Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what was the greater plan that Chant hoped in his final hours he was a part of ? |
| 2 | But now , sitting in ITN 's new steel and glass office-studios in central London , Trevor announces he is petrified by the burden that has landed on his elegantly-suited shoulders . |
| 3 | Edgar wicket keeper , innkeeper and redoubtable raconteur confided some time after midnight that to help run in his pain-free new hip joint he 'd taken an early morning paper round in Aycliffe village . |
| 4 | Mr Fuchs 's champions say that he made no attempt to hide the financial problems that had arisen during his previous post when he was employed by The Hague . |
| 5 | Maria lifted a hand to hit him , but he looked so grimly reluctant that her fingers had uncurled before they reached his chest , touching him lightly before moving up to the lock of black hair that had fallen over his tanned brow . |
| 6 | Lord Charles Beresford continued his campaign against the Admiralty that had originated in his personal feud with Admiral Fisher , and he made the most of Churchill 's unhappy relations with his admirals . |
| 7 | Given the number that he drew in the ballot , it was not certain that he would have the chance of a debate on his Bill , but he has had that opportunity and has spoken with his customary mellifluence . |
| 8 | He played the part of Marcellus , a noble Roman who is converted to Christianity and chooses to die for his new religion . |
| 9 | Shortly after this , he decided to ditch the one-liner style of stand-up and get rid of his immortal catch-phrase ( ‘ Put that chicken away , missus ! ’ ) in favour of a more confessional comedy routine ; he would gather up the rough , rotting scraps of his experience and weave them into balmy theatrical monologues . |
| 10 | Bingley 's Olympic 10,000 metres man will lead a five-strong men 's team in San Sebastian , Spain , on October 31 and hopes to improve on his excellent victory in 2hrs 10mins 57secs in Hamburg . |
| 11 | But " thinking like a scientist " sooner or later involves greater autonomy , a bigger share of the decision-making : not simply discussing with the teacher and learning to guess from his facial expressions or other clues what the " right " answer might be , but actually wrestling unprompted with the methodology and materials in order to find it out for oneself . |
| 12 | After moving into a suburban villa in Norwich he fell behind with his mortgage payments and had to turn to his new club for a £19,000 loan to prevent the building society from repossessing his home . |
| 13 | She discovered that he was nineteen ( a year younger than her ) , that he came from the Kovno province of Poland and had escaped with his widowed mother and two elder brothers and young sister . |
| 14 | Henry Tyler had had an unexpected few days ' leave and had descended on his married sister and her husband in the small market town of Berebury in Calleshire without a great deal of warning . |
| 15 | Mr MacSharry has insisted that he will not return to Irish politics after his Brussels term ends , but intends to farm in his native Sligo . |
| 16 | He was a little shaken by the strain of the near accident but hoped concentrating on his new plan would help to calm him down . |
| 17 | His war record and the fact that he had never been able to catch him redhanded whilst poaching appealed to his old world code of honour . |