Example sentences of "[vb -s] his [noun] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take Frau Grossman , all she thinks about is finery and food , whereas Dr Grossman has his spectacles always in a book . |
| 2 | Peter Medak uses his camera not as a spectator but as commentator , even as mediator . |
| 3 | A worthwhile person is always competent : he never makes mistakes , slips of the tongue , errors of judgement or loses his thread halfway through a lesson or a meeting . |
| 4 | He leads his country out for a world-record 36th time and would only continue at the top if the Springboks win . |
| 5 | Xokonoshetl Gomorro gets his possessions back after a night in police cells . |
| 6 | WHEN Jonathan Bamford takes his bike out for a run , he 's glad it 's fitted with a windscreen wiper motor . |
| 7 | Acknowledging that the church in the past has failed to give women sufficient power , Bishop Sessford nevertheless takes his stand firmly against a female priesthood . |
| 8 | TRIMMED WITH RIBBONS OR CROWNED WITH ROSES : ROBERT BURGESS TAKES HIS HAT OFF TO A BEVY OF WIDE-BRIMMED BEAUTIES |
| 9 | Once every six months the Profitboss takes his team away to a hotel for a two- or three-day residential workshop , perhaps from a Thursday to Saturday . |
| 10 | From time to time he takes his team away for a couple of days to provide a further stimulus . |
| 11 | The 18-year-old actor and dancer , who helps his dad out as a waiter at their Indian restaurant in London 's Wimbledon , has already had a taste of the big time . |
| 12 | But just as clearly he is a tough politician who speaks his mind sometimes in a blunt way . |
| 13 | Before Wednesday 's Coca-Cola defeat at Nottingham Forest , Thorsvedt had gone five games without conceding a goal , and he puts his run down to a new carefree approach to the job which Chelsea will experience today . |
| 14 | The title of Southey 's essay suggests a second area of difficulty since he defines his subject only in a privative sense . |
| 15 | At present every tenant makes as much hay as supports his stock in winter ; and has not only potatoes , cabbages , and meal in abundance for his family , but also frequently sells corn and potatoes , and feeds his cattle up to a third more weight than his predecessors were wont to do . |
| 16 | He also belongs for the reason suggested by Svidrigailov ; Petersburg is the administrative centre of Russia , and Porfiry occupies his position there as an official examining magistrate within the metropolitan and national legal system . |