Example sentences of "his [noun pl] and [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To improve the quality of his clergy , he continually ‘ sought through his chaplains and friends to know what hopeful and towardly young wits were at the University . |
| 2 | The tenacity with which the king-duke , his officers and agents defended his rights and prerogatives in the duchy of Aquitaine testified to its value . |
| 3 | Sometimes he would have liked to unburden himself to somebody , but his officers and men had their own problems . |
| 4 | He took an interest in it from a scientific point of view and his etchings and aquatints show he had a clear understanding of different types of cloud formation and their associated weather . |
| 5 | As opinion polls and other reports showed de Gaulle 's support slipping — from a high of sixty-nine per cent before the campaign to forty-three per cent on the eve of the elections — his advisers and ministers urged him to enter the fray . |
| 6 | His friends and colleagues gave him a cut glass sherry decanter and group pensions manager , , complemented this gift with matching sherry glasses . |
| 7 | His friends and colleagues gave him a memorable send off and presented him with binoculars ( for his bird watching ) , a leather writing case ( so that he can drop us a line from far off places ) and a couple of brandy glasses ( empty — unfortunately ) . |
| 8 | The Haldane partisan , Morris , moreover , said openly that he defied Captain Cunningham and all his friends and supporters to remove him again from the town . |
| 9 | The way he moves his arms and shoulders suggests something between a marksman and a beekeeper putting a swarm into a hive . |
| 10 | What seemed to impress Audrey most , however , was not a dance at all , but a wonderfully rhythmical performance by a Nepalese drummer using his hands and feet to beat his nine drums . |
| 11 | His kisses and cuddles soothed me , and I stopped crying when he said : ‘ He 's a bad dog , and I 'll give him a good hiding for that . ’ |
| 12 | Indeed , ‘ so much engaged with his Collections and twenty other matters ’ was he that he left it to prince to contact his colleagues and subscribers to inform them of the ‘ results of his journey ’ . |