Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] his son 's " in BNC.
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1 | On 27 and 31 July he made two final appeals to Leopold , who had responded curtly to his son 's enthusiastic descriptions of his recent musical success ; and on 4 August the lovers were married at St Stephen 's Cathedral , with only Constanze 's mother , her younger sister , her guardian , and two other witnesses present . |
2 | But at the end of a very long , very hard life , he was still able to smile enthusiastically into his son 's lens and show that his experiences had n't got the better of him . |
3 | Kit Everard shared his suspicions with Tom Ingledew , who , though he feared terribly for his son 's life , agreed that they should seize the offensive , in secret , and place all their forces on the qui vive that night , in readiness for battle in the morning . |
4 | Beneath this irascible veneer was a man of cultivation and taste , whose priorities contrasted sharply with his son 's laissez-faire approach to life and amiable enjoyment of the traditional outdoor pursuits of an English country gentleman . |
5 | He carried Wynne-Jones on his back ; the old man beat at the thorns with his stick , one arm held tightly around his son 's neck . |