Example sentences of "with [indef pn] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | And him with nothing to his name if it were n't for my late mistress ! ’ |
| 2 | Could have gone any time with with nothing through his bloody arteries ! |
| 3 | President Kennedy sent a telegram , Richard Nixon praised ‘ one of those who began with nothing but his own ability , and achieved greatness on just that ’ . |
| 4 | Were he equipped with nothing but his hereditary instincts , unaffected by the influence of the centuries of the civilising process , it is very probable that he would instinctively distribute the allocation of his abilities first to the ensurance of his own personal well-being , then to the provision of a home of some sort , next to the care of his mate , then to his children and finally to the community in which he exists . |
| 5 | Lewis 's grandfather had been I parson in a Suffolk village , with nothing but his stipend to live on , the father of seven children . |
| 6 | Arnold Leadbetter had left the Pay Corps at the end of the war with nothing but his demob suit and fifty pounds . |
| 7 | He got into position ‘ A ’ with everyone of his second shots that day , and that 's the name of the game at Birkdale . |
| 8 | Only once in this period did he sleep with someone of his age , and on this occasion he chose someone who looked almost exactly like himself . |
| 9 | I got off with someone for his hat . |
| 10 | So , with none of his rearguard involved internationally , Howard Wilkinson , who has constantly highlighted the shortcomings of a congested fixture list , had the luxury of 11 free days to work on the problem . |
| 11 | His new habit of sleeping on and on to rid himself of as much time as possible and then of staying up drinking alone until very late only left him with none of his natural good time and hour upon hour of his bad . |
| 12 | And he walked off slowly with none of his usual sprightliness . |
| 13 | He is extensively tattooed , with one on his right forearm of a rifle and a red star and on his left hand the initials INLA . |
| 14 | He 'd be better off with one off his bed . |
| 15 | With the cheque he received from the company , together with one from his workmates , Alec put these towards a long awaited trip to Australia . |
| 16 | A natural Maestro , born with something in his genes that made him capable of re-inventing the workings of the Reconciliation ? |
| 17 | He was steadying her with his left arm , fumbling with something in his right hand . |
| 18 | He spoke to the cashier , and was soon back with something in his hand . |
| 19 | I have reviewed it , and I said : I agree with everything except his relativism . |
| 20 | He had never before been able to be quite so frank with anyone about his innermost feelings . |
| 21 | Through no fault of his own , because of his own ignorance , upbringing and lack of a whole relationship with anyone in his life , he instilled this hatred of herself . ’ |
| 22 | If 14 days be a reasonable length of time in such a contract in this particular trade , and if he waits seven days before entrusting the goods to a third person on sale or return , that third person has the right to keep them as against him for 14 days , whereas the original owner has a right to the return of them within seven days from that date and I think that is clearly an act inconsistent with anything but his having adopted the transaction . ’ |