Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Robert last night rejected calls for his resignation and explained that 50 of the recommendations made by Sir Anthony were already in hand or implemented at an estimated cost of £20 million . |
| 2 | Young Sitwell visited Zborowski in his apartment and suggested that Zbo should help to choose and supervise the shipping of all the canvases and then travel to London to help in the hanging and selling of the pictures . |
| 3 | June 24 , 1971 Mr Sugden amended his defence and admitted that his wife was acting as his agent . |
| 4 | Striped shirt tapped a gold pencil thoughtfully against his teeth and said that of course one had every respect for someone wishing to take such a stand and that in that case we must see what could be done with the portfolio as it was . |
| 5 | She took a covert glance at his watch and discovered that , amazingly , it was nearly midnight . |
| 6 | Wycliffe looked at his watch and wondered whether Glynn had done what was necessary . |
| 7 | With a loud hiccough the red-cheeked infant detached his thumb from his mouth and laughed as he held out his hand . |
| 8 | The latter , a cashier with the company , immediately protested his innocence and said that he had been away on holiday at the time . |
| 9 | Since I was not going to discuss the future with him , I did not ask him to elaborate , but I registered his disappointment and thought that , if that was how he felt , he was making it easier for me to leave him . |
| 10 | My friend was most unimpressed , he had seen the footprints but shrugged his shoulders and suggested that we move on . |
| 11 | Slightly breathless , I stood by his side and listened as he addressed the little creatures . |
| 12 | In his first interview with American television , President Saddam Hussein told C B S News that he did n't want war with the west , but he claimed that God was on his side and said that Iraq would come out victorious in any conflict . |
| 13 | To get out of bed , for instance , the patient is turned onto his side or lifted and then brought into the sitting position on the side of the bed . |
| 14 | I saw the evil light in his eyes and knew that so far they had only been playing with me : their real intent was to kill . |
| 15 | He lifted his eyes and saw that he was almost at the top . |
| 16 | Philip shut his eyes and prayed that she would hit Rebel . |
| 17 | She stiffened in his arms , saw the turmoil in his eyes and panicked as she sensed how little it would take to make her surrender . |
| 18 | He opened his eyes and started as he recognised the white anxious face , staring green eyes and tousled hair of his servant , Ranulf , whom he had last seen in the infirmary of Tynemouth Priory . |
| 19 | Though he got some support from Board members Hilary Wainwright and Vella Pillay of the Bank of China ( who changed his mind and agreed that Sutton had to go as soon as he saw Pilger 's pages ) , there was no real point . |
| 20 | However prior to taking delivery of the goods the customer changed his mind and decided that he did not want the goods after all . |
| 21 | FOOTBALL : David Platt has pushed transfer talk to the back of his mind and promised that his only concern is helping Bari to avoid the disaster of relegation . |
| 22 | This was the day Kenneth Baker smacked his lips and pronounced that Labour are ‘ soft on crime ’ . |
| 23 | Polly drew her index finger across his lips and gasped as his teeth fastened gently on it . |
| 24 | PLM leader John Osborne , who was seeking a fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister , lost his seat and stated that he was retiring from politics . |
| 25 | He waved his ID and smiled and the clerk did n't even jack in to check it . |
| 26 | On one occasion Lord Mountbatten had found him licking his wounds and asked if the Prince had been upsetting him . |
| 27 | Scott reached slowly inside his jacket then pulled the Beretta free and handed it to Hitch , who gripped the automatic in his fist and checked that the magazine was full , slipping it from the butt . |
| 28 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 29 | The innermost southern shore of the peninsula had been the chosen land of Pythagoras , your namesake , perhaps your ancestor , the apostle of eternal return : it was in the market square at Crotone on the Gulf of Taranto south of Riba that he exposed his thigh and showed that it was golden , and so was honoured by the inhabitants as a special favourite of the gods , quasi-divine himself . |
| 30 | Some time in the early hours of Saturday morning Archie staggered to his feet and said that he 'd have to be on his way . |