Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALWAYS known by his initials , J.P.M.Millar for more than 40 years ran the National Council of Labour Colleges ; an organisation which through classes , lectures , weekend and summer schools , and the massive number of correspondent courses organised by his wife Christine , provided shots and shell for the emerging Labour movement . |
| 2 | ALWAYS known by his initials , JPM Millar ran the National Council of Labour Colleges for over 40 years ; an organisation which through classes , lectures , weekend and summer schools , and the massive number of correspondent courses organised by his wife Christine , provided shots and shell for the emerging Labour Movement . |
| 3 | Art historians conclude that William de Brailes headed a workshop of manuscript artists based at his tenement in Catte Street . |
| 4 | A typical costume would consist of linen strips wrapped around his feet and calves ( stockings and similar wear had not yet been invented ) , high boots , a linen shirt and underwear , with a woollen overtunic and breeches . |
| 5 | Racism was not wiped out when Lyon was minister , on the contrary some of the worst cases of human suffering at the hands of Immigration Officers occurred in his regime , but he did occasionally act with some humanity . |
| 6 | The back-to-back pair of dessert spoons riffled through his fingers , producing an intricate , staccato percussion which he was , however , unable to keep up for more than a few minutes together ; then he would get his fingers tangled up and the spoons would clang to a halt and he would shake his head furiously and begin all over again . |
| 7 | He became scientific adviser to the firm of telegraph engineers founded by his father , in partnership with Josiah Latimer Clark [ q.v. ] , in about 1869 , working on the development of techniques for duplexing signals in submarine telegraph cables , and making precision measurements of resistance and capacity . |
| 8 | He could almost feel the immense cluster of leather reins running through his hands . |
| 9 | His last sensation was of pressure waves rippling against his body . |
| 10 | The wizard uncurled his stinging fist and the roll of gold coins slipped between his throbbing fingers . |