Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [coord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Son of Thatcher ’ may have provided a holding position in the first days after his election but it has no life left in it . |
| 2 | As Endill ate his breakfast he felt a thousand eyes watch him put his cold piece of toast into his mouth and it sent shivers down his spine . |
| 3 | Around him he began to see the unfolding beauty of early summer in his homeland and it held him still with wonder and made him forget the passing of the days . |
| 4 | Shaw said : ‘ It 's difficult to work out his programme but it seems that he analysed his subjects and classified their attributes , their doings , and the major events in their lives by coded numbers . |
| 5 | I saw this , I saw this programme , I saw his programme and it said , no , listen , listen , no listen , bulimia 's where you eat too much |
| 6 | He still looked a bit dubious and David said , ‘ One thing you can tell Len , something I forgot , was that I made enquiries today about his parrot and it appears that if he does go to Conway House he 'll be able to take the parrot with him . |
| 7 | I wanted to meet Marius Durance — I 've always especially admired his work and it seemed crazy to be so close and not come face to face with him . |
| 8 | After a while Marcus came to his window and it seemed he stared straight into my eyes . |
| 9 | One fella were told they did his erm summat to his engine and it blew up did n't it ? |
| 10 | for his lunch but it does n't really matter . |
| 11 | Death was his business and it had to be organised efficiently . |
| 12 | The injury is half way down his off-fore and it looks as though he will be out for the rest of the season . |
| 13 | He has guarded fiercely against the band 's tapes being made public but listening to them years on , it is difficult to understand his uneasiness and it seems a loss to fans . |
| 14 | He had been carrying his umbrella but it did little to protect him . |
| 15 | Sunny Jim drops his pizza and it gets all over Sam 's right cuff . |
| 16 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
| 17 | That he has used his linguistic skills to make such a protest , where before he has been content merely with linguistic cleverness , marks an important development in his character and it leaves the reader with a distinctly more favourable impression of him at the end of the play than at the beginning . |
| 18 | You hit his conscience and it gives , but it does n't hurt him at all . |
| 19 | I 'm not saying it had such a positive effect on his career but it caused a lot of attention which he did n't buckle under , and I do feel a lot of people could n't have lived through that experience , but he did . |
| 20 | Mr Hutchinson said : ‘ He was saying my dad 's in there , my dad 's in there but they found out he meant his dog and it died . ’ |
| 21 | Edwards 's health having deteriorated during 1814 , he determined to sell his library and it went under the hammer of R. H. Evans on 15 April 1815 , the 830 lots bringing £8,432 . |
| 22 | Iron Josh also had his instinct and it told him that , no matter how much he had tried to hide the fact that he was worried , Bertha had guessed . |
| 23 | This was the first time he had exercised his authority and it had worked . |
| 24 | He had normal hearing all his life and it has proved impossible to discover what aroused his interest in deafness . |
| 25 | She heard the incredulity in his voice and it fuelled the small truth that had been niggling at her , unacknowledged , all day . |
| 26 | and I said then on the , on the Saturday his leg , his wound , he come out of intensive care on the Wednesday and on the Saturday his , his dressing had n't been changed on his leg and it reeked and I said can we actually please have a clean dressing for my dad 's leg , even if I 've got to put the bugger on myself , that was at quarter past eight |
| 27 | ‘ When he came back he announced it was the King who had died in his sleep and it had been on the wireless . ’ |
| 28 | I imitated his style and it got me into trouble . ’ |
| 29 | We were waiting on his giro and it did n't come.2 |
| 30 | He 'd just been trying to squeeze a split-shot on to his line and it had popped out of his fingers . |