Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment she thought he was n't going to answer as he stared at his glass , then slowly he raised his eyes to hers . |
| 2 | Taylor added : ‘ Nigel will be asked to play as he does for his club , his normal game . |
| 3 | Indeed , at first sight he appears to deny that they existed in his own day . |
| 4 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 5 | What is Joe Bloggs going to do when he returns to his ancient , battle-scarred Range Rover , only to find a Zoom parked a few millimetres from his rear bumper ? |
| 6 | It 's a hard fact of life , but a landlord must be free to do as he likes with his own land . |
| 7 | He may very soon be trying to use that enormous power endowed by evolution to ensure parental acceptance of responsibility , to ensure that we pander to his every whim — if we let him , probably by screaming and indulging in ‘ tantrums ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Take care , ’ she whispered back , frightened by the sheer naked will to succeed that she surprised on his face . |
| 9 | It is not necessary to suppose that he acted on his own initiative , although this is implied in the Anonimalle Chronicle ( 11 , pp.158–9 ) : possibly his advisers felt that he might be less at risk than they themselves , and that in the circumstances a policy of temporary conciliation was the best course of action . |
| 10 | That is why he never took up any of the opportunities to teach that he had in his later life . ’ |
| 11 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 12 | He also developed the ability to sketch as he walked with his pad and pencil . |
| 13 | He took a rather wrong-headed view of the history of the development of competition in these industries , although he will not be surprised to learn that I agree with his criticisms of the Labour amendment . |
| 14 | The court has no jurisdiction either to say that he erred in his application of the general law ( since the general law is not applicable to the decision ) or to reach a contrary view as to the effect of the domestic law ( since the visitor is the sole judge of such domestic law ) . |
| 15 | The pain on the American 's face was clear for all to see as he rose from his chair and left the meeting to make the call . |
| 16 | This is most likely to occur where he agrees with his seller that property shall not pass to him until he has paid for them . |