Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Knox , who was the most brilliant orator of his generation at Oxford — star of the Union , wit , punster in tongues ancient and modern — had left Oxford before the end of the First World War to become a Roman Catholic , and after his return there as chaplain to the Catholics , it was perhaps understandable that he should have kept a low profile . |
| 2 | Mr Pass , the beadle of the Surgeon 's Company , having been present during this experiment , was so alarmed that he died soon after his return home from fright . ’ |
| 3 | He had sought and received asylum in the Senegalese embassy in Conakry only a month after his return home from a long period of exile [ see p. 38181 ] . |
| 4 | For he was Jack Longland ; and his name ran across the world after his experiences high on the unclimbed Mount Everest six years later . |
| 5 | Kernigan on loan from Middlesbrugh to Charlton at the moment after his display especially under the siege in the first half , surely they 'll want to sign him . |
| 6 | That is unless it 's sold to the sort of person who blasts half of his land away to quarry gravel for motorways , like someone I can think of on the west coast . |
| 7 | Being so close to Simon , Yanto had spent a great deal of his childhood here at the garage . |
| 8 | On 1 December Cumberland moved some of his cavalry forward to Congleton , from which they withdrew after confirming the presence of Lord George Murray 's troops , but this intelligence left the Duke more undecided than ever about the Jacobites ' real objective , as his private secretary admitted in a letter , dated 2 December 1745 , to London : |
| 9 | As to the rest of his question then of course I and I suspect and perhaps I know that everybody in the house would urge Sinn Fein er to consider very seriously a positive response to the joint declaration . |
| 10 | Jim Eggleton , who was seventy , was found lying at the foot of the stairs of his council home in Russells Water , near Nettlebed … |
| 11 | McTear , a father of three , who has difficulty breathing , was due to resume giving his testimony before lawyers and court officials in the living-room of his council home in Beith , Ayrshire , yesterday . |
| 12 | For example , new clause 10 provides an asylum seeker with the entitlement ’ to consult a solicitor or advisor of his choice privately at any time . ’ |
| 13 | of his income away in income tax , national insurance contributions , and VAT . |
| 14 | Section 743(4) provides that where an individual has been charged to income tax on any income deemed to be his by virtue of s739 and that income is subsequently received by him , it shall be deemed not to form part of his income again for the purposes of the income tax acts . |
| 15 | Section 743(4) provides , specifically , for relief from double taxation : Where an individual has been charged to income tax on any income deemed to be his by virtue of section 739 and that income is subsequently received by him , it shall be deemed not to form part of his income again for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts . |
| 16 | His wife , who is n't interested in history at all , is a real dragon , and he spends most of his life completely under her thumb . |
| 17 | The helmet allowed us to have the last few hours of his life together before his airlift to hospital , and this would not have been possible otherwise . |
| 18 | For some moments Harry gazes at them in silence , slowly plucking the lefthand strap of his braces away from the shoulder , and letting it snap back against the shirt . |
| 19 | TREE surgeon Robin Teasdill , 34 , stopped himself from bleeding to death by holding the main artery of his leg together for 15 minutes . |
| 20 | Like Alexei , he had nails on the ends of his fingers instead of talons , and he stared at Alexei 's hands as he gave him a filled cup , then raised his eyes and bowed solemnly . |
| 21 | She trembled beneath his touch , feeling the warmth of his fingers even through the material of her dress . |
| 22 | Jose-Maria Olazabal starts the defence of his title today in illustrious company , teeing off with Bernhard Langer and Mark Calcavecchia , looking to pick up a £55,000 first prize . |
| 23 | He still described himself as a private tutor and the purpose of his journey abroad as ‘ holiday touring ’ . |
| 24 | Walter Smith made the point yesterday that while there might have been a reaction on the part of his players today in a bread-and-butter league match , the atmosphere generated by an Old Firm game would bring out the best in them . |
| 25 | He agrees that tarot are the ‘ devil 's picture cards ’ and speaks of the time he was robbed of his powers just before his conversion . |
| 26 | He ordered those of his crew still in a fit state to swim to take to the sea . |
| 27 | And another I noticed erm Simon 's been bringing a few of his friends home from school and erm I mean he 's in a class of thirty eight |
| 28 | He had thought that perhaps Osbern or some of his friends still on horseback might have got through , provided the fighting was over . |
| 29 | Is it too much to expect that the Lord President , on one of his journeys away from the capital , will take the opportunity to apologise unreservedly to the people of this country for his gross error of judgment in imposing the poll tax ? |
| 30 | Brutus Leitdorf was among them , leading the remnants of his army away from the disaster and towards Altdorf . |