Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] his [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we say that characterising the topic framework is a means of making explicit some of the assumptions a speaker can make about his hearer 's knowledge , we are not talking about the total knowledge which the speaker believes he shares with his hearer . |
| 2 | A little man , faced with a much larger adversary , can compensate for his opponent 's longer arm reach by using his legs as defensive weapons . |
| 3 | But what an officer will know of his colleagues ' districts compared with his own will tend to be particularistic — of salient pollution problems — set in the context of an undetailed and generalized apprehension of the kind of patch a colleague looks after . |
| 4 | When I know how a lustful man may feel towards his neighbour 's pretty young wife I can understand a leer , but if asked what it means there is nothing I can say . |
| 5 | Brent Todd , the Kiwi prop forward who plays with the Canberra Raiders in Australia , will not appear in his club 's World Club Challenge match against Widnes tonight at Old Trafford . |
| 6 | Joel Swanson did not understand , nor did he ever expect to understand , exactly what was going on , but the kind of activity he seemed to be hearing about , in snatches only , was more or less exactly what he 'd expect from his wife 's relatives . |
| 7 | ‘ Did Matthew ever refer to his uncle 's relations with women ? ’ |
| 8 | " Do you think those people down there are really so different from us , Momma ? " he asked , keeping his voice low so that it would n't carry to his father 's ears . |
| 9 | He was not the most welcoming of hosts , alarmed at the thought of what one thousand men and horses could do to his winter 's supplies and forage ; but at least he could tell them that a large mounted party had indeed passed this way two days previously and had turned off out of this main Yarrow valley southwards , to climb by Altrieve to the high pass of Tushielaw , which would take them to the Ettrick valley . |
| 10 | Many concluded that he was trying to shift elsewhere the blame for the hugely unpopular currency confiscation , and they also noted the likely damage Pavlov 's comments would do to his government 's credibility in future dealings with foreign banks and companies , especially if the Soviet Union needed to reschedule its foreign debt in 1991 or 1992 , as many bankers feared . |
| 11 | If , on the other hand , we insist on treating internally compromised statutes as the acts of a single distinct moral agent , then we can condemn them as unprincipled , and we then have a reason for arguing that no official should contribute to his state 's unprincipled acts . |
| 12 | Ferguson insists his men have not lost their nerve but even the United manager concedes that his confidence is not shared in the stands , and that the fans ' apprehension can seep into his players ' hearts . |
| 13 | There was quite a lot he did n't follow in his Superintendent 's speech starting with ‘ obviate ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I was disappointed when David left surgery ; I had always imagined he would follow in his father 's footsteps — but , as we know , circumstances decreed otherwise . ’ |
| 15 | For Jason , he must have done well on the video excercise , he 's just been told he can follow in his father 's footsteps and join West Mercia Police . |
| 16 | For Jason , he must have done well on the video excercise , he 's just been told he can follow in his father 's footsteps and join West Mercia Police . |
| 17 | BARNSLEY midfielder John Gregg must count his lucky stars that he can follow in his family 's football tradition . |
| 18 | Cedric could run to his heart 's content out there and Con would be able to bring him along when he does the garden . |
| 19 | It was , he said , his job to cook and see to his master 's clothes and open the door and go marketing , not to be a spy . |
| 20 | It was strange that he was prepared to pay out £150million ‘ and yet he continues to deny the Government 's responsibility for mistakes and does not even apologise for his department 's role ’ . |
| 21 | As the one who might one day step into his father 's shoes he was also the one who stood most in his father 's shadow . |
| 22 | Thoroughly upset now , she repeated the question and instruction , and this time Jack did see something move in his stepfather 's eye . |
| 23 | Nobody had also said how long Marcus should remain in his sister 's house . |
| 24 | Dad Jim McCloskey senior , Bangor 's youth team coach , will rush from his side 's morning match to see son Jim junior stride out at Windsor Park in the colours of Glentoran . |
| 25 | Now they 're better Jews than their own parents ever were — I know one chap from Willesden Green who wo n't even eat in his mother 's kitchen any more . |
| 26 | Now Heathcliff would hear about his son 's arrival , which we had hoped to keep secret from him . |
| 27 | The decision was rendered somewhat easier by the fact that a similar conclusion had already been arrived at in the law of wills : a murderer can not take under his victim 's will . |
| 28 | And he 'd join in his guests ' laughter . |
| 29 | Mr Michael Bland , Thomas 's father , said yesterday it was too early to know exactly what bearing the ruling would have on his son 's case , but he said their campaign would continue . |
| 30 | But Tom did n't respond to his sister 's words . |