Example sentences of "his [noun sg] but [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She said she does n't want his money but she hopes it wo n't be the ruination of Kate , ’ said Sarah . |
| 2 | ‘ Son of Thatcher ’ may have provided a holding position in the first days after his election but it has no life left in it . |
| 3 | ‘ As far as giving advice is concerned , the debt lawyer is extremely useful in his field but I do n't really feel our other lawyer is in a position to help . |
| 4 | Top weight and soft ground proved his undoing but he ran an absolute cracker to finish third to Sibton Abbey . |
| 5 | They did not like his presence but he found little difficulty in scaring them off , or evading them if they tried to mob him , and the food in these places was plentiful . |
| 6 | David Damiani said nothing for several seconds after finishing his narrative but he opened up a battered suitcase and produced from it his old pale brown British Palestine passport and opened the document on page six . |
| 7 | She pushed her hands against his chest but he held her effortlessly , laughing down into her upturned face . |
| 8 | Once his head began to fall onto his chest but he jerked it up again . |
| 9 | There was blood on his mouth but he kept smiling because he had the machine-gun . |
| 10 | Fear spurted up into his mouth but he managed to hold the gaze , eye to eye . |
| 11 | Graham still bore the mental scars of his tragedy but he had proved to be an excellent operative and Philpott had no intention of letting him go . |
| 12 | He knew that he could have carried the coffee into the comparative serenity of his study but he had n't the courage to get to his feet . |
| 13 | I says no I 'm his brother-in-law but I know all his details and I said , he was n't here ! |
| 14 | Maybe he had proved to himself that he had recovered his nerve but he had had to hold on very tight at that moment when she had broken . |
| 15 | Henry 's mother hardly left his side but he improved and at 8pm on 31 March she went to have something to eat , leaving her son playing in the doorway of his room . |
| 16 | Jean-Claude may have had artistic integrity on his side but he did not have a legal leg to stand on . |
| 17 | He did not tell his parents because he knew they would try to change his mind but he confided in a colleague at work . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ We do hope Mr De Klerk gets his mandate but I do not want to say there will be a review of policy in our dealings with his administration . |
| 20 | Erm I do n't know the answer to his question but I think he 's put his finger upon a point . |
| 21 | The smith obviously needed fuel and metal to carry out his work but we do not know the extent to which the smith was dependent on local resources as opposed to trade , nor the size and structure of the industry . |
| 22 | It is perhaps asking too much to exact sympathy when one has killed a king and bedded his queen but he deserved all the accolades he received . |
| 23 | for his lunch but it does n't really matter . |
| 24 | The caddie 's face showed his disapproval but he took the cover off the driver and handed it to his pro . |
| 25 | So I said , ‘ Fine , I would n't infringe on his privacy but you asked me , and that 's who I 'd like to meet . ’ |
| 26 | yes whereas Martin although it is his job but he does tend to be a little bit more difficult than he needs to be . |
| 27 | I was going to tell him what he could do with his job but I thought better of it an' I took my cards all polite like . |
| 28 | She leaned over to stroke the three livid scratches on his cheek but he grabbed her wrist before she could touch him . |
| 29 | I said ‘ good night ’ and kissed him on his cheek but he did n't respond . |
| 30 | He looked so strained and tired that they offered to say the Rosary in his room but he brushed the offer aside . |