Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] his master 's " in BNC.

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1 Over a period of time , the dog was moulded to his master 's needs , calling on all the virtues of his ancestors : herding ability , speed , guarding ability , strength and power , but most of all intelligence .
2 A bootlegger known as ‘ Ace ’ in California has even made pretty accurate copies of three British ten-inch LPs of Elvis 's material issued by His Master 's Voice , including their sleeves with their peculiar cellophane coating .
3 Why , most obviously , if Judas is determined as his master 's betrayer , is he allowed to depart on his mission of treachery ?
4 She writes that , indeed , when there were balls or fêtes , there was sometimes a queue for the public lavatories , and then a rich bourgeois might pay a nobleman 's servant as much as four louis d'or to be conducted to his master 's privy .
5 Chang bowed low , pleased by his master 's generosity .
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