Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason , the Colonel pointed out , he could not ‘ consistent with my wounded feelings support his Lordship 's friend at the late General Election … ’ |
| 2 | I watched as my dear man made his way across the tarmac to the small Doha airport . |
| 3 | I mean we 've got , four , four , four cars in our house , the gran lives in the granny annexe inside , god knows how the fucking hell she got a parking space , somehow she did , mum 's got her 's in there , my old mans parked his opposite , we 've got a big double drive as well , my old man parks his on the right and I park mine on the fucking left , its like a parking lot out there in the mornings , and if when he says |
| 4 | I mean we 've got , four , four , four cars in our house , the gran lives in the granny annexe inside , god knows how the fucking hell she got a parking space , somehow she did , mum 's got her 's in there , my old mans parked his opposite , we 've got a big double drive as well , my old man parks his on the right and I park mine on the fucking left , its like a parking lot out there in the mornings , and if when he says |
| 5 | Those people have lived here for about two years and they 'll still say ‘ I 've got to go home because my old man wants his dinner . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My favourite story concerns his son , ’ Meryl nursed her gin and tonic as she spoke . |
| 7 | My hon. Friend made his point very effectively . |
| 8 | When my hon. Friend began his question , I intended to say that it was a matter for the Catering Committee , but I am no longer sure that it is . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend represents his city with as much assiduity as my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham , South ( Mr. Brandon-Bravo ) represents his , and both are keen on a move by the Sports Council to one of those two great cities . |
| 10 | I am sure that if my hon. Friend maintains his position with his normal consistency , the day will come when the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) will join him yet again in that view . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend couches his invitation to visit Essex in irresistible terms . |
| 12 | Will my hon. Friend do his best to ensure that constituents and police combine to spend the extra resources wisely ? |
| 13 | I advise my hon. Friend to tell his constituent that his experience is not unusual and that it is a tribute to the service that is available from the national health service . |
| 14 | My hon. Friend makes his point very effectively . |
| 15 | My hon. Friend makes his point extremely clearly . |
| 16 | My hon. Friend makes his point extremely well . |
| 17 | My hon. Friend puts his point with great clarity and in some detail . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend puts his finger on a crucial point : the total income of the museums and galleries for which I am responsible , outside their grant in aid , is £48 million — up by £20 million from the figures for three years ago . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend puts his finger on one of the central dilemmas faced by those who would advocate setting up a separate Parliament with separate powers entrenched in Edinburgh in rivalry to the Westminster Parliament . |
| 20 | As always , my hon. Friend puts his point clearly and effectively . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend puts his remarks well , and I am grateful for them . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend demonstrated his close knowledge of the service in Croydon and made clear his commitment , and that of his hon. and right hon. Friends who represent Croydon constituencies , to the provision of a diverse and consistently high-quality service . |
| 23 | It demonstrates how assiduously my hon. Friend serves his constituents , and I am delighted to see him here . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend argues his own case very well . |
| 25 | ‘ Natty suddenly called out , ‘ Look massa ’ ; in an instant the air before us seemed literally filled with a dense mass of these birds , which had suddenly rose from under the trees at his exclamation ; we had scarcely time to raise our guns before they were seventy or eighty yards off ; our united discharge , however , brought down eight additional specimens , all of which being merely winged and fluttering about , attracted the attention of our kangaroo dogs , and it was with the greatest difficulty that they could be prevented from tearing them to pieces ; in the midst of the scramble , a kite , with the utmost audacity , came to the attack , and would doubtless , in spite of our presence , have carried off his share , had not the contents of my second barrel stopped his career . |
| 26 | ( Now I see my little clerk shaking his noddle and giggling to himself . |
| 27 | And , of course , my whingeing deadpan counterfoils his explosive energy , and we indulge in some devilish flights of fantasy around the thoughts of Chairperson Beattie . |
| 28 | It helped me in my desperate attempt to respect his judgement . |
| 29 | My own cardiologist likes his Scotch , as I do , and says that a glass of whisky in moderation does you no harm at all . |
| 30 | My paternal grandfather started his working life as a water carrier — selling water house to house ; by the time I arrived my father 's family had ‘ made it ’ . |