Example sentences of "[that] the [noun] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems that the engraver discovered his real first name is John and engraved J Maxwell Hutchinson on the foyer wall bearing the names of all past RIBA presidents . |
| 2 | Reality becomes so painful that the sufferer uses his or her substance or process of addiction in order to survive the emotional carnage . |
| 3 | He insisted that the stars autographed his wall , exasperating his mum . |
| 4 | Apology , in other words , is aimed at convincing anyone interested that the miscreant recognises his fault , and by that token alone , is to be regarded as someone whose typical tendency is to observe the conventions . |
| 5 | Hypnotists now often suggest that the subject focuses his attention by staring fixedly at a drawing pin on the wall , while telling him in rather monotonous tones that he is becoming more relaxed and sleepy . |
| 6 | By notice of appeal dated 26 February 1991 Mr. Pegg appealed against that refusal on the grounds that the Divisional Court had erred ( 1 ) in rejecting the proposition that it would be Wednesbury unreasonable for the Secretary of State to fix Mr. Pegg 's tariff ( as a person serving a mandatory term of life imprisonment ) by reference to a period of retribution and deterrence which was higher than that recommended by the judiciary ; ( 2 ) in rejecting submissions that the tariff procedure was in breach of procedural propriety in that the court considered itself bound by the wrong decision of Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 ; and ( 3 ) in rejecting submissions that the decision to refuse his petition should be quashed and viewing that the tariff belonged solely to the Secretary of State to determine . |
| 7 | Such are the times in which we live that the decision to leave his expletives unbleeped prompted tabloid news stories but , really , the programme was quite intensely moral . |
| 8 | One could argue that it is on this account that the restorer applies his efforts to the material element of the work . |
| 9 | He was a skilled architect who would grow used to praise , but he must have been pleased to hear that the Goldsmiths regarded his school as " not excelled by any other building of a similar construction in solidity , taste , and execution . |
| 10 | And Reynolds said that the fight to clear his name had made him a stronger person . |
| 11 | In the wake of Roe 's fourth place in last week 's Rome Masters , Chandler put such a sizeable bet on his charge that the bookmakers reduced his odds for this week from 40–1 to 20–1 . |
| 12 | When the user is satisfied that the map meets his or her requirements the contents of the DIG file can be sent to the plotter using the ‘ PLOT-DIG-FILE ’ command . |
| 13 | It is also possible that the king held his own country estates and was , to that extent , self-supporting . |
| 14 | I presume that the teachers hated his guts . ’ |
| 15 | The NSF claimed that during his planned 10-day visit over the Easter period the former King could be the unintentional subject of " obscure manipulations " which might threaten his dignity and safety , and that the publicity surrounding his presence could be seen " as a political gesture of a nature to bring unwanted elements into the election campaign " . |
| 16 | At a post-summit press conference , Kohl noted ironically that the leaders rejected his proposals on global warming because ‘ the situation is different in the United States ’ . |
| 17 | To the degree that the Church follows his pointing and heeds his reminder , the Kingdom of God will manifest itself through the Church ’ ( Pannenberg 1975:77 ) . |
| 18 | You have to make sure every time that the patient takes his weight as evenly as possible on both legs , with his trunk and arms in the right position . |
| 19 | On learning that the child carried his genes , might he take her to court and attempt to gain custody ? |
| 20 | The ‘ natural ’ approach to English acquisition draws inspiration from Chomskyan theories that the child develops his own language form through his ‘ language acquisition device ’ . |
| 21 | Here to commence could mean either " in order to commence " ( implying that the person changed his mind before actually saying anything ) or " and commenced " ( implying realization ) . |
| 22 | The fact that the Minister started his speech by talking about an annus mirabilis will have been met with incredulity outside the House . |
| 23 | I suppose English critics will always work on the old lines , and try to get behind the book to quiz the author … instead of seeing that he is almost irresponsible , that it is the result of haphazard circumstances , and that the writer rubs his eyes and wonders how this and that got into his pages as much as the reviewer does . |
| 24 | In another case it will mean that the writer creates his own special kind of language : and it is in this sense that Halliday applies it to the Neanderthal language of The Inheritors . |
| 25 | It also means that the speaker hears his or her own voice and this acts as a check that the system is working . |
| 26 | It is here that the Sultan holds his audiences … |
| 27 | It was then that the dragoman displayed his sole talent : the ability to bark like a dog . |
| 28 | On Oct. 25 Bush , who had threatened to veto earlier drafts on grounds that employers would be forced to resort to hiring and promotion quotas for minorities and women , claimed that the compromise met his objections on this score . |
| 29 | It was not Srikkanth 's day : he recovered to open the Indian reply , but was unhappy at being given out caught behind off McDermott ( Healy 's 100th Test catch ) , indicating that the ball hit his forearm . |
| 30 | He took this in suddenly one morning as he was charging a girl the duty on a camera , hitting the thought like an air pocket and ludicrously yawning at the same time with his mouth shut so that the girl noticed his face lengthening like a mule 's . |