Example sentences of "[noun pl] [noun prp] had [vb pp] [prep] his " in BNC.

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1 A letter explained that it was the pictures Simon had owned before his second marriage and which by rights belonged now to his daughter .
2 They were feverishly engaged in anti-Francoist conspiring , partly because many monarchists were opposed to Franco 's gestures of support for Hitler and Mussolini , and partly because they resented the national and international prominence given to Serrano and the Falangists Serrano had chosen as his closest personal and professional associates .
3 At first , he expressed surprise at the colours Saska had picked for his new look — a sludgy , greyish-green suit by top Italian designer , Giorgio Armani , teamed with a dusty tobacco silk turtleneck and cardigan from Nicole Farhi , to encourage Yuri to break away from his preferred monochromes .
4 Wolfgang Kohler argued that the problems Thorndyke had set for his cats determined the type of learning they demonstrated .
5 His grandfather had been a master baker and , in one of the many family stories Mark had heard at his grandfather 's knee , he had been told of how his great-grandfather had served Benjamin Disraeli with a standing daily order of twelve French loaves , burnt and rasped .
6 The men were now standing in the long attic corridor containing the sleeping quarters Grant had visited on his recce of the house .
7 5 Corps was still under orders not to provoke or resist them by force , for the reasons Macmillan had explained on his visit on 13 May , and on the evening of 14 May Gen McCreery confirmed this in a message to Gen Keightley [ KP 106 ] : agreement confirmed that Maj Dubajic would remain at Kappel with Lt Lochhead of 6 SF ( SOE ) to make arrangements for the hand-over of further 10,000 Croats by 23 May making a total of 13,000 Croats to be repatriated .
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