Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detainees in police stations should have no more difficulty in obtaining therapeutic agents than the average citizen at home , and probably less , since the latter does not generally have a car and driver to collect his medicines from the local pharmacy . |
| 2 | When visiting local aquatic shops the Bartons had come across Fintastic , of Darwen Lancs , where they were impressed with proprietor Paul Eyles ' forthright manner , and willingness to give his time and knowledge to his customers . |
| 3 | There is a twang of self-satisfaction — even patronage — about his relentless signalling of his own good bloke-ism , but this is a small price to pay for his ingenuity and willingness to let his principles dangle . |
| 4 | A standard format is to be introduced which will have to include the following : a detailed programme of activities which might enable the offender to make reparation through community service or a supervision programme tackling the offender 's problems ; a description of the restrictions on liberty which the programme would involve ; relevant information about the offence and the offender , including the latter 's attitude towards it ; and an assessment of the offender 's ability and willingness to tackle his or her offending behaviour . |
| 5 | Used as tracking dogs and guide dogs for the blind , the Rottweiler 's versatility and willingness to please his master once again came to his rescue . |
| 6 | And when he stood to strip off his tunic and shirt to have his arm attended to , why did he have to look so big and strong ? |
| 7 | Remorse , dissatisfaction and hope filled his mind as the heat of a glorious midsummer approached , and his yearning for a means to channel his abundant intellectual and emotional energy was greater now than it had ever been . |
| 8 | His ribs were bandaged , his jaw in traction , and wires were stuck in his wrists and chest to register his hearbeat on a sinister machine behind him that flashed his beats per minute in red digits . |
| 9 | When he 's dried out , he goes back on the road , an entertainer for whom the drug of applause and audience-love assuages his insecurity . |
| 10 | Of course , the published works themselves are n't immutable : they might now look different had Flaubert been awarded time and money to put his literary estate in order . |
| 11 | This business gave him the time and money to pursue his hobby of microscopy to a highly professional level . |
| 12 | Uncle was always wanting to have that tail cut shorter and we had quite a few battles about it , but I won and Prince kept his long tail . |
| 13 | Green Bridge is the first of eighteen stopping points where the bellman and crier rings his bell before reading the ancient proclamation , couched in archaic language . |
| 14 | Water symbolizes Jesus ' b baptism , and blood symbolizes his death . |
| 15 | And school holidays and you 've got your grandchildren or grandchild come to stay with you and granddad has his favourite chair by the side of the fire . |
| 16 | this is in fact two players as the one in green and yellow has his boot firmly up the arse of the one in red and white stripes . |
| 17 | This is a snowflaked Victorian set full of carol singers , the dreadful poor , the idle rich and Mr Caine resolutely refusing to recognise the festivities until the Ghosts of Christmas Past , Present and Future prick his dormant conscience . |
| 18 | The justices made the order and , in giving their reason for doing so , stated that the order was required so that the child could be given help and guidance to meet his special needs . |
| 19 | The justices ' reason for making the secure accommodation order was that in view of the facts found an order was required in order that the child could be given the help and guidance to meet his special needs . |
| 20 | The reasons for making the order : ‘ In view of the facts found an order is required in order that [ he ] can be given the help and guidance to meet his special needs . ’ |
| 21 | With Luke looking at her like that , a combination of desire and disgust hardening his features and his mouth somehow more richly sensual than it had looked before , Maria had no difficulty believing him . |
| 22 | Confusion and anguish and fear clouded his face . |
| 23 | Endill looked at the salt and pepper trying his hardest to imagine a kangaroo , but it was hopeless . |
| 24 | On 26th June , Pennethorne sent a long memorial to the Treasury explaining his position and his grievances , and Hall gave his version to the Treasury on 21st July . |
| 25 | ‘ And if he 's lost any of his sharpness , he has the ability and intelligence to adjust his game and become more of a supplier of goals than scorer . |
| 26 | For a half-century — interrupted only by his war service from 1914 to 1918 — de Pomiane also made cookery and cookery writing his hobby and second profession . |
| 27 | And Gadfly spent his first 25 years in Shildon . |
| 28 | Laughter and clapping surrounded his antics . |
| 29 | Lansdowne announced the changed policy at an Albert Hall rally on 14 November 1912 , and Law gave his support at Ashton-under-Lyne on 16 December . |
| 30 | The leadership was actually a collective one rather than a personal domination , and Law recognized his obligation to take the advice of those who were seen to be worthy of consultation by the party as a whole . |