Example sentences of "his [noun] [coord] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was held that Materia had breached his fiduciary duty to his employers and to his employer 's clients , and had therefore , violated Rule 10b-5 . |
| 2 | From that time on he improved in leaps and bounds and eventually , after about seven months , I started gingerly walking him around the small paddock next to his box with a bridle and a lunge rein threaded through his bit and over his head . |
| 3 | I was fired with his enthusiasm and on my reluctant return home ordered The Old Straight Track from the library . |
| 4 | Having ensured that Argyll 's deputy had been made aware of his wishes and of his loyalty to the duke 's interest , Drummond did not neglect to advise Lord Milton that he had been approached by Captain Haldane , another candidate seeking the votes of the freeholders of Perthshire . |
| 5 | We will discover that he was master of his technique and of his style very early on . |
| 6 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his support and for his important observations about the retail industry in his constituency . |
| 7 | Seventhly , if within five years before his election or since his election he is convicted of an offence and has passed upon him a sentence of imprisonment ( whether suspended or not ) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine . |
| 8 | Alexis I himself took several initiatives , setting up a court theatre and appointing tutors not only for his sons but for his daughter Sophia as well . |
| 9 | Disclosure of a written report is a pre-condition to calling expert evidence , but the basic rules remain the same : expert evidence is privileged and neither party is obliged to disclose a report which is hostile to his case and on which he therefore will not wish to rely ( see below ) . |
| 10 | ( 3 ) An instrument is validly executed as a deed by an individual if , and only if — ( a ) it is signed — ( i ) by him in the presence of a witness who attests the signature ; or ( ii ) at his direction and in his presence and the presence of two witnesses who each attest the signature ; and ( b ) it is delivered as a deed by him or a person authorised to do so on his behalf . |
| 11 | But just as the " Miller 's " energies are concentrated in his sustained and masterful display as a raconteur , the spleen of the Reeve is released in his self-reflection and in his pointed but ultimately harmless fabliau . |
| 12 | But when the word was spoken by one who had the authority to speak , and especially when spoken in his presence and with his implied assent , he obeyed without discussion or reservation . |
| 13 | It must be signed by the testator or by some person in his presence and by his express direction . |
| 14 | By burning , tearing , or otherwise destroying a will , if this is done by the testator or any person in his presence and by his direction with the intention of revolting it . |
| 15 | ‘ No will shall be valid unless — ( a ) it is in writing , and signed by the testator , or by some other person in his presence and by his direction ; and ( b ) it appears that the testator intended by his signature to give effect to the will ; and ( c ) the signature is made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time ; and ( d ) each witness either — ( i ) attests and signs the will ; or ( ii ) acknowledges his signature , in the presence of the testator ( but not necessarily in the presence of any other witness ) , but no form of attestation shall be necessary . |
| 16 | Addressing a special session of the Cortes ( parliament ) on Feb. 1 , Alfonso Guerra , who at no time condoned his brother 's alleged activities , acknowledged that Juan had used the government office but said that this was because he was helping him as deputy secretary of the PSOE , and he denied that private activities had been carried out in the office in his presence or with his knowledge . |
| 17 | Indeed he was so far intent on this reference to visual reality that he strenuously advocated , not only in his teaching but in his own practice , a reliance on the camera , tracing a dependence on it back to the use of the camera lucida by Vermeer and Canaletto , as well as by Millett , Degas — and he might have added Monet — in more recent times , and adding the only proviso that , like alcohol , it is only permissible to those who can do without it . |
| 18 | After crossing the bridge Moran checked his watch and to their infinite relief started to walk quickly . |
| 19 | He looked at his watch and around him . |
| 20 | He pointed to his hair and to his skin and gave a merry chuckle , again . |
| 21 | He would change back at Joseph 's digs , but the smoke would linger in his hair and on his skin . |
| 22 | The diary gives an intimate record of his ministry and of his private doubts and triumphs as a Christian . |
| 23 | He layered more mud onto his throat and down to his chest and across his shoulders . |
| 24 | At the corners of his mouth and around his eyes Polly saw echoes of her own strain . |
| 25 | Still in his pyjamas and with his foot in plaster , he would hobble 500 metres or so across some fields until he reached a track , then carry on for another 500 metres or so until he reached a proper road . |
| 26 | He laughed and kissed her again , and she could sense the relief in his words and in his eyes , as he looked at her with tenderness . |
| 27 | In his turn , Tran Van Hieu knelt to perform the same silent acts of obeisance as the older man , but after prostrating himself for the third time , he remained on his knees and to his children 's surprise began to pray aloud . |
| 28 | And he dight himself full gallantly and well , and took with him many knights , both his own and of his kindred and of his friends , and he took also many new arms , and came to Valencia to the King with two hundred of his peers in arms , in festival guise ; and the King went out to meet him , and received him right well , and did him honour ; and at this were all the Counts displeased . |
| 29 | Therefore , she often guides the patient by placing her hand on his chest , or both hands behind his shoulders or on his hip bones below his waist . |
| 30 | But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree and none shall make them afraid , for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it . |