Example sentences of "and [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | NICKY PIPER 'S thoughts this week are divided between Nigel Benn and 70 feathered friends in his back garden in Cardiff . |
| 2 | Oyama was Korean by birth and was exposed to both Chinese and Korean martial arts in his youth . |
| 3 | Mothers who dreamed fondly of a white wedding , a handsome bridegroom and grandchildren soon on the scene , may find that their daughter is planning to marry a man her father 's age , who has an ex-wife and some teenage children of his own . |
| 4 | He was fanatical about his job and had even designed the most appropriate clothes for searching : white shorts and a sweat shirt , a plastic swimming cap , tight fitting to prevent the spilling of hairs , latex gloves as fine as a surgeon 's and rubber bathing shoes over his bare feet . |
| 5 | and Bar , and six confirmed victories to his credit . |
| 6 | A translator should be aware not only of cognitive meanings and basic syntactic structures in his text , but also of its information dynamics . |
| 7 | He prepares the delicious four-course evening meal with home-made soups and traditional English dishes as his speciality . |
| 8 | Thomson , born in India in 1914 , had Scottish parents , and until 1929 spent fourteen years of summer holidays and many other times in his grandmother 's family home , Newton , now a hotel , on the edge of Nairn . |
| 9 | Since he had the gall to suggest that employers ' organisations all support the proposals , may I put it to him that this and many other parts of his provisions were vehemently opposed by employers ' organisations , including the CBI , the British Association of Chambers of Commerce and the Institute of Personnel Management ? |
| 10 | Improving his balance was the priority for the first phase of his treatment , combined with establishing stability in his pelvis , re-educating selective movements in his leg , relieving his shoulder pain , and encouraging active movements in his right arm . |
| 11 | The offer of a loan of £20m to complete the United deal was also conditional on Knighton submitting a full statement of his assets and liabilities and full audited accounts from his companies . |
| 12 | The determination and remarkable technical expertise of Lord Cockfield and the dynamism and tough political skills of his successor , Martin Bangemann , have been crucial in the implementation of the programme . |
| 13 | Oppenheimer 's ‘ defects of character ’ , the political indiscretions and Communist Front connections of his past , were seen to be an excuse for the real reason for his suspension : that the father of the A-bomb was ‘ lacking enthusiasm ’ and ‘ lukewarm ’ about the H-bomb . |
| 14 | Haig-Thomas had developed an infected throat and several nasty ulcers on his legs . |
| 15 | That Lalande and other French composers of his time , notably Charpentier , were often being deliberately Italian in style is so well documented that surely it is self-evident , especially in faster movements such as ‘ Et rege eos ’ , marked with the unambiguous Italian expression vivace by Lalande in his autograph score ( Cauvin and the 1729 edition employ légèrement and tres légèrement respectively ) , and the final vite sections ( ‘ Non confundar ’ ) , that equal fast notes are called for ? |
| 16 | A boy with a cardboard box on his head and two cardboard boxes on his feet shuffles over . |