Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] his [noun sg] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems a note of valediction in the loving intensity of his description , a desire to record for one last time the scenes which , for more than a year , had so filled his mind and shaped his thoughts : |
| 2 | Then when Dixons admitted that Mr Kalms had perhaps overstated his case when talking about the ‘ 86 bid , Kingfisher smugly declared that it was ‘ pleased to note ’ Dixons ' clarification . |
| 3 | He 's obviously neglected his job and let the club go to pot and is generally a frightful old bugger and an excrescence . |
| 4 | One minstrel was supposed to have not just glorified his master but saved his life as well : |
| 5 | Pope had already removed his jacket and begun to roll back his sleeve . |
| 6 | This is the moment when it comes into his mind to ask himself what he 's doing in this place ; to see the meaninglessness of his business there , and the hollowness of his enjoyments ; to lose sight suddenly of what it is in the texture of life that has ever occupied his attention and led him forward . |
| 7 | He has now sold his Duo and drives another unusual kit car , a Vincent Hurricane which is a 60 's style open sports car . |
| 8 | He had found the father had forcibly struck his daughter but refused to hold the grounds of referral established . |
| 9 | It was early still , but , while she had quite enjoyed his company and having someone else to converse with in her own language , an early night seemed quite a good idea . |
| 10 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
| 11 | He unbuckled his sword belt , then unlaced his jerkin and began to slip it over his head . |
| 12 | So thick had the mist become that he had almost lost his way and hoping to hear the call of one of the animals to orientate himself had heard an eagle 's call and one he knew well . |
| 13 | There 's this bloke his well a chum of his actually got his statement and said this ca n't be blinking right ! |