Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [noun] [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That clause is the lynchpin on which his heart attacks have revolved , Rachel , ’ he said flatly . |
| 2 | His money problems have hit the headlines with almost metronomic regularity as one institution after another issued writs to try to ensure payment of unpaid bills . |
| 3 | Naisbitt and his consultancy group have specialised in the technique of ‘ content analysis ’ . |
| 4 | Professor Keith Cowling and his research team have argued that mergers continue to explain half of the increase in industrial concentration in the UK . |
| 5 | Yes my h my ex-husband was paying maintenance through a court order and his maintenance payments have increased er enormously under the Child Support Agency , the reason being erm under the old court system all his debts were taken into account . |
| 6 | The death of his father Robert Maxwell and the collapse of his business empire have left United fighting for financial survival . |
| 7 | Such has been the pace of South Africa 's re-entry into the world arena that Rhodes and his team mates have had little time to be overawed by the situation , which for a youngster from a small town in Natal is quite remarkable . |
| 8 | Dennis and his friend Tommy want to stop this by setting up a National Centre where doctors and medical scientists can undertake research to prevent premature birth . |
| 9 | Since then , Robert and his wife Nicola have carried out a thorough and sympathetic restoration . |
| 10 | LIBERAL DEMOCRAT leader Paddy Ashdown and his wife Jane have won the best front garden award in their home village of Norton sub Hamdon , near Yeovil , Somerset . |
| 11 | But now Hindley and his wife Frances have inherited the house and the money , and they hate Heathcliff . |
| 12 | Landlord , Stephen Farbrother and his wife Vanessa have organised a Georgian banquet to celebrate 250 years of their families association with the pub . |
| 13 | Alex Shaw and his wife Jean have worked with the Company for a combined total of approximately sixty five years . |
| 14 | Nowell , a solicitor , and his wife Penny have taken thirty years to develop the lovely garden at Baubles which now boasts ornamental and wildlife ponds and a wide variety of trees , shrubs , a tennis court and a swimming pool . |
| 15 | Richard , who hails from Australia , and his wife Henrietta have travelled extensively through Europe , China and India . |
| 16 | Tim Corser and his wife Linda have moved on from Benidorm and are continuing on their extended journey through Europe . |
| 17 | A RUNAWAY Irish priest and his schoolgirl sweetheart have set up home with their love child . |
| 18 | Once the field man and his area supervisor have settled upon the standards to be imposed , the consent is approved by the head of the agency and ratified by an advisory committee . |
| 19 | Already , John Major and his Cabinet colleagues have started rowing back , but not all on the same stroke . |
| 20 | Yes he is and that 's why his brake lights keep flashing on . |
| 21 | ‘ I do nt think we should compromise here , ’ he says as he lures her out of her bra , and the narrator repeats the theme as his camera pans round to give us an eyeful of the picture man getting down to nipple level . |
| 22 | Often described as a ‘ songwriter 's songwriter ’ , all six of his solo albums have received critical acclaim at home and abroad . |
| 23 | The last of his scratch marks have faded now but his memories never will . |
| 24 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
| 25 | And executives are still leaving even before new chief executive Robert Louis-Dreyfus and his finance director have joined the group . |
| 26 | The differences he and his production team have introduced may be ones of detail , but are no less revolutionary for that . |
| 27 | He and his brother Albert have starred in their own TV show as well as running the award-winning Le Gavroche and Waterside Inn restaurants . |