Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | A letter from Charles Carne dated 27 February 1707 to his sister who had married ‘ William of the Ley ’ reads , ‘ My poor sister , the last Brydges of the Ley is dead . ’ |
| 2 | Mauro Ferri came to Easington in 1939 with his mother and brother to visit his sister who had married another Italian , Dennis Donnini , who was a fusilier in the British Army . |
| 3 | Before his resignation he had secured written undertakings from a number of parties stating that they would support his re-appointment . |
| 4 | Out of the kindness of his heart he had let him have a job in his shoe repair shop . |
| 5 | A perfectly fitting suit or a daring tie could give a man that added something , revealing the competence which he knows in his heart he has already . |
| 6 | He made them sing softly and then to sing loudly — smoking a cigar and strolling up and down with his walking-cane he had everyone in the audience completely under his control . |
| 7 | If he had set out to prove that the passionate interlude on the road this morning had been genuine on his part he had certainly succeeded . |
| 8 | While following his route I have added two other cities , Sunderland and Coventry . |
| 9 | But his route there has been clear and straightforward . |
| 10 | When Clark took off his shirt he had black-and-blue bruises over his shoulders and arm . |
| 11 | Before he lost his money he had the good sense to commission John Soane to design the Campden Hill Square house . |
| 12 | The Ray-Bans obscured his eyes , but from the subtle hardening of his jaw she had the feeling she 'd angered him . |
| 13 | To the delicate intricacies of his play he has added tactical steel and , after a difficult apprenticeship , he has gained substance without losing his natural spice . |
| 14 | Vitor seemed to have something beneath his skin which had connected with something beneath hers , and her breathing was quickening , her pulses raced , she no longer felt as if she was standing on solid ground . |
| 15 | For the next three years , Mr Hart searched for his story which has now reached the screen with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman . |
| 16 | Smoking the first of five cigarettes from his case which had been undamaged in his rear pocket ( matches from escape kit ) Harry made up his mind to head for a port , walking north-westerly to avoid Potsdam . |
| 17 | In order to complete his case he had to challenge this deference to a patristic consensus — which he did by observing that the church fathers had taken the motion of the sun for granted because the alternative had not , in that era , been laid before them . |
| 18 | He had always seemed a solid family man , and until his exposure there had been no hint of scandal about him . |
| 19 | A story was even current to prove his manhood he had killed and castrated a boy belonging to the palace . |
| 20 | It did n't need much imagination to guess that his presence there had been recreational rather than restitutional ! |
| 21 | They 'll give you a fire if it 's cold the other day when Tony was here with his mum they had a fan heater |
| 22 | The man is unconsciously seeking to take his mother as sexual object , but during the course of his upbringing he has learned to repress his wishes to make love to his mother , or to his sister . |
| 23 | When Huston expressed doubts over the extent to which a Russian promise would be respected , ‘ he remarked that the Soviets might indeed be difficult to deal with , but in his experience he had found that the Soviet Government always endeavoured to keep its plighted word ’ . |
| 24 | Second , he effectively demolished the picture of Jesus and his teaching which had been developed in the ‘ progressive ’ theology of the previous generations . |
| 25 | He was a big man everything about him was big shoulders , chest , nose eyes and ears everything except his near-flat stomach and his hair which had faded on top and grown to wise-looking grey tufts over his ears . |
| 26 | And his liquor you 've undoubtedly been consuming . ’ |
| 27 | He was pointing at his chest which had gone a bright shade of orange . |
| 28 | Shiva had called it that , but in his mouth it had not been the hackneyed expression it would have been if an English person had so referred to it . |
| 29 | In his innocence he had allowed the salesman in to discuss doors . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah , but we 're not a poor servant girl , really , are we ? ’ said Dr Neil , his head on one side again , the scar presented to her ; it was a sign that despite his mockery he had accepted her , for with those of whom he was unsure , or not used to , he always attempted to shield them from its sight . |