Example sentences of "his [noun] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | JOHN MORRIS , Derbyshire 's 28-year-old vice-captain , has ended speculation about his cricketing future by signing a two-year extension to his contract which will keep him at the Recreation Ground until 1996 . |
| 2 | Did you say he was in North Africa ? if we ca n't do anything about his legs we 'll give him a new head when he gets back . |
| 3 | In terms of motivating those around him Daley has no peer , and if when he finally hangs up his spikes they can convince him to go into coaching , he will be sensational . |
| 4 | Folly found herself curiously reluctant to look up , as if by meeting his eye she might give him back the power he held over her . |
| 5 | But his conscience it may fail him and his heart it may give way , |
| 6 | You can not attack an ‘ enemy ’ unless you know where in his environment you can find him at any given time , and the best techniques , properly applied , are needed to bring about his downfall . |
| 7 | The defendant in Allen v. Simmons ( 1978 Q.B.D. ) offered just one set of glasses and asked his audience who would pay him 30 pence for the set . |
| 8 | From his expression anyone would think him totally appalled at the accusation of kindness . |
| 9 | In November 1959 he found himself back in Montreal , ‘ to renew his neurotic affiliations ’ as he was to repeat endlessly to journalists ; meeting his friends and family , sometimes bumping into his uncles who would take him for expensive meals at top restaurants — such as the Ritz — and hotels ; and generally awakening and reawakening those impulses and memories which would fire his imagination and energise his mind for months to come . |
| 10 | MacDonald spoke of his difficulties with characteristic self-pity , but said he would not resign , but go on with those of his colleagues who would follow him " . |