Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] his [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Astronomers can calculate when such maxima of solar insolation took place , and Fairbanks found that his two phases of accelerated run-off do not correlate with the maxima . |
| 2 | Dick Hansen , like most P-40 pilots-to-be , found that his first ride in his aircraft would also be his first solo . |
| 3 | He found that his ready command of French , Italian , German , Turkish , Arabic , Greek , and Albanian , and his personal friendship with many of the key figures in the area , made his presence invaluable to the commander-in-chief , although eyebrows were sometimes raised at his unremittingly pro-Turkish stance . |
| 4 | The roots of this war lie in Yugoslav history ( though not as deep as some claim ) , in the frailty of Tito 's state and in three distinct sorts of nationalism that sprouted as his odd form of communism collapsed . |
| 5 | I recall that two years ago at the NFT he announced that his great ambition as a young man had been to become a movie director : now ( aided by director of photography William Lubtchansky and production designer Chloe Obolensky ) he has made a landmark television film . |
| 6 | And the flamboyant Chelsea chairman announced that his 11-year marriage to wife Pam is over . |
| 7 | Bob , the LAC electrician who was trying to get the show off the ground admitted that his main ambition after the war was to be the conductor of a classical orchestra . |
| 8 | Without naming his new guru , the Zimbabwe-born batsman — who has failed to live up to the blaze of publicity which greeted his arrival on the Test scene in 1991 — revealed that his poor form in five-day games against Pakistan last summer led him to seek psychiatric advice . |
| 9 | Certainly he believed that his inner feeling of being most alive , most engaged with real issues , in his contemplative experience , was a gift from God and that his whole integrity depended on his furthering a life-style which he believed enabled him to receive the gift , however strong the opposition he encountered : Above all else I have always longed to sit and concentrate on Christ , and him alone … |
| 10 | To Innocent it seemed that his political power in general came from Christ . |
| 11 | What he overheard provided his first insight into the intimate sentiments of mature Fists who had been warriors for over seventy years — as the seven long-service studs on the craggy , crewcut forehead of each star-knight signified . |
| 12 | And US Secretary of State James Baker acknowledged that his painstaking diplomacy of the last eight months could quickly unravel in a region where religion and history have fuelled five Arab-Israeli wars . |
| 13 | Mr Wallace acknowledged that his own ideas for a Scottish parliamentary council were unlikely to proceed , but a campaign for a multi-option referendum was ‘ the only thing we can all unite on as it encompasses all our differences ’ . |
| 14 | Coleman claimed that his greatest contribution to the young veterinary profession was that he played a major role in securing that from 1796 appointments as veterinary surgeons ( a term used by the Standing Board of General Officers ) in the cavalry , and eventually ( 1805 ) in the artillery , were by commission rather than by warrant . |
| 15 | Secondly Shinwell claimed that his local policy of organising shore workers as well as seamen was vetoed by Wilson and that this was a subject of an investigation from head office by Wilson 's lieutenants Captain Tupper and Father Charles Hopkins which resulted in his dismissal and that of the branch committee . |
| 16 | Prudent and orderly , uncompromising in his views on life and art , and instinctively reserved in a postwar world which contradicted them extensively , Frampton was a man of humour , courtesy , and charm , who unbent when he sensed that his deep feeling for beauty , order , and sound technique was shared . |
| 17 | Looking back later , Helen recalled three things about this new life , so different from the unhappy days when she and Edward discovered that his passionate letters to her were being read by Mrs Andrews : ‘ The beauty of it delighted me , and I thought it the perfect setting for these people with their freedom of manner and thought … . |
| 18 | Initially , the Italian government declined to become involved , but Mussolini relented when he heard that his principal rivals in the Mediterranean , the French , were going to aid the Republic . |
| 19 | Afterwards he decided that his intense preoccupation with politics and the Liberal Party had not represented his true conviction . |
| 20 | Observers feared that his temporary replacement by Chief of General Staff Col.-Gen . |
| 21 | Dalgliesh knew that his present insouciance in the face of death was no guarantee that the horror had n't touched him . |
| 22 | Later he thought that his early affection for Fly cathedral had something to do with his interest in churches and their architecture . |
| 23 | ‘ He thought that his tall uncles in the dark clothes were princes of an élite brotherhood . |
| 24 | I wondered to what extent Fordham thought that his own response to this scrutiny was shared by his fellow professionals . |
| 25 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 26 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 27 | He had studied closely the threat posed by a reorganized Wednesday side but insisted that his own presence at Sheffield would be of psychological value to Arsenal on the Saturday . |
| 28 | She laughed as his warm mouth against hers told her exactly what he had in mind ! |
| 29 | He said that his first speech in the previous coal debate made the headlines of Coal News , but I do not think that the chairman of British Coal will be grateful that the hon. Gentleman has halved the take and production of coal in his remarks . |
| 30 | These accusations were denied by the government , the BSP , and the Soviet ambassador , Viktor Sharapov , who at a press conference on Aug. 26 said that his only contacts with the government and the BSP had been official ones at which he had delivered the statement of the State Committee for the State of Emergency ( the Soviet coup leaders ) and Gorbachev 's subsequent repudiation of it , and had discussed the forthcoming visit to Moscow of a Bulgarian economic mission . |