of the flat — made worse by my bad housekeeping — had begun to get him down . |
| 10 | Instead of saying that a person feels a pain in his foot it might be less misleading to say that he has an in-the-foot pain . |
| 11 | If he loses all his money it is no use his having saved tax . |
| 12 | And in his case it 's hard to fault the hands-off philosophy . |
| 13 | Matza ( 1964 ) , whose ‘ soft determinist ’ position approximates the one under consideration , shows how arbitrary the answer to this question can be — in his case it seems to be when you have finished reading his book ! |
| 14 | They say men do n't lose their looks , and in his case it was true . |
| 15 | ‘ An inch , perhaps two , under six foot , every bit as large as his father , only in his case it 's muscle , not fat . |
| 16 | ‘ But given the nature of his activities it can not be excluded that this was a political attack . ’ |
| 17 | Galileo saw the danger and hurried to Rome , on his mule it seems . |
| 18 | Because my head landed on his teeth it hurt me more than if I 'd smacked down on the bridge of his nose . |
| 19 | That if the rent hereby reserved or any part thereof shall remain unpaid for twenty-one days after the same shall have become due ( whether formally demanded or not ) or if any covenant on the part of the Tenant herein contained shall not be performed or observed or if the Tenant shall become bankrupt or enter into any composition with his creditors it shall be lawful for the Landlord to re-enter upon the premises or any point thereof in the name of the whole and thereupon this demise shall absolutely determine . |
| 20 | But in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started doing the usual terrible things to him . |
| 21 | Just his luck it did n't have any water in it . ’ |
| 22 | After a hurried consultation with his counsel it was decided that he wanted to alter his plea . |
| 23 | At his trial it was revealed he had previously been involved in an incident whilst working as a door supervisor when another person died . |
| 24 | From the subsequent descent of his estates it can be established that John 's heir was one Thomas Clanvow , either a son or a brother ; but the general uncertainty attending the family pedigree makes it impossible to establish with accuracy the relationship between him and other members of the family . |
| 25 | As he began his ministry it was present in his person . |
| 26 | well he bought the land and we saw him at different times build his bungalow it 's a lovely bungalow now int it ? |
| 27 | Looking at his chest , looking at his chest it upset me there . |
| 28 | Shiva had called it that , but in his mouth it had not been the hackneyed expression it would have been if an English person had so referred to it . |
| 29 | It is not proposed to discuss the aesthetics of this usage for the text writer ; all that I wish to say is that it should not be copied by the student , for in his mouth it sounds too grandiloquent . |
| 30 | It sill shows the damage inflicted by Maj von Keller with an axe behind a barn at Quatre Bras ; to his disappointment it contained only dishes and toilet articles , not the gold coins he had expected . |