Example sentences of "[vb -s] his [noun] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Preston Grasshoppers lock wants his name cleared over the incident which left Maskery 's son , Steve , concussed . |
| 2 | Jacques Delors wants his budget increased by 30 per cent , and some of that could have your name on it . |
| 3 | Late gonzoid Detroit/NYC journo Lester Bangs has his memory enshrined with ‘ One Horse Down ’ and its dub partner — 3D colour tracks , crisp production . |
| 4 | Late gonzoid Detroit/NYC journo Lester Bangs has his memory enshrined with ‘ One Horse Down ’ and its dub partner — 3D colour tracks , crisp production . |
| 5 | This will entitle your man to a 20% discount on each appointment if he has his hair cut at least once a month . |
| 6 | Like he always has his hair cut by the same man . |
| 7 | For Tan Dun , composer and thinker , lover of all countries , still surely has his feet planted in south China 's soil . |
| 8 | In 2001 : A Space Odyssey there is a poignant scene where the computer , Hal , has his brain disconnected in retaliation for un-user-friendly conduct . |
| 9 | Millfield-educated Hewitt already has his heart set on working for Virgin tycoon Richard Branson 's planned privatised train service . |
| 10 | The seventeen year old does not always want to listen to the views of his father and mother , particularly if he has his heart set upon a motorbike ! |
| 11 | ‘ Ernest has his head screwed on the right way , ’ Ruth said . |
| 12 | Lij Yasu has his head shaved in the Danakil fashion and is living with the Danakil ; what food or milk he requires he seizes from the nearest villages , and he is doing nothing but hunt occasionally . |
| 13 | The individual has his views represented in policy-making not only through the representative mechanism of elections but also through the participatory mechanism of group politics . |
| 14 | Chris has his pulse checked by Dr Sarah Johnstone |
| 15 | Manucci 's account of Mughal India is as full of gossip as Bernier 's , but the precarious manner in which he chose to live his life meant that his book has rather more action in it : rather than fussing about the relative merits of Parisian and Mughal architecture , he fights as an artilleryman in the Mughal civil war , has his caravan ambushed by bandits , battles with a pressgang and is finally besieged in a fort on an island in the Indus . |
| 16 | YOUNG Hustler , normally a Saturday runner , has his routine disrupted with a midweek engagement at Worcester today . |
| 17 | Osbern has his father killed by a lowly mob and thrown to birds and wild animals ; more reliable sources do not mention him again . |
| 18 | He has his father relied on a lot |
| 19 | I smile encouragingly at the hulk who has his twelvebore pressed against my breast . |
| 20 | It was a skipper from here called Sopite ( he has his street named after him in the old town ) , who made one of the great technological advances in whaling , when he found a way to render the blubber down on board the whaler instead of having to sail all the way back home with it . |
| 21 | According to this image , somewhere between ten and thirty men came to arrest Jesus — a Jewish functionary or two , some representatives of the High Priest ( one of whom has his ear injured by Simon Peter 's sword ) , presumably a contingent of the Temple guard , perhaps one or more Roman officials and even perhaps a small unit of Pilate 's soldiery . |
| 22 | When the next Rushdie has his book put to the torch , incitement to violence over a book , whether for or against it , should be treated as a criminal offence . |
| 23 | The 43 US and 21 Canadian stores are on the mend at last , but McGinley has his sights fixed on expansion in Europe . |
| 24 | Accola will be resplendent in a bright yellow costume , the product of a sponsorship deal with a cheese Accola would love to outshine his friend Tomba on his home soil while the Austrian-born Girardelli , who skis for Luxembourg , has his sights fixed on a record fifth overall world title , having kept clear of the injury problems which bedevilled his preparations last year . |
| 25 | The Welsh skipper , who underwent surgery on November 10 to cure a hernia problem , has his sights set on a January 4 return against St Helens in an Alliance League fixture . |
| 26 | ELTON John 's manager has his sights set on Hollywood . |
| 27 | Carl Llewellyn , again riding Party Politics , has his sights set on Red Rum 's record of three Grand National victories . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's what we 've been working for all season , ’ said the delighted Whitham , who now has his sights set on the international scene for 1994 , either in Superbikes or the 500cc Grand Prix series . |
| 29 | Now Steve has his sights set on winning the European championships for England , being held on home territory in September . |
| 30 | Perhaps unwittingly , the new statue hints at a deeper truth underpinning the hardline triumph : the worker , the peasant and the intellectual gaze wistfully towards the Forbidden City , the grandest monument to the genius of Chinese civilisation , but the soldier has his eyes fixed in a different direction — down the Avenue of Eternal Peace towards Zhongnanhai , the walled compound where party leaders live and work . |