Example sentences of "[noun sg] his [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have lost count of the number of times I have read quotes from manager Keith Fletcher saying that he was impressed at the speed his batsmen learned to play spin in India . |
| 2 | Was Leonard aware , even at such a tender age , of the sense of grief his father had , not only in his life being shortened but with it his usefulness ? |
| 3 | I 'm not qualified to judge whether the grief his mother felt on the death of his elder brother had an adverse effect on Mr Barrie 's emotional development , nor do I care one way or the other . |
| 4 | On his return from the song contest his father died , and David 's mother remembers how David rushed back in time to show his father the trophy he had won . |
| 5 | Richard ran his fingers over the expensive-looking business card his secretary had just handed to him : ‘ Simon Middleton — Financial Consultant ’ , it read . |
| 6 | But Isaac has no knowledge of the divine command his father has received . |
| 7 | When Cripps had abandoned the Unity Campaign to support the Labour Party 's Immediate Programme his action had been fully endorsed by the Communist Party . |
| 8 | Being Mario , that brought to mind his mother crying back in the camps because there was n't enough food to put on the table , and that led to considerations of the importance of the family in his life , of the value of tradition , thoughts of how Italian he was as well as American , of the kind of clean life America had offered , of his gratitude , of his feeling for his father who 'd made this giant move at such cost to himself , who had suffered so long and who now saw some chance for his kids of bettering themselves . |
| 9 | She flinched as Stephen laid his hands on her naked shoulders and planted a hungry kiss on the side of her neck his fingers fumbling in the thick folds of the towel , seeking her breasts . |
| 10 | The cold water shocked him as it tore at his bare neck His fear turned to blind rage . |
| 11 | His breathing became ragged , and as her arms wound about his neck his hands slid down to grip her buttocks . |
| 12 | With a splash his hand left the whisky and found that of the intruder , arresting it in a grip that made the girl in the bath beside him wince . |
| 13 | From the roof his voice echoed over the sleeping plain like that of the muezzin . |
| 14 | They all knew about the big house in its own grounds and the genuine Yankee jeep his father drove . |
| 15 | As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research . |
| 16 | He concealed his real criticism , which was that the ‘ Peace with Honour ’ statement was a piece of emotional exhibitionism , and as a result his speech lacked any real impact . |
| 17 | As a result his losses have been minor compared with some other big property companies . |
| 18 | Haines himself admitted that as an outsider his preconception had been that the Jockey Club was ‘ An old-fashioned , creaking organisation of part-timers . ’ |
| 19 | She says they were bad owners and it was their fault his dad died . ’ |
| 20 | Once during rectification of a fault his team located the problem as being due to broken wires in a cable loom which ran through the communications tunnel . |
| 21 | It is difficult to believe that every time Tinbergen presented a model bill to a chick his activity coincided with a third , unobserved variable that was really signalling to the chick to start pecking ; that would however be possible for the natural observation that chicks peck when their parent arrives . |
| 22 | In the confusion his greatcoat had slipped to the floor , where it lay unnoticed by all but the ever-watchful child . |
| 23 | In the central larghetto his playing had begun to acquire a more settled , finely sculpted poise , eventually coming fully into its own in an auspicious , perceptively shaped , at once freshly and eloquently pointed finale . |
| 24 | Sadly , Jack Alcock never lived to seen what effect his feat had on the world of aviation . |
| 25 | Think of the devil , she told herself lightly , trying to play down the effect his nearness had on her . |
| 26 | David saw the effect his words had had on her and quickly tried to take away the sting . |
| 27 | Lucille half stood , as if to reveal herself to Sharpe , but he had seen the Duke and , seemingly oblivious of the effect his entrance had caused on the ball 's guests , now strode between the tables to the Duke 's side . |
| 28 | Movement 3 depicts Arion 's ability to command Nature through his singing , and movement 7 portrays the effect his swansong has on the elements . |
| 29 | He knew the exact drugging effect his potency had wreaked on her . |
| 30 | He was a small boy of six who lived just around the corner from her , and for days he had been going on about this great talking parrot his father had given him . |