Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence dug out videos of the semi-final clashes to show his players this week . |
| 2 | Mr Wilson said the news of the loyalist killings broke his heart . |
| 3 | Oddly enough , Ghanashyam ( A Broken Branch ) approaches opera in the nature of the story it tells : originating in village festivities , the tale unfolds a rake 's progress towards perdition , in this case via drugs , but with an extra metaphysical twist when the spirit of the departed returns to inhabit his wife . |
| 4 | He had climbed in and settled himself down with a sigh of contentment at the way the softness and smoothness of the upholstered seats favoured his weary limbs . |
| 5 | She was rescued when the door behind her suddenly opened and one of the junior chemists put his head round the door . |
| 6 | A swell swept him forward , and one of the uniformed terrorists caught his wrist . |
| 7 | ‘ But one of the leading consultants said his calcium levels were too high and there was a danger that he might slip into a coma . |
| 8 | A proper understanding of the way the ordinary Scot lived in the past , and of the main forces affecting his standard of living , can only be achieved by careful investigation along these lines . |
| 9 | One of the white animals tapped his waistcoat . |
| 10 | AT THE height of last week 's farcical premiership crisis , President Mitterrand slipped out of the Elysee Palace under the lenses and noses of the encamped journalists awaiting his decision , and went shopping . |
| 11 | One of the yellow-jacketed policemen elbowed his way to Lawrence 's window . |
| 12 | An officer of the secret police began his interrogation of the anthropologist who had been denounced and brought to his office : ‘ Now , tell me about my genealogy — you collected it from my father last week . ’ |
| 13 | Some of the infected Spaniards joined his army as mercenaries and the massive spread of the disease throughout Europe stemmed from this time . |
| 14 | Not for him the blind search for a nipple , no free of the womb' spasms to jerk his limbs ; he was happy to be apart , independent , an entity unto himself . |