Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [v-ing] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speculation continued , however , that Pinochet would agree to resign in return for a quiet settlement of scandals involving his regime . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the progress of studies affecting his Department 's employment in south Dorset . |
| 3 | He had had enough experience of strangers probing his own hurts without wanting to pry into those of others . |
| 4 | Lambert glimpsed a flickering of muzzle-flames from a hundred machine-guns , and heard the deft tug of bullets speckling his machine , with sometimes a spang ! as a round struck metal . |
| 5 | The two British participants are Barry Flanagan , who is showing two hessian sculptures , and Richard Long , prominently included by an early sculpture of three stone rings and a selection of photographs documenting his first walks in England and abroad . |
| 6 | He has one overriding piece of advice for managers attending his courses at Henley Management College : ‘ Either get to the top or to the bottom of the organisation as quickly as possible ! ’ |
| 7 | Athelstan is known to have endowed the church with lands following his success against the Scots and Danes at the battle of Brunanburg consequent upon his pilgrimage to the shrine of St John . |
| 8 | Stalin 's account also misrepresented the Austro-Marxist case , and he made a number of mistakes indicating his unfamiliarity with the subject . |
| 9 | LIBERALDemocrat candidate Ian Cameron asked the police to intervene after a number of boards promoting his campaign were removed from land in the outlying village of Elwick . |
| 10 | Is he involved in the coaching end of things using his experience for the young guys ? |
| 11 | Branfoot , greeted by the now familiar chorus of jeers and an assortment of banners demanding his resignation , could scarcely contain his delight at Monkou 's performance . |
| 12 | The defendants denied liability , contending that an occupier 's duty of care to firemen attending his premises in the course of their work was limited to protecting the firemen from any special or exceptional risks over and above the ordinary risks necessarily incidental to a fireman 's job , and did not extend to protecting firemen from such ordinary risks which , on the facts , included an explosion of the kind which had taken place on the defendants ' premises . |
| 13 | 2.45:OLIVER Sherwood has a high opinion of COPPER MINE and he can open his account over fences following his encouraging third to Fighting Words at Wetherby . |
| 14 | The U 's leader has been suspended for four matches , with effect from the Scarborough trip on April 13 , while left-back Martin Grainger has also been suspended for a couple of matches following his latest booking at Spotland . |
| 15 | Having spent a couple of hours checking his rabbit snares around the low Severn grounds , the two fat rabbits now secure in his waist bag would indicate that this could be his lucky night It was now one thirty a.m . |
| 16 | Dr Mitchell has spent the last five months getting people to write to the Royal Mail Stamp Programme Manager in London to lobby for a set of stamps honouring his father 's work . |
| 17 | His son is hoping a set of stamps honouring his work will make a fitting tribute to the designer 's genius . |