Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | When items are faulty , not delivered on time , or more rarely where Ian has by his own fault succeeded in botching an order , then he goes on the defensive . |
| 2 | A dream citadel where Billy escapes from his day-mare realities . |
| 3 | He fails with all his devices to attract Alison : where Nicholas succeeds with his direct and unambiguous seizure of Alison ( 3276 – 8 ) . |
| 4 | Their homecoming , going to earth and returning to sources , reaches , in a sense , its furthest point in ‘ The Dry Salvages ’ , where Eliot returns to his own St Louis and Massachusetts childhood , to ‘ The life of significant soil ’ , and to the savage meanings associated with such beginnings . |
| 5 | Although Gregory states in his Histories that Quintianus of Rodez was suspected of treason by the Visigoths , in his Life of the bishop he reveals that the local catholics were opposed to him , because he had moved the bones of a favourite saint . |
| 6 | Although Gilgamesh failed in his attempt to be a true god , the other gods took pity on his situation and appeared to comfort him with the news that he would live honoured forever as a shadow in the Underworld . |
| 7 | He leaves his father 's presence , and almost immediately Esau appears with his meal prepared . |
| 8 | This is a much lower figure than Hand found for his sample of 65 entomological theses . |
| 9 | There must be more evidence than some existentialists desire for their ‘ splendid ’ leap of faith , but there may be less than Copleston required for his certain assurance of God 's existence . |
| 10 | She had learned more things from his silences than others had from his most garrulous speeches . |
| 11 | I believe that the benefits of the portfolio concept may be greater than Porter sees from his largely industrial-economics perspective . |
| 12 | We can not clear the matter up until Stirling returns from his present party in three days time … . |
| 13 | 1 In law and in theory , the individual minister was , in effect , the same as the Department : he was responsible for everything that went on in his office ( whether he knew about it or not ) and might be hauled over the coals and forced to resign if Parliament disapproved of his personal acts , the general conduct of his Department , or acts done ( or left undone ) in the name of his departmental officials . |
| 14 | But if horse went on his own you 'd have to put it on . |
| 15 | Bergson reached out almost tenderly and took the man 's cheek between the fingers of his left hand and twisted until Sung fell to his feet , whimpering in pain . |
| 16 | If the wounded fugitive reached the sanctuary of his upstate lair , and if Grant failed in his audacious plan to close it down , then the crazy sonofabitch would be free to kill again … and again . |
| 17 | Giles Aplin remained at the Hankses ' cottage until Tom returned from his work at the manor . |
| 18 | Pushing it towards the door they could hardly contain their excitement until Endill stopped in his tracks , realising they had made a terrible mistake . |
| 19 | They called on the minister in Laurencekirk , who at first refused to respond to the announcement of their arrival , until Boswell sent in his name . |
| 20 | If Leonard appeared in his first book to invite comparisons , now he made statements , claims , and most of all , confessions . |
| 21 | Terence came close to being stroppy until Mallachy got to his feet and squared his iron jaw , but the incident was enveloped by a late surge to the bar . |
| 22 | Overcome by his own joke he broke into a fit of choking laughter until tears sprang from his eyes . |
| 23 | It looks like Strachen came through his reserve game last night 'cos he has been added to tonights squad . |
| 24 | The doubter will never remember unless God works in his heart bringing a conviction of sin . |
| 25 | Yes , because David tucked into his er Christmas pudding ! |
| 26 | And he must have been testin' in part fur flight refuellin' because Rodriguez says in his book he was refuelled somewhere over the Bellingshausen Sea , which is a long way west of the area where Sunderby lost his life . ’ |
| 27 | Felix 's wife started talking about poetry , which she wrote , while Felix shouted about his last visit to Castro . |
| 28 | Two Creole girls squeezed oranges in the bows while Baccy shouted at his crew as if they were galley slaves rather than a bunch of half-drunk amateurs trying to have Sunday fun . |
| 29 | While Zen waited for his driver to arrive , his hosts tried politely to find out who he was and what he 'd been doing , but he remained deliberately vague . |
| 30 | Schwarzenegger , 45 , plays a famous actor while Stallone appears as his rival . |