Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] [verb] [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 | It is useful for would-be choreographers to examine his ballets and discover that he mostly set them in countries possessing easily recognised characteristics . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When a person is reluctant to trust his board and sail as designed , then awkward movements are bound to follow . |
| 5 | June 24 , 1971 Mr Sugden amended his defence and admitted that his wife was acting as his agent . |
| 6 | Champion , who was known for his chipping and putting and who was a noted teacher of the game . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Alf is periodically nodding at his son-in-law and suggesting that he would be better off if he read the book Alf has in his hands . |
| 9 | Why does he not face up to his responsibility and see that adequate compensation is given to the people who suffered so badly during that development ? |
| 10 | She took a covert glance at his watch and discovered that , amazingly , it was nearly midnight . |
| 11 | He was a kind of foreman ; and he had continually to be looking at his watch and calculating whether they were forward enough . |
| 12 | Wycliffe looked at his watch and wondered whether Glynn had done what was necessary . |
| 13 | With a loud hiccough the red-cheeked infant detached his thumb from his mouth and laughed as he held out his hand . |
| 14 | He enclosed a sample of cloth with his letter to prove his words and demonstrate that he was n't being unduly extravagant . |
| 15 | Even making allowances for these factors , a person might be insulted if the actor makes it plain by his words or conduct that he holds in contempt those ( including the victim ) who do not share his point of view . |
| 16 | The latter , a cashier with the company , immediately protested his innocence and said that he had been away on holiday at the time . |
| 17 | He practises tilting his pelvis in the correct pattern as he moves forwards and backwards , and he straightens and relaxes his knees as instructed and guided . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | One could balance a crystal vase on his shoulders and know that it would never fall . |
| 20 | My friend was most unimpressed , he had seen the footprints but shrugged his shoulders and suggested that we move on . |
| 21 | The chairman will contact the youth leader to support his action but requesting that he be kept informed on such matters . |
| 22 | Doth not the good father in short time , either by his coughing or spitting or testiness … become troublesome either to his own son or to his nice daughter-in-law , with continuing so long chargeable and so much waited-on , or to the children , with taking up their room at the fire or at the table , or to the servants , while his slow eating doth scant their reversions ? |
| 23 | Slightly breathless , I stood by his side and listened as he addressed the little creatures . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She would damage that priestly flesh , oh yes , scorch it , she would tear his head very slowly from his neck and laugh as the blood gushed . |
| 27 | Grant pulls up in his car but realises that due to the camber he is unable to get out of his door , so he drives up the road does a three point turn and positions his vehicle to aid his extraction from the car seat to the pavement . |
| 28 | He hums and haws for a bit then he says he 'll put them in his car and ask if I can keep them at Combe Court . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He lifted his eyes and saw that he was almost at the top . |