Example sentences of "of the [noun pl] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amiss was as insulted as he was relieved at how little space was given in the newspapers to the injury sustained by J. Amiss , waiter : only two of the papers mentioned his name at all and one of them misspelt it . |
| 2 | He was always watering his ale , and so many of the villages believe his body should be buried in water . |
| 3 | The authorities on Feb. 21 banned demonstrations following large-scale protests by students who claimed that the government was attempting a " cover-up " of the circumstances surrounding his death , and had demanded Moi 's resignation . |
| 4 | Each of the applicants applied for judicial review of ( a ) the refusal of the governors to admit his daughter to the school and ( b ) the decision of the appeal committee . |
| 5 | Fergus had not been aware of the precise moment when the Lad of the Skins drew his soul from his body with the Knife of Light , but he had known a great coldness , and a sense of desolation , and an abandonment so complete that it had overwhelmed him , and for a time he had scarcely been aware of what was happening . |
| 6 | Richardson was injured when one of the thugs slashed his ear with a machete , but returned to duty the following day when Dry re-opened . |
| 7 | Some are content to praise or vilify Althusser while never engaging deeply with his views , and many of the debates surrounding his work are conducted at this superficial level . |
| 8 | Colleagues , who 've been paying tribute to his dedication and exertise , say he 'd always been aware of the dangers surrounding his work.Ian Maclaren reports . |
| 9 | He was appointed lector at the Oxford Franciscan convent , but in 1253 a dispute arose at his presentation to incept as a doctor of theology , the opponents of the friars challenging his eligibility , as he had not been a master of arts . |
| 10 | The University decreed zero hope for recovery for Arthur , though they tried everything they could , and one of the personnel devoted his whole life to Arthur during the six months he was hospitalised there . |
| 11 | One of the casualties punctured his skin with a syringe previously containing snake venom , which is often used in the treatment of arthritics . |
| 12 | One day a young journeyman white-washing the inside of the houses ran his brush over the toad 's back . |
| 13 | A domino game was cut short when one of the players clawed his jacket to shreds trying to ward off the spiders . |
| 14 | He paused by one of the radiators to warm his hands before approaching the doors that led into the infirmary . |
| 15 | Accordingly , he will be required to give particulars of the factors affecting his tax liability ( Phipps v Orthodox Unit Trust Ltd [ 1958 ] 1 QB 314 ) . |
| 16 | Then he saw one of the boys turn his back on the man he seemed to be dancing with , hook his fingers in the skimpy underpants , wriggle them down to reveal his bottom and then wiggle the bottom until it shook like a jelly . |
| 17 | But some of the boys appreciated his solid scholarship and the great pains he took to help them , and the nickname ‘ Granny Gow ’ was bestowed upon him not without affection . |
| 18 | And when Derek emphasized , as he was determined to , that the contents of the letters supported his brother 's protests of his innocence , Golding heard him out with patient inscrutability . |
| 19 | Just as we scrambled out of the ditch again , one of the woodchucks dropping his black rifle and barely managing to grab the sling as it slid back into the foul water , a straggler from the malai patrol crossed the road a hundred and fifty metres away , looked to his left and saw us . |
| 20 | Five hundred years ago , during the Reformation , one of the leaders expressed his joy in being on God 's side with the phrase : |
| 21 | One of the ranks put his hand up . |
| 22 | As Mungo weighed the dilemma , a white shoebox on one of the shelves caught his eye . |
| 23 | Towards the end of field-work a constable newly transferred to the Neighbourhood Unit from one of the sections expressed his difficulties in adjusting to the new round of duties , stating that it was more difficult to pass the time because nothing seemed to happen ( FN 17/12/87 , p. 16 ) : establishing informal contact with the public was not yet itself seen as doing police work and boredom was unappealing . |
| 24 | During the post-war period Hayek has drawn out some of the assumptions underpinning his economic theorizing and developed them into a general theory of society . |
| 25 | They continued drinking from the jar in turn , but gradually the effects of the smoke , the alcohol and the clamour of the gongs made his senses swim . |
| 26 | One of the students banged his fist loudly on the partition separating them from the driver . |
| 27 | Most of the bullets struck his head and John Browne died instantly . |
| 28 | One of the bullets struck his forearm and he cried out , dropping the rifle which clattered noisily on to the concrete floor below . |
| 29 | The next thing he knew — by this time he would have the undivided attention of the entire bar — one of the Americans tore his fur hat off and screamed , ‘ OK , craphead , where is he ? ’ while one of the bobbies reached into the open back seat and pulled out an attaché case that he had to spend an hour telling them he had never seen before . |
| 30 | Charlotte heard the front door close and realized she alone was watching as the white halo of the headlamps traced his progress along the drive . |