Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun pl] [verb] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was taking large quantities of vitamin pills to keep his strength up — with the unexpected side-effect of giving him hairs on his chest — and he was socializing again , accepting invitations in the belief that it was necessary to circulate after his period in the wilderness . |
| 2 | I recall some years ago that a young postgraduate student who was designing a schedule containing a lot of attitude questions had his schedule internally tested at this stage by a number of people and practically every question he had put was a double one . |
| 3 | After a rather colloquial account of his rise to the Indian Test team and his heroics since , there follows an extensive gallery of colour photographs to illustrate his story . |
| 4 | Frank , 61 , is the acknowledged king of Wirral allotments following his Odyssey Trophy success in the annual competition sponsored by Wirral leisure services department . |
| 5 | But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words . |
| 6 | On Jan. 8 President Menem had publicly claimed that the latest wave of corruption allegations surrounding his government [ for allegations during 1991 see pp. 37959 ; 38144 ; 38674 ] were part of a smear campaign organised by the opposition Radical Civic Union party ( UCR ) and a malicious press . |
| 7 | After a series of cancer scares involving his wife , the couple began worrying about Helen 's future after their deaths . |
| 8 | According to his letter to Puchberg , he had tried to organize a further series of subscription concerts to improve his finances , but when the list came back only the faithful Baron van Swieten 's name was on it . |