Example sentences of "[conj] he [adv] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | McMurdo and Waugh paid their share but Johnstone prevaricated until 1989 when Sheriff Officers acting for the brewery issued arrestment orders ‘ freezing ’ Johnstone 's wages from his work in broadcasting and sports journalism , where he eventually found his niche as a witty and streetwise commentator . |
| 2 | Marcus , thus present occasionally at Jack 's house , where he evidently felt his visits to be a matter of duty , inevitably encountered the women , who treated him with suitable respect and awe , and Jack , who was nervously affable , and even on two occasions Gildas to whom he nodded politely . |
| 3 | Prince 's adolescence was spent , by his own account , in daydreams ( of sex , of fame ) in the basement lair where he also learned his multi-instrumental virtuoso skills . |
| 4 | On March 4 representatives of the major domestic companies were summoned by Suharto to a special audience where he strongly reiterated his proposals . |
| 5 | In February 1713 De Lamerie set up his own workshop in Windmill Street , where he rapidly established his prominence as both manufacturer and retailer . |
| 6 | After demobilization he worked at the National Hospital , Queen Square , and at Hammersmith Hospital , and in 1947 was appointed assistant physician to Dr A. G. Ogilvie at the RVI , where he further developed his neurological interests and established a flourishing private practice . |
| 7 | On July 29 de Klerk announced a Cabinet reshuffle in which Vlok and Malan were demoted , although he later expressed his confidence in them both . |
| 8 | The family had finished their supper when she got home , but her temper was soothed by her reception : Herr Nordern coming from the bedroom to greet her , Omi fussing , Erika getting her meal , even Paul helping her off with her coat , although he rather spoiled his effect by then chucking it over the back of a chair instead of hanging it up . |
| 9 | A twice-cracked shin-bone reduced Ian 's initial impact on his bow in the First Division , although he completely proved his worth among that august company and was called up for England B duty in December 1989 , before the injuries were sustained , but no one , friend or foe alike , will ever forget his dramatic appearance , again as a ‘ super-sub ’ , in the FA Cup Final of 1990 . |
| 10 | Although he never made his views public , he is believed to have argued in favour of the review group supporting some form of electoral reform . |
| 11 | Maurin stood by , pained but not interfering , although he occasionally shook his head to deny what Durance was saying . |
| 12 | Although he gradually lost his sight in his last decade , Ridolfi continued to write . |
| 13 | Although he undoubtedly got his timescales wrong the basic inference was correct . |
| 14 | The Swedish-based performer was so sickened by the brutal slaying of one of his bouncers that he immediately closed his plush hot spot , Alphabet Street , and vowed to stop club work . |
| 15 | Mr Knight was so upset that he immediately resigned his seats on Essex County , Tendring District and Harwich Town councils . |
| 16 | So brief is the note , and couched in such general terms , that it is difficult to base much upon it , but worth noting are the facts that he clearly saw his choice as lying in the normal way between tedris and kaza , which he calls two paths or careers ; that a signal disadvantage of teaching was that it was unremunerative ; and , not least , that , unable to contemplate either alternative , he was able to find a home for his talents and interests in the bureaucracy . |
| 17 | It was rumoured that he even had his neckties specially made . |
| 18 | It was from there that he also issued his first denunciations of the Pahlavi dynasty that laid the foundations of his revolution . |
| 19 | So you figure that he either hit his approaches stiff — or off the radar screen . |
| 20 | It was then that he finally sprang his trap . |
| 21 | It was n't until France toured Australia in 1990 that he finally won his first cap . |
| 22 | All that we saw on that Thursday night was O going home on his own once more ; though if we had watched closely we would have seen that he simply left his stool and did not say Goodnight , Mother . |
| 23 | He apprehends this to the extent that he carefully paces his pursuit of V. to defer ever completing his search . |
| 24 | Gooch was so disillusioned by his last full tour to India that he barely unpacked his bags at home in Essex at the end of it before joining the first rebel tour to South Africa . |
| 25 | I saw that he probably encountered his own body as worthless and warped and that he identified his body as his self , but he was wrong . |
| 26 | It was impressive , too , that he instantly stated his intention of returning at once to Shrewsbury , to help to clarify the confusion , though he seemed to be relying on his natural authority and leadership to produce order out of chaos , rather than having anything practical in mind . |
| 27 | The initial transition from amateur to professional golf so shocked second-year professional Darren Clarke , who won the 1990 Irish Amateur before turning pro , that he completely revamped his swing as well as changing his attitude to the game . |
| 28 | But it was as a young cricketer , distinctive even then with his fair complexion and blond hair ( hence ‘ Ghost ’ , years later ) , that he particularly impressed his games master , John Kitson . |
| 29 | But A J Lubin is mistaken in thinking that he now announced his intention to become an artist . |
| 30 | Patiently , he explained that he now ran his own fledgling advertising agency . |