Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] his [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here he is , in 370 stunning pages , the youngest member of the Irish Hierarchy , by day ‘ looking truly magnificent in his episcopal robes ’ , by night naked except for his bishop 's ring , making love on an expensive Afghan rug . |
| 2 | Filaret owed his eminence less to his holy office than to his son 's willingness to treat him as a co-ruler . |
| 3 | The upshot was that Lothar was sent to Italy , " never to leave it unless on his father 's orders " . |
| 4 | ‘ Harry had a chip shop in Bradford and it was because of his wife 's health that he decided to move out to the Dales in 1928 , ’ said Richard Richardson , Harry Ramsden 's marketing director . |
| 5 | Who , because of his grandmother 's warped mind , would never know the kind and gentle woman who had borne him . |
| 6 | Because of his brother 's hanging , he assumed the mantle of laibon . |
| 7 | Obviously Harley is news here , although it 's mainly because of his caddie 's death . |
| 8 | Because of his father 's incapacity , Leonard grew up with all the advantages of family prestige , and few of its responsibilities . |
| 9 | It is odd , and neatly illustrative of the contradiction in Spartan attitudes , that Herodotus can say of the Spartan-led Greeks in the same period that Samos ‘ seemed to them as far away as the Rock of Gibraltar ’ , while telling elsewhere in his book of a Spartan , son of Archias , who was called Samios because of his father 's Samian links ( viii . |
| 10 | Chamlong Srimaung , had refused to accept a Cabinet place because of his party 's performance in the election ( the party had , in fact , increased its representation from 41 to 47 ) . |
| 11 | He did not reiterate Mr Major 's claim that Nissan came to the region because of his party 's policies , but preferred to point out it would not have done if there had been a Labour Government in situ . |
| 12 | As to his party 's plans for investment , Mr Lilley preferred to say what would not happen under Labour . |
| 13 | Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child . |