Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun pl] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 31 | Joe was serving with the Polish Air Force when the Germans invaded his homeland and escaped to Britain via Romania , Lebanon , France , Casablanca and Gibraltar . |
| 32 | McEwan , right , watches as the professionals rehearse his lines |
| 33 | Help , however , was near at hand , for as soon as the buffaloes heard his cry , mingled with the growl of the tigress , they charged onto the road and drove the tigress off . |
| 34 | The Created God , developed with life , could serve mankind 's ‘ spiritual ’ needs as the sciences serve his physical needs . |
| 35 | Yet though the witches bring his already existing ambition out they can not be completely blamed for his downfall and degeneration as it this , his own ambition which eventually takes him over and turns him into a psychopath , killing merely out of feeling and without reason . |
| 36 | ‘ A merry old soul ’ , he ‘ loved us kids ’ , even though the children stole his cocoa and his stick , and he would reply by singing them ‘ quaint ditties . ’ |