Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times he had been his conscience too — when the Prince had lost his temper or been rude to someone , Colborne would write him a note and tell him so . |
| 2 | The Prince had expanded his interests considerably by 1985 , and had already made his famous ‘ carbuncle ’ speech . |
| 3 | Lio ! rt gasped at the sudden turn of speed with which the wizard had dodged his killing stroke and , with that desperation only available to the really terrified , Rincewind uncoiled like a snake and launched himself across the space between them . |
| 4 | The amount that is left after the retailer has paid his overheads is called net profit . |
| 5 | His initial anxiety about the technique had postponed his astonishment at being able suddenly to touch Marcus , to hold him , feeling the shape and warmth of his head with one hand , while with the razor he caressed the cheek and throat , allowing his fingers to feel the smoothed flesh . |
| 6 | The tiredness had stripped his fury . |
| 7 | One of his first actions was to tell the St Petersburg gentry assembly that its devotion to the throne had sweetened his father 's last moments . |
| 8 | At last the bastion had met his match , a fly-boy from Fife , who was out to prove he was bigger than the club itself . |
| 9 | The number of qualified experts who have emerged recently in the field has devalued his influence in the market . |
| 10 | Even the policeman is dumfounded but the photographer 's got his shot . |
| 11 | In fact , he intended all along to replace Salan and restore the civil — military distinction , but it was not until the referendum had approved his new constitution that he notified Salan of his intentions . |
| 12 | As this was the first item on the agenda , the Prime Minister made her appearance at ten thirty-three , immediately after the Chairman had made his announcement . |
| 13 | It is hoped that Customs will keep to their original pledge of applying the rules sympathetically at least within the first year , and waive any penalties where it is clear that the taxpayer has done his best to comply . |
| 14 | The claim that the buyer can bring against the creditor ( e.g. the credit card company when the buyer has used his credit card to buy an item for more than £100 ) is the same as that which he can bring against the seller . |
| 15 | The Archdeacon had done his stuff . |
| 16 | A dying man threatened with eviction over mortgage arrears has said that the worry has made his suffering worse . |
| 17 | Byrkin would have been tall when he was in the Navy , but the camp had bent his back and plucked his hair from a smoothed scalp . |
| 18 | And erm my mother used to bake , and we used to take the clothes basket with the tins of dough ready prepared by your mother and we used to take them to the bakehouse at lunchtime , when we were coming back from our from our meal , the midday meal from home , leave them at the bakehouse and so the baker had finished his morning 's baking with his oven of his own bread you see . |
| 19 | The moisture had made his hair curl even more , and had brought out the hardiness of his complexion . |
| 20 | The chef has done his worst . ’ |
| 21 | The alternative regime in ss219 to 229 applies if : ( a ) Target is an unquoted trading company or the holding company of a trading group ( an unquoted company will include one whose shares are traded on the Unlisted Securities Market ) ; ( b ) the purchase of own shares is wholly or mainly for the benefit of Target 's trade or any of its 75% subsidiaries ; ( c ) the purchase does not form part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose of which is to avoid tax or enable shareholders to participate in the company 's profits without being taxed on dividends ( there is a clearance procedure under s225 ) ; ( d ) the vendor shareholders are resident and ordinarily resident in the UK in the tax year in which the buy-in occurs ; any nominee shareholder must also be so resident , so if the distribution treatment is desirable it can be achieved by interposing non-UK-resident nominees ; ( e ) the shareholder has held his shares for at least five years ; ( f ) the shareholder 's shareholding immediately after the buy-in has been substantially reduced ( ie , by 25% or more , and his entitlement to profits must be similarly reduced ) ; for these purposes the shareholder must include the shareholdings of his " associates " as determined in accordance with s227 ; ( g ) the shareholder must not be connected with the company following the buy-in , and for these purposes he will be connected if he is entitled to acquire more than 30% of the share capital or voting rights in the company or assets on a winding up . |
| 22 | Once the applicant has put his case , the respondents may adduce their evidence in the above order which should also be followed for cross-examination purposes . |
| 23 | The eunuch said , however , that the steersman had finished his work and gone forward before all this happened . |
| 24 | The Corporal had led his men westwards clear of the advancing Japanese , then south and back east from across the Dutch Timor border in a week 's march back to Cailaco ; proving that the Japanese could be outwitted . |
| 25 | I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first . |
| 26 | 8 The agent at the side has forgotten his code number . |
| 27 | In the first photograph , the defender has twisted his hips away from the kick and faces 120° to the incoming technique . |
| 28 | Since then , however , the Moroccan had completed his pilgrimage and visited Palestine , East Africa , Khorasan and Byzantium . |
| 29 | The DYP and the SHP both argued that the President had exceeded his constitutional powers in his policy-making ; some Cabinet ministers claimed in February 1991 that they had not been kept informed of Özal 's decision-making over coalition forces operating from Turkish bases . |
| 30 | Little Rock had forced the Eisenhower administration to act and in the same year , 1957 , the President had put his support behind the first Civil Rights Act passed for over 80 years . |