Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was to be a term of solitary confinement for each prisoner to bring his brain into ‘ the highest state of susceptibility for receiving moral and religious impressions ’ . |
| 2 | This has important implications for patient preference as such studies should provide a basis for each person to assign his or her own values to different levels of risk and benefit . |
| 3 | It argued that without them : it would not be possible , in practice , to operate a system of resale price maintenance because it would be impracticable for each publisher to specify his own conditions of sale ; booksellers would find it impossible to comply with all the varied terms imposed by different publishers ; booksellers would lose their assurance that they were not being undercut ; and the Association itself could not effectively monitor individual resale agreements . |
| 4 | If only there was a way for each viewer to leave his mark . |
| 5 | Individual Athenians felt no compunction at this tightening of the screws : an Athenian father of about this time called his son Karystonikos , shamelessly exulting in the ‘ Victory over Karystos ’ , and the name Naxiades , which occurs in the same inscribed casualty-list ( ML 48 ) can be similarly explained . |
| 6 | At about this time met his first wife , Mary , an infant teacher at Bradford-on-Avon , who died tragically three years ago after a brain haemorrhage . |
| 7 | My grandfather was born at Farrochil , on Bolfracks Hill — we would still be there — but was my father to slave at carting stones from the Menzies 's quarry for old Wade to build his damned bridge ? |
| 8 | As for old colleagues resenting his intrusion on their territory : ‘ Any external agent is going to be viewed with a certain amount of suspicion . |
| 9 | The Wisconsin state authorities feel that they have lost enough money on Steve Chen 's dreams — his failed Supercomputer Systems Inc received $75m in incentives from to establish its operations in Eau Claire , and they showed Chen the door when he asked for another $5m to get his fledgling SuperComputers International Inc off the ground in Eau Claire . |
| 10 | Jones , however , has asked for another week to consider his position , and FA spokesman David Bloomfield said : ‘ We have acceded to his request . ’ |
| 11 | Midfielder Ronnie Whelan is expected to be out of action for another month following his latest injury setback , a thigh injury which required surgery . |
| 12 | AMRULLAH , racing 's best known non-winner , is back in training for another attempt to break his incredible losing sequence which has now reached 74 . |
| 13 | He appointed a seneschal , receiver and auditors to ad-minister his French lands and employed a proctor-general for French affairs to represent his interests at law . |
| 14 | It is useful for would-be choreographers to examine his ballets and discover that he mostly set them in countries possessing easily recognised characteristics . |
| 15 | He had dropped me a note the day he left advising me to sell , so sell I did , but despite many hours spent traipsing round the East End I could only find one interested party : Mr Cohen , who had for some years conducted his tailor 's business from above my father 's shop and wanted to expand . |
| 16 | From 822 his itinerary shifted eastwards : in 822 – 3 Louis and his court spent the whole winter at Frankfurt where " he had had buildings newly constructed for this purpose following his orders " . |
| 17 | After that Finlayson did his best to get Tribe to fly a hundred feet below them , but the man kept wandering up . |
| 18 | But his bold substitution — putting on Merson after 70 minutes to give his side a third orthodox striker — provided the missing ingredient . |
| 19 | He should not be allowed to remain at large , particularly after this attempt to end his life . |
| 20 | He did eventually speak to Klein , who after some persuasion accepted his apologies , and then went on to tell him there was to be a party at Taylor and Clem 's house the following day , and he was sure Gentle would be welcome if he had no other plans . |
| 21 | After unsuccessful attempts to sell his enormous stock of prints through public auctions he retired to his wife 's house , suitably named ‘ The Retreat ’ . |
| 22 | A GAY rights activist was back behind bars last night after three judges rejected his appeal against conviction for a sex attack on a teenage boy . |
| 23 | Like many other RAF servicemen he found himself stationed in Lincolnshire and after five years service his Lincolnshire bonds were established and he later moved to the areas into the more peaceful activity of a fitter in the malting industry . |
| 24 | Cullen showed him how to do it after 15 minutes to extend his side 's lead . |
| 25 | DUBLIN 'S Tommy Carr has been banned for six months following his sending off in the recent National League Football final against Donegal . |
| 26 | David Stirk 's apparent penchant for extra holes proved his undoing in the second round against the Waughs of Walton Heath . |
| 27 | My letter to your Honour of the fifth January last being writ before the great events that are upon us now , would lead your judgement astray as to our progress in these fair Isles , for mighty Saturn threw his sinister shadow heavy upon me at that juncture and many untoward and grievous events had combined to cloud my spirits that now are light as a summer breeze again . |
| 28 | The third section of the chapter takes leave of Bourdieuan modernism to consider his accounts , explicit or implicit , of traditional and of postmodern society . |
| 29 | In the summer of 1948 Minton terminated his association with Central School of Art after only two terms . |
| 30 | He was standing in a pool of blood and water and behind him a line of bloody footprints marked his painful progress from the showers . |