Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [adv] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amenhotep 's foreign diplomacy fostered political stability and international trade , enabling him to spend lavishly on domestic programmes that virtually rebuilt his empire stretching from Syria to the Sudan . |
| 2 | ‘ So what you learn from such a bold step ? ’ asked Dan Salmon as he stood on the doorstep of his shop , skull cap on the back of his head , thumbs lodged in the black waistcoat pockets that proudly displayed his half-hunter watch . |
| 3 | This house , now the D H LAWRENCE BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM , provides fascinating insight into the working class origins that so influenced his writing . |
| 4 | Second Thoughts : Presence of the past : Arthur Marwick on the principles that still sustain his argument in ‘ The Nature of History ’ ( Macmillan £8.95 ) |
| 5 | She blinked and the shape resolved into a broad stunted man with hands that almost touched his knees . |
| 6 | Washing up was just one of the many benefits that usually came his way on party nights . |