Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] that [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the six years that followed his restoration , Louis put together again the coalition of ecclesiastical and secular support that had sustained him in the 820s . |
| 2 | Crossman was a seriously-minded man and his diaries — although occasionally including some innocent gossip — were devoted to the serious topics that held his interest . |
| 3 | She surveyed his long-limbed body with an attempt at cool detachment , her gaze flickering over the dark denims that moulded his strong thighs , and the jade sweater that clung to his hard male chest . |
| 4 | He questioned her in more detail for several more minutes , asking about sleep , moods , energy levels and half a dozen other tiny things that revealed his deep concern for his sister . |
| 5 | Last week Mr Takeshita admitted that , in addition to the 12,000 shares that came his way , Recruit slipped him ¥20m just before his bid for the prime ministership in 1987 . |
| 6 | The architecture is to be reminiscent of Dali 's floppy watches , Venuses with drawers and rubber pianos , while other surrealist props that crowd his paintings will inspire sculptures and park entertainments . |
| 7 | Ashcroft Noble was part-owner of the three weeklies that published his ‘ Paul Pelican ’ articles and accepted Thomas 's early essays ; and he was also connected with the Edinburgh firm of Blackwood that was to publish those essays in book form . |
| 8 | He looked out of the window and , a few moments later , saw her walking down the path to the tall wrought-iron gates that screened his house from the road , clutching her model as though it were a tray of very precious cut crystal . |
| 9 | Of the more than ten million bound editions that bear his name as editor or author , he was proudest of the fortnightly Harmsworth 's Universal Encyclopedia ( 1920–2 ) which , under the slogan of ‘ a penny a day 's subscription ’ , sold twelve million copies throughout the English-speaking world and was translated into six languages , including Japanese . |
| 10 | But in fashioning his movement , Baden-Powell skilfully wove together any number of the political questions that preoccupied his contemporaries , and the movement 's spectacular growth drew on deep funds of social anxiety — anxieties which invariably settled around the excessive liberty allowed to young people and the attendant demoralisation which was , in turn , linked to a newly perceived upsurge in crime and violence among the young . |
| 11 | SPOT the dog is a greyhound in a million — he 's beaten cancer , and this weekend will resume his racing career in a bid to pay back some of the costs of two major operations that saved his life . |
| 12 | He was in black — a thick high-necked sweater and , she noticed when he got up and came round the side of the desk , a pair of black corduroys that moulded his thighs as if tailored specially for him , as indeed they probably had been . |
| 13 | But his anti-Semitism , although a powerful obsession , was one among many obsessions that governed his life . |
| 14 | His legs were encased in tight black trousers that outlined his figure tantalisingly ; the light was not quite bright enough to see his full silhouette . |
| 15 | Wearing — always — dead simple casual clothes that flatter his lightly-tanned complexion , pale silver hair and famous aquamarine eyes , he dines on spartan , spiceless fare in his minimalist palazzo on Via Borgonuovo , where blank corridors link white-walled offices with the plain , pictureless apartment where he lives alone while a bodyguard sleeps below . |
| 16 | On a deeper level , an actor is someone who remembers the primitive primordial impulses that inhabited his body before he was ‘ civilized ’ and ‘ educated ’ . |
| 17 | Of the luxury items that pargeted his slender form , none was as breathtaking as his hair , with its layers of pampered light . |
| 18 | Werner had delivered this anecdote with the same wry chuckles that accompanied his more orthodox information . |
| 19 | However , there were no suitable ponies , and indeed the only horses that took his eye in the whole sale were two Arabian stallions . |
| 20 | Life had given him very little , just taught him to snatch any opportunities that came his way and use them to his advantage . |
| 21 | The man was slight , with stooped shoulders , a pink face and thick spectacles that magnified his eyes , making the sockets look like deep pits in his skull . |
| 22 | There were also the unforeseen situations that prevented his attendance at a course at the last minute — like the sudden outbreak of mildew that demanded immediate attention . |
| 23 | His features reflected the grim thoughts that filled his mind , eyes flicking only briefly to right or left , secure in the knowledge that the path would be fairly safe until nightfall . |
| 24 | Though his main stock-in-trade was probably small surveying and drawing instruments , it was his large astronomical instruments that made his reputation . |
| 25 | Any cheers that met his statement — which was not heard in silence — were not for the General-Secretary but for his concessions . |
| 26 | Former senior vice-president of marketing Dennis Peck is now consulting for the firm , mostly on large-scale Unix issues , as a result of both the merciless California property market and a highly successful wife who sells computers for another company , two reasons that make his moving to Oregon impossible . |
| 27 | Former senior vice president of marketing Dennis Peck is now consulting for the firm , mostly on large-scale Unix issues , as a result of both the merciless California real-estate market and a highly successful wife who sells computers for another company , two reasons that make his moving to Oregon impossible . |
| 28 | Ally McCoist , who invited Malta to take that with the two goals that took his tally for Scotland to 15 , also thrived on the good service provided by Pat Nevin , John Collins and Paul McStay . |
| 29 | He turned the truck in the direction he had pointed , Myeloski once again walking in front of the two headlights that lit his path for him . |
| 30 | For ‘ Bondy ’ the roof literally caved in as Rowland launched a detailed investigation into his financial affairs that triggered his downfall and subsequent imprisonment . |