Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked away from him to see what his eyes were fixed on . |
| 2 | Let him give me his word and I 'll take it , though I am liable to pay the debt . ’ |
| 3 | Elvis had travelled back to the dawn of mankind and persuaded God to let him do it his way . |
| 4 | Your lordship may see the print of my affection scored across the back of his left hand and wrist , if you care to make him hand you his manor roll tomorrow . |
| 5 | She was no longer the mild , gentle creature who had gone down on her knees to implore him to make her his wife , but a sturdy , tight-lipped puritan of a woman who saw duty before all else and who always took care to drum the same principle into her children . |
| 6 | ‘ Ask him to show you his Swiss Army knife later , ’ I laugh , feeling a little treacherous . |
| 7 | More important , he made it his priority to ensure that the departments worked together , not against each other . |
| 8 | He made it his golden rule never to attack the Tories without attacking Labour , to keep equidistant between the two parties , to declare constantly that he was appalled by the thought of coalition with either , and would only undertake this under what he saw as a clear ( if only mathematical ) directive from the voters . |
| 9 | From that time , he made it his ambition to become ‘ another Jack Johnson ’ , as he told me : ‘ It was a kind of inspiration to me as I was the only black kid in the area . |
| 10 | His lifelong passion for natural history began in childhood , and he made it his prime duty to popularize the subject , writing fourteen books for the layman . |
| 11 | Greg had seen the posters around for some days , and on the evening before opening day he made it his business to pass by the warehouse and go in , for he was a paid-up member of the club , and lit seemed easy enough to fake a mistake about the members ' viewing day . |
| 12 | Only see one way in which we are like God is in having moral and spiritual capacities no other creature has moral and spiritual capacities , they do not of the potential to worship , they do not of a code er , er , of moral laws , they 're not governed by that , it 's a case of , of the , might makes right , it 's a case of the strongest the one that survives and the weakest goes to the wall you 've only got to look er at a litter of pups and the last one is the one that 's pushed to the back every time is n't it , there 's no moral law there , those pups and the , and the bitch does n't er work out , that because that one is weaker it should be getting more , more nourishment , it should be cared for better , it does n't work like that in any thing else , but God has placed within humanity a moral responsibility and his place within as a spiritual capacity , were more than just animals , were created in his image , so God created us , capable of knowing him and growing to be like him and in his original creation they 're in need of , the , the , the highlight of it was when he came down and communicated and talked with Adam and Eve there in the garden and shared his heart with them and there was this perfect commune between God the creator and man his creation , he never did it to any animal , he did n't go and talk to the trees and the plants perfect though they were , he never looked on any of the other creatures that he had made , wonderful though they may be , beautiful in their colouring , and go and talk with them , but he talks with Adam and he shares his heart with him his purpose is that Adam should communicate with him and walk with him and has fellowship with him , growing to be like him , but you see even though God created us like that , he did n't create us as puppets , it was n't God up in heaven pulling the strings and Adam did that and Eve did this and that was how it were , God is not a puppeteer and he made as capable of choosing good and evil , he gave us moral choices , because he made us his moral beings and so we could choose to do this and not to do that , we could choose to , to do this and to leave the other undone . |
| 13 | ‘ And he lent me his boat for a family outing . |
| 14 | Immediately he lent me his support , his judgement and helped me find a publisher , putting me in touch with Jan Martens and the Fonds Mercator which publish admirable art books . |
| 15 | I taught for a term at a crammer half a mile from my home , and instead of passing lazy days with charming children whose actively hatted mothers would smile , condescend and yet flirt during some endless pollen-spattered sports day , I spent my time with the son of the local bookmaker ( he lent me his bike : I crashed it ) and the daughter of the suburb 's solicitor . |
| 16 | Anyway , he 's alright by me cos he lent me his Porsche . |
| 17 | In Primary Three I fell in love with another boy because he lent me his ‘ Lo-lo Ball ’ and I thought this meant love ! |
| 18 | Twice he passed me his pipe to cut the ends of my suture and on one occasion I found myself trying in the dim light to thread the silk through his reaming tool . |
| 19 | In January 1629 the king knighted Vermuyden at Whitehall , and a month later he sold him his royal manor of Hatfield for £10,000 cash down and an annual interest of £195. 3s. 5d. and a red rose . |
| 20 | If Mrs. Steed falls into this category , what was Mr. Steed about when he appointed her his attorney ? |
| 21 | He offers her his freedom , his only possession with his open hands . |
| 22 | He offers us His Holy Spirit to sustain our faith , to be our companion on the dark nights and lonely days . |
| 23 | He asked him his name and address and rank in the UDA . |
| 24 | And er of course as I tell you , I finished when I was thirteen years old and I was on this er bottle washing stunt and o one chap as lived next door to us , back at er at Road he got me his this job on the farm . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've had better tarts , ’ he said , and , walking to the door as she struggled into a sitting position , trying to restore her ruined self , for at some time she must leave the room and face her shattered world , he flung her his final insult . |
| 26 | He had received it in the post almost a week ago , and the moment he read it his heart had frozen — he had actually felt himself go ice-cold . |
| 27 | David Brabham says his father has not got fond memories of Le mans because when he was driving it was wet and foggy … the weather was very bad … but David says he looks forward to it now because it is a classic event … he says its his first year with Jaguar at le mans |
| 28 | He was slim and dark and he told her his name was Steve . |
| 29 | He told her his instructions were to take her wherever she wanted to go , but nothing else . |
| 30 | He looked into her kind brown eyes and he told her his story . |