Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [noun pl] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liz has a clerical husband , who owns a car like , a tin bath , displays an oar on his study wall , and writes notes to his more important lady parishioners with frequent recourse to the Dictionary of Quotations . |
| 2 | I 'll wait , yes I 'll wait , for a baby I can feed better , love better , provide running water for , give a father to , who stays around and bounces babies on his knee . |
| 3 | In this novel the reader is the one irreducible gap or ‘ spot of indeterminacy ’ which roves the text at will and fills holes in his or her knowledge on whim . |
| 4 | He shuts himself off from his two young daughters and composes laments to his dead wife . |
| 5 | He reads the reviews , scans the bookshops and takes recommendations from his colleagues . |
| 6 | Exhibition recovers missing works ( maybe only 50% from this period survive ) and provides clues for his development |
| 7 | And if I tell thee that his Guavas , Pawpaws , Ginger and Lime are in such plenty that yearly he makes abundance of wet sweetmeats , of his own growth that serves his table and makes presents to his friends . |