Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recorded reactions suggest that the German public was preoccupied not with Hitler 's remarks on the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , but with the implications for war or peace contained in his speech . |
| 2 | as regards any duty or requirement imposed on his employer or any other person by or under any of the relevant statutory provisions , to co-operate with him so far as is necessary to enable that duty or requirement to be performed or complied with . |
| 3 | The Egyptian god , Aten , was a universal god of all creation , he alone was god , and there were no myths and no magic or sorcery associated with his religion . |
| 4 | This is a much lower figure than Hand found for his sample of 65 entomological theses . |
| 5 | C informed of rights — said he did not have or want a solicitor — did not know that solicitor instructed by his family had enquired about him — whether subsequent confession should be excluded under PACE , s. 78 |
| 6 | But there was no military tradition in the family , and despite the fame and glory won by his sons , they were still dwarfed by their father , Sam . |
| 7 | The first was the news from Cambridge : the samples of blood and hair collected by his long-suffering team were confirmed as a match to the dead girl 's . |
| 8 | Ellwood sat still , a filigree of wine and blood and saliva strung across his jowls . |
| 9 | 1 In law and in theory , the individual minister was , in effect , the same as the Department : he was responsible for everything that went on in his office ( whether he knew about it or not ) and might be hauled over the coals and forced to resign if Parliament disapproved of his personal acts , the general conduct of his Department , or acts done ( or left undone ) in the name of his departmental officials . |
| 10 | So often interpreted in this country as merely not telling anybody who 's actually got a hammer and sickle embroidered on his tie . |
| 11 | They removed files of documents and tape prepared for his defence to charges of burglary . |
| 12 | Uncle Walter remained seated with the thumb and forefinger pressed against his closed eyes . |
| 13 | But the melancholy and isolation conveyed by his pose is also suggestive of a person beyond reach . |
| 14 | Grimly he worked the pump action to eject the load , closing his mind to the thought of the wall and ceiling smeared with his brain matter , when he put the muzzle in his mouth and pulled the trigger . |
| 15 | In church affairs Edward followed a traditional line with a vigour and resourcefulness dictated by his legal and martial preoccupations , not by any concern to alter the balance of church-state relations . |
| 16 | He came to know Edward Johnston [ q.v. ] , whose seminal book , Writing and Illuminating and Lettering ( 1906 ) , stimulated his study of Renaissance handwriting and of palaeography , where he found the inspiration for the italic script and type associated with his name . |
| 17 | When a warrant was issued for his arrest , the Hue and Cry listed among his friends four headmen and an ex-headman . |
| 18 | Every teacher who makes excessive sacrifices in the time and attention needed for his own personal growth to the demands of the organisation within which he works or to its students is ultimately denying to that organisation and those students the very knowledge , understanding and skill which it is his professional responsibility to offer . |
| 19 | On top of this was scrawled the man 's name ‘ John Irvine ’ and a list of victuals and wine bought from his own pocket at a tavern called the Sea Barque near the Town Wall in Leicester . |
| 20 | A glass of iced cognac and soda dangled from his right hand and he listened to the jazz with an expression of seraphic contentment on his face . |
| 21 | Vadim Bakatin was dismissed as Interior Minister on Dec. 2 , 1990 , and Pugo appointed in his place ; Eduard Shevardnadze resigned on Dec. 20 as Foreign Minister and was replaced on Jan. 15 , 1991 , by Bessmertnykh ; Yanaev was elected Vice-President by the USSR supreme Soviet on Dec. 27 [ see pp. 37902-04 ] . |
| 22 | The anti-semitic black separatist leader , Louis Farrakhan , has been championed and emphasis paid to his remarks on Jews and Zionism . |
| 23 | Eugene Forster was in his bath , drawing contentedly on a cigar , tumbler of whisky and water held in his hand , arm laid languidly along the tiled border . |
| 24 | Parler 's hallmarks lay in decoration : vaulting and sculpture poured from his workshops . |
| 25 | Heat and rage built in his body , such rage , swirling through the clouds of kif , that it was blinding , fiercer than desire for an instant , so he lost his rhythm , misjudged his pace . |
| 26 | The Youngest Son , pale and drawn , but smiling and trying to tease , walked up the steps with a drip of sodium , sucrose and potassium attached to his left arm . |
| 27 | He sensed my curiosity about how much the twins were worth , and for a few seconds reticence and candour fought across his face , but then he shrugged . |
| 28 | Suddenly smoke and oil poured from his Spitfire , which was in danger of crashing . |
| 29 | Not so lucky were Boycott 's former Test colleagues Jim Parks ( jewellery and cricket memorabilia worth over £1000 stolen from his Sussex home ) and Ian Botham ( mobile telephone and radio taken from his car ) . |
| 30 | The latter builds decisions into the hardware and software based on his knowledge of the limitations of the mechanisms . |