Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] his country 's [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1951 , during the period of the Vietnamese uprising against the French colonial rule , he walked through his country 's rich tropical forests to China , where he and his colleagues set up a temporary university . |
| 2 | The American is Donny Odom , 24 , who has competed in his country 's national championships twice after spending four seasons maturing on tracks in southern California . |
| 3 | Klaus Töpfer , the federal environment minister , has capitalised on his country 's environmental angst by devising a bold principle : that companies should have a legal obligation to take back — and to recycle — their products at the ends of their lives . |
| 4 | Asked about his country 's likely reaction to an Israeli counter-strike , the Egyptian ambassador in Washington said simply , ‘ Do n't worry about us . ’ |
| 5 | Now the horse has yet another owner and will run against Arazi in the Kentucky Derby for an American whose birthday coincides with his country 's greatest race . |
| 6 | In January 1956 , Dulles , still apparently comforted by his country 's nuclear armoury , made his ‘ brinkmanship ’ speech : ‘ The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art . |