Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing he had to do to earn it , or nothing to threaten his security , except a too-rapid recovery , which he daily prayed against and which a good God would surely not allow — at least until summer came in and clothed a scarred earth with kindliness . |
| 2 | Little or nothing escapes his eye and that makes any book he writes doubly valuable to the serious students of railway history . |
| 3 | Disguise your steps with feints that make the opponent blink , or which divert his attention elsewhere . |
| 4 | He is responsible for the default of his servant , his wife , his guest or one entering his house with his leave and for his independent contractor . |
| 5 | ‘ 6(1) A person is liable in respect of any damage for the purposes of this Act if the person who suffered it ( or anyone representing his estate or dependants ) is entitled to recover compensation from him in respect of that damage ( whatever the legal basis of his liability , whether tort , breach of contract , breach of trust or otherwise ) . |
| 6 | A little too much wind , and everyone patting his hair back into place inside the door of the register office . |
| 7 | ‘ In fact , Ursula and I accepted his invitation to go over to Macau with him and Cavell Fielding on Tuesday evening for dinner and a spot of gambling in one of the casinos , and a very enjoyable few hours they were too . ’ |
| 8 | And I got his kid . ’ |
| 9 | This time he seemed ill at ease and jumpy and I noticed his face was slick with perspiration when he spun to greet me . |
| 10 | At the end of my reading , the lecturer asked the newcomer his name , and I heard his voice for the first time — a soft , warm American accent , with the rich , furry tone the English find so attractive . |
| 11 | Then he raised a hand and I heard his whisper . |
| 12 | It 's an alien situation and I question his ability to handle it . |
| 13 | And I know his name not it 's sommat like erm who can I say . |
| 14 | ‘ Never , though he did say his local picture house was the Pavilion and I know his mother took her loaves to be baked at a place called Jimmy McFadden 's bakery , but they 're not in the phone book , either of them . |
| 15 | Sir , I have been with my master for twenty years and I know his appearance as well as I know my own . |
| 16 | Far as I remember he called me a nasty name and I slapped his wrist . ’ |
| 17 | James watched me prodding away at the knitting for a while , and I sensed his helplessness . |
| 18 | He lacks , in my view , the lyrical flow and intensity of Alfred Tennyson , and I doubt his seriousness . |
| 19 | Dr de Pomiane bypassed it , and I adopted his method , particularly his recipe for cooking Belgian endives in butter and entirely without a prior water baptism . |
| 20 | He drank , and I took his glass . |
| 21 | ‘ A Gnat honours his promise , ’ I told him , and I took his kite down off the racks I was amazed how light it was It was beautiful It was big , silicon black , with scarlet lines , and when I took it outside , the sun flashed rainbows off the shoulder hooks . |
| 22 | As we could go no faster than the pace of the slowest man , Marius and I took his rucksack and FA-MAS to lighten his load . |
| 23 | ‘ … and I made his toe . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Ah , but I love getting back to the North , ’ says Sergei , and I follow his gaze to a landscape like a sheet of cartridge paper . |
| 25 | You 're saying that Tom and old Maggie Sullivan and I cut his throat for him ? ’ |
| 26 | When Mrs Funnell later relayed this conversation to her great-granddaughter , she had ended , ‘ And I understood his reason perfectly . |
| 27 | And I cherish his reply . |
| 28 | Oliver just buried his head in my lap and I said his mummy was poorly . |
| 29 | ‘ He only tries when there 's an England selector watching and I said his OBE stood for ‘ Overweight Bag of Excrement ’ . ’ |
| 30 | And I make his desk as a desk . |