Example sentences of "[vb infin] in his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the morality of Thomas Hobbes ( 1588–1679 ) and John Locke ( 1632–1704 ) and the later utilitarians he can only act in his self-interest . |
| 2 | If the child were missing , for example , publicity in the press and broadcasting media could assist in his recovery . |
| 3 | ‘ Look at him sulking , ’ she said to Betty , ‘ he could jump in his car and go to Bogota but no , he 's going to sit there and sulk where I can see him . ’ |
| 4 | My hon. Friend will know in his part of the world of the £2 million new maternity unit , the £2 million mental illness unit and the £4 million geriatric and physio unit — all practical achievements . |
| 5 | A title for Jim Molyneaux has been speculated upon — it will fall in his lap whenever he wants to retire — but certainly the Government is not likely to offend unionist sensibilities for a time at least . |
| 6 | The buyer can include in his claim for damages , the amount of the damages he has had to pay out to his sub-purchaser for breach of contract , see Godley v. Perry ( paragraph 9–05 above ) . |
| 7 | If a magistrate or other influential figure in a town was the owner of a building in which an excise office was then located , he too was vulnerable to pressure should he waver in his loyalty to the political interest which had given him this tenant . |
| 8 | Law 's feeling for the sense of the party was less sure than usual in 1916 but , once certain of the party feeling and the national interest , he did not waver in his demand for a different sort of government . |
| 9 | Mrs Sisulu , co-president of the United Democratic Front , said her husband would resume his leading role in the anti-apartheid movement and would not waver in his commitment to the ANC — considered a criminal organisation by the government . |
| 10 | He was beaten and he accepts it and thinks this sporting attitude will count in his favour next time . |
| 11 | He would change back at Joseph 's digs , but the smoke would linger in his hair and on his skin . |
| 12 | He felt the veins swell in his head . |
| 13 | Cameron passed it by , the man could stew in his choler for a while , and when the dark came on and his servants and womenfolk grued at every owl-call or salmon-splash from the river , his defiance would burn lower and he would give his name . |
| 14 | If the recovery is faltering he 'll clearly want to be more keen to cut interest rates , and also he 'll want to take into account the effect of any tax increases he may introduce in his budget . |
| 15 | His thoughts dotted from Sal to Grace and then on to Kitty and how two of his sisters would survive in his absence . |
| 16 | He pressed hard and hot against her , his lips echoing the hunger she could sense in his body . |
| 17 | Emotional idiot ! he thought , but tried not to let his contempt show in his voice . |
| 18 | ‘ Today ? ’ he said , thinking of the scramble he 'd have to get showered and dressed and hoping that the panic did n't show in his voice . |
| 19 | Galvone let the fulsome admiration show in his tone . |
| 20 | Where this is not possible the officer dealing could show in his evidence that it was likely that the other party would be harassed , distressed or alarmed . |
| 21 | If Henry thought that there was a contradiction in terms about the words ‘ medical poison ’ he did not Let it show in his face . |
| 22 | ( a ) Show Grieg 's Bad Debts Provision Account , including bad debts , as it may appear in his ledger for the year ended 31 March Year 14 . |
| 23 | ‘ In the ideal I have of Art , I think that one must not show one 's own , and that the artist must no more appear in his work than God does in nature . |
| 24 | Above all he knew little more about Matthew Glynn than might reasonably appear in his obituary , but he needed to know the man well enough to see him going about his daily life against the background of his home and shop and in the context of his family , friends , and acquaintances . |
| 25 | Brent Todd , the Kiwi prop forward who plays with the Canberra Raiders in Australia , will not appear in his club 's World Club Challenge match against Widnes tonight at Old Trafford . |
| 26 | He himself had bitten his tongue from what he could feel in his mouth , probably loosened a couple of teeth and had a flesh wound over his eye . |
| 27 | Lewis does present in his Preface to ‘ Paradise Lost ’ a very convincing impression of having read the poem which John Milton set out to write and meant us to read . |
| 28 | On the facts presented in the pleadings , provided that the defendant could show some independent evidence that his COMBI truck was sold at an undervalue , he would probably succeed in his defence and counterclaim . |
| 29 | He found himself hoping that the man would succeed in his plan to take a knot of followers remaining faithful to the Aten — if they existed — out to the deserts which , he had heard , extended to the east of the Great Green , and form an outpost of the new religion there . |
| 30 | The boy will no doubt succeed in his claim for breach of contract against the retailer , as will the retailer succeed against the wholesaler and the wholesaler against the manufacturer , Godley v. Ferry ( 1960 Q.B. ) . |