Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a learning experience , early walking without movement control does not contribute any kind of useful information to the patient 's brain , so it is not a relevant exercise for the patient to build his movement progression on . |
| 2 | William sighed as he reached for the matches to relight his pipe . |
| 3 | It can take several minutes for the Goblin to pick his target , at which point he folds his wings back and starts to plummet , yelling wildly as the speed of his descent drives his small Goblin brain wild . |
| 4 | Terry had to go back on Sunday night and before he left for the station hugged his mother and looked fearfully into her drawn face . |
| 5 | Stephen liked to stand and watch , to imagine the druidical forms as they must have been , going about their ritual , and to wait in silence and stillness for the sun to perform his precise function . |
| 6 | Anselm had waited patiently — too patiently perhaps — for the king to complete his complicated military operations in northern England , in Wales , in Normandy , and finally in the summer of 1097 in Wales again . |
| 7 | Now all of that is sensible enough for the holiday-maker taking his or her annual two weeks in the sun , but like many packages , there are strings attached . |
| 8 | For all its graphs , diagrams and photographs and highly technical text , I was glad to see that the practical matters were not neglected and the author was keen to emphasise the personal touch and how important it is for the stockman to treat his cows with confidence , affection and respect . |
| 9 | Now the major difference between these two categories is that with operational systems it is relatively easy for the user to define his requirements , in detail , in advance , for a specialist to program into the computer , whereas decision support systems , by their very nature , can only be defined in advance in global terms . |
| 10 | These can be in the form of a database waiting for the user to enter his own data , or a complete database ready for interrogation . |
| 11 | He thought it a mistake for the Prince to make his first visit in the shadow of such a legendary figure . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ It 's not possible for the Prince to keep his handicap high — he does n't have time to practise . |
| 13 | The hips turn further , too — and this hip turn makes it difficult for the beginner to keep his balance . |
| 14 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |
| 15 | At first they continued to rail against the regime , but Simpson 's ardour had cooled enough by July for the council to order his release , on condition that he did not come within ten miles of London . |
| 16 | THE most interesting race on the Wolverhampton programme today is the Hyacinth Handicap , in which recent acquisition One For The Pot makes his debut for the Mick Naughton stable . |
| 17 | He needs a final decision by Sunday so that details can be sent to the printers in time for the Chancellor to announce his mini-Budget next Thursday . |
| 18 | It 's a great chance for the 27-year-old to revive his career — and Halifax could make the move permanent if he shows his fearsome form of three seasons ago . |
| 19 | The ball was worked out wide on the left to Mark Walton who hit in a point blank cross to the head of Steve Jenkins , only for the striker to direct his header against the post with a goal gaping . |
| 20 | The action moved to the Saints ' end where a cross from Kiwomya eluded Dozzell and Whitton but fell kindly for Guentchev only for the Bulgarian to blaze his shot over the top . |
| 21 | We lined up , dispatching practice balls into the shimmering blue yonder with ill-disguised pride and waited for the Master to work his way along , one of us on video duty all the while . |
| 22 | The Queen 's Bench held that the crew was so reduced that it was dangerous to life to sail and unreasonable for the master to require his crew to do so . |
| 23 | There were various ways for the Master to supplement his income , as has been seen . |
| 24 | Cameron waited for the minister to finish his ritual of nodding and handshaking with the congregation . |
| 25 | In these the whole history and tradition of the family and clan are embodied and , by hearing these lullabies daily , it is easy for the child to assimilate his early teaching without any strain . |
| 26 | This means , for example , that only 20 p.c. growth is required for the investor to double his or her after-tax return . |
| 27 | It provided a genuine incentive for the worker to intensify his labour and thus raise his productivity , a guarantee against slacking , an automatic device for reducing the wage-bill in times of depression , as well as a convenient method — by the cutting of piece-rates — to reduce labour costs and to prevent wages from rising higher than was thought necessary or proper . |
| 28 | The judge retires for the night to consider his sentence and returns the next day to jail Leonard McLean for eighteen months . |
| 29 | The computer regularly calls the telemetering station and when it is time for the customer to replenish his stocks , the ICI Customer Service representative simply calls to confirm the next order . |
| 30 | They usually give him a 20 pence piece and he heads straight for the bar to buy his favourite ready-salted snack . |