Example sentences of "[vb infin] his [noun] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Postage was very expensive — a shilling a sheet — but Hope , being an M. P. , could sign or frank his envelopes and have them delivered free of charge . |
| 2 | A few successful trips to restaurants will not only be enjoyable for the patient , but they will boost his confidence and help him to realize that he can take part in normal social life . |
| 3 | What if he had n't left yet — she could ring him and tell him she 'd chickened out , and he could flap his wings and tease her but at least she would n't have to — oh , hell , here he is , she thought , and watched as the huge bike rolled to a halt and he switched off the engine and hauled it up on the stand . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll finish his bed and get him to lie on his side to make it easy for thee . |
| 5 | If he had not returned in twenty years his son , Don Benedetto , should inherit his lands and administer his fortune in the normal way . |
| 6 | Why did Stapleton beat his wife and tie her up ? |
| 7 | Why did he withhold his hand and leave me yet alive ? |
| 8 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's another legacy of £1,000 , this time to his friend Martin Burger , ‘ more than enough for that new pair of spectacles which I hope may improve his judgement and help him to see the obvious . ’ |
| 10 | A tube of Winsor blue for Alan Tate , spectacles for Burger … ‘ which I hope may improve his judgement and help him to see the obvious . ’ |
| 11 | There was no shelter to make for , anywhere on the long , wide ridge , and the heather and the little bushes would tangle his feet and trip him as soon as he strayed from the straight path . |
| 12 | The chances are that he will see his inconsistency and revise his moral views , either exonerating Smith or condemning himself . |
| 13 | In the warm-up , Niki is three tenths of a second faster than Prost , but he does n't like his engine and gets it changed . |
| 14 | Someone once told him that horse manure in his wellington boots would make him grow taller , but the boys at school had made fun of him and Mr Sunderland , the headmaster , had called him a stupid gullible boy and made him scrape his boots and wash them clean in the outside drain and scrub his feet in hot water and carbolic soap . |
| 15 | He must hope ( he can do no more ) that his home state will espouse his claim and pursue it on his behalf . |
| 16 | When the Men came Woil would simper and whisper his pleasure and let them handle him as they liked as he said such things as : ‘ Nice Man , pleasant person . |
| 17 | Beat that fear and victor was certain , and victory brought glory and fame and medals and money and , best of all , sweetest of all , most glorious and wondrous of all , the modest teasing grin of a short black-haired Emperor who would pat the Dragoon General as though he was a faithful dog , and the thought of that Imperial favour made the General quicken his horse and raise his battered sword . |
| 18 | They 'd set his hand and cast it , and then after a second set of plates a week later they 'd broken off the cast and operated . |
| 19 | And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water , and be unclean until the evening . |
| 20 | They would also mingle with unwary humans for spite , selling jewellery and magic cloth at the village fete — when the purchaser leant to pick up the item , the fee would twist his arm and fling him to the ground . |
| 21 | The winner is the one who can out-bluff his opponent and keep his hand on the pad the longest . |
| 22 | But those who know him well say that Sir Patrick 's tact and political skills will disarm his critics and persuade them to work with him . |
| 23 | All last week he had been happier than for thirty years ; he was in love , overwhelmed with the charms of Emily Dawson and the outrageous hope that she might return his affection and become his wife . |
| 24 | In recent years the press has had to challenge such diverse rulings as an order not to name a witness from a famous family lest publicity might interfere with her care for heroin addiction ; an order not to publish the address of a former Tory MP lest his estranged wife should discover his whereabouts and harass him , and an order that reporters should leave the court so that a distressed defendant could explain in privacy the matrimonial problems which drove her to drink before she drove her car . |
| 25 | He was warned that he risked not being able to read Braille if he worked with the soil because it would cut his fingers and reduce their sensitivity . |
| 26 | Later , when he had evolved a sign language of his own , he would cross his thumbs and flap his hands : this meant ‘ chicken ’ or ‘ food ’ ( The Observer , 30 August 1978 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Damnation ’ will approach his target and introduce himself with an opening line which usually goes something like , ‘ Hi . |
| 28 | " She takes after our Lance , " declared Rowbotham aunts and cousins , and I would scowl his scowl and confirm their verdict . |
| 29 | Briefly , this meant the ability to ‘ take his work and leave it ’ : to start and finish the ploughing ; that is , to pen and shut up a furrow and leave every stetch , or parcel of furrows , straight and level and without a wrinkle to mar the whole length of it . |
| 30 | That way he could have his cake and eat it too . |