Example sentences of "that [verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goldner toyed with the offer , but decided to stay on at the Getty after negotiating a new contract that allowed him to remain in his hometown of New York most of the year ( with short stays in Malibu ) , in effect managing and adding to the Getty 's collection in absentia . |
| 2 | In the hushed silence that followed he scrambled to his feet , his face and neck flushing scarlet . |
| 3 | One can also add that St Paul , who plumbs the depths of desolation but also knows the heights of consolation and joy , provided Montini with a practical spirituality that kept him going throughout his long ‘ hidden life ’ in the Secretariat of State ( 1925–54 ) , his pastoral ministry in Milan ( 1955–63 ) and finally , his Petrine ministry . |
| 4 | The clue to his gardening success in such unpromising terrain can be found at Hidcote in Gloucestershire , for it was a visit there during the 1960s that inspired him to hedge in his land , making a series of compartments to protect plants from the weather . |
| 5 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
| 6 | He was bewitched , she could see that ; changed into something else , as Fand and the other Women had been — something that had nothing to do with his real self . |
| 7 | So I hope it is n't just sentimentality that makes me baulk at his drastic solution . |