Example sentences of "[pron] he [verb] [adv] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coningham said that he had looked more closely at Scott 's scheme since the last debate , and ‘ could not acquiesce in the high opinion which that gentleman appeared to entertain of himself , judging by the long string of superlatives in his own praise with which he wound up his recent letter to The Times ' . |
| 2 | He wore breeches the same in which he mucked out his horses — stockings and short laced boots , a neat covert coat and , like Anderson , a hard black hat . |
| 3 | He took out the Viaticum , placing it in a small leather pouch which he slung round his neck , then went into the sacristy to collect the church 's one and only cope . |
| 4 | FIATA now supplies an air waybill form which allows the freight forwarder-consolidator to sign as a contractual carrier , in a box in which he fills in his full name and his capacity as a contractual carrier . |
| 5 | In the closing moments of their final interview Porfiry wonders if there 's a storm coming — ‘ and it would be no bad thing ’ , he says , ‘ to freshen the air ’ ; which is a literal rephrasing of the metaphorical ‘ All you want now is air , air , air ! ’ with which he presses home his argument for confession and acceptance of suffering , and for life . |
| 6 | Nkrumah also made an African tour , in which he built up his relationship with president Nasser , and went on to visit Nehru in India . |
| 7 | Despite the obvious satisfaction with which he carries out his work , Keith admits , when it became time , he did n't have much of a say in choosing a career in the RAF . |
| 8 | ( 8 ) In proceedings to enforce a liability arising by virtue of subsection ( 3 ) above , it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe — ( a ) that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises in question at the time when he was deprived of occupation as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above or , as the case may be , when the attempt was made or the acts were done as a result of which he gave up his occupation of those premises ; or ( b ) that , where the liability would otherwise arise by virtue only of the doing of acts or the withdrawal or withholding of services , he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 9 | This was the point at which he drew up his application for the Mandan Foundation grant . |
| 10 | Not every critic was happy with Cagney and one can sense that the very way in which he worked out his screen identity irritated some people . |
| 11 | Figure 5 The courtship displays of the male mandarin drake in which he shows off his striking orange wing feather ( from Owen : Wildfowl of Europe , by kind permission of Macmillan , London and Basingstoke ) . |
| 12 | It is a reference to the hole at Augusta on which he clinched both his Masters titles in play-offs . |
| 13 | He called the book in which he set out his theory in detail , The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life . |
| 14 | Confusingly for him he saw where his logic was taking him . |
| 15 | Before she could pull away from him he jerked loose his grip and started back the way they 'd come . |
| 16 | He turned an enquiring gaze upon her as she marched towards the house , but before following her he held out his hands to Millie as she went to jump off the last step , saying now in a low tone , ‘ It looks a good enough day ’ — he pointed to the back of the cart — ‘ what 's up ? ’ |
| 17 | James Lamb as Mayor — he was thirteen times Mayor of Rye — had with his jurors to ride out through the wild windy night to rescue his royal guest for whom he gave up his own bedroom . |
| 18 | ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time . |
| 19 | He was merely relaying what he heard over his deaf-aid . |
| 20 | We passed Swire Sugden out for a walk and when he saw us he held out his arms and mouthed a farewell . |