Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] his [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dissenting shareholder should lodge his opposition at the meeting of shareholders and should also appear at the hearing of the petition . |
| 2 | ‘ He 'll finish his days at the end of a rope , ’ said the taxi driver , unclenching his buttocks . |
| 3 | She was nervous that he might change his mind at the last minute , but he did not do so . |
| 4 | He had not been to any of the social functions advertised — it would have seemed like living his life backwards to enter voluntarily a church hall full of women and cups of tea — he could see his mother at the urn and himself as a boy handing round those very cups . |
| 5 | He had grown close to Gerry Gomez since the day he had asked if he could meet his sister at the airport , and they now worked together admirably . |
| 6 | This was led through the streets in furrows so that each burger could have his turn at the stream to irrigate his garden , with its vegetables and flowers . |
| 7 | The Albanian leader could express his shock at the gangsterish methods of Gheorghiu-Dej in the late 1940s without for one moment admitting to himself , let alone to his readers , that he was even remotely hypocritical given his own tendency to resort to rubbing out rivals personally ( including shooting his prime minister and long-term comrade-in-arms , Mehmet Shehu , in 1981 ) . |
| 8 | When he first started selling peg trousers he developed a stance to show them off He 'd bend his legs at the knee and stand half turned . |
| 9 | And Goldberg , drawing his pad towards him : The very words he used to excuse his behaviour at the wedding . |
| 10 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the United board that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 11 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the board , that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 12 | I understand Wednesday manager Trevor Francis , who rebuffed Ferguson on the phone , has made it clear to his board that should they be seduced by a new United bid , he would consider his future at the club . |
| 13 | ln Derbyshire Will Taylor , the county secretary , would do his sums at the end of the season before phoning the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth . |
| 14 | He would hold his room at the Palings while he went back to London . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course I 'll be joining you for Sunday tea , ’ he would say charmingly , then would purposely keep them waiting until , fretful and concerned , David would leave his place at the table to remind his stepfather , only to be told that they should : ‘ Start without me . |
| 16 | He was joking , of course , and when Knightshayes was opened privately under the National Gardens Scheme he would park his wheelchair at the top of the garden and watch the visitors coming along the terrace . |
| 17 | During his visit Mr Kinnock attacked the Government for its policies on housing , and predicted that the local Conservative MP would lose his seat at the next general election . |
| 18 | It will take his spell at the Baseball Ground to 12 years but Cox admitted that the decision to sign had not been easy . |
| 19 | If this proposition were to be of interest I would arrange for you to be put in contact with my client , who will reveal his identity at the appropriate stage . |
| 20 | Clark , managing director at Orient , has been appointed chief executive of the League Managers Association , but will continue his duties at the club . |
| 21 | Agnew knows that he has to prove to manager Kenny Dalglish not only that he can make a comeback but also that he can do his stuff at the highest level . |
| 22 | But in the absence of an adversary , the president has no compass that can guide his actions at the head of that state , except the new requirement to shrink it . |
| 23 | A four-wheel-drive vehicle will be an essential , of course , and my husband can leave his car at the top on the main road when snow is forecast . |