Example sentences of "a [noun] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just limped around gaining more sympathy from his students by hinting what a brute his wife was . |
| 2 | If , on the other hand , it never occurred to the defendant that the victim was young or mentally abnormal , and he was not aware therefore that he was in a situation of potential risk , he should not be liable for rape providing that he took reasonable steps to ascertain that she did agree to vaginal penetration , for in such a case his conduct is reasonable in the light of the facts as he perceived them to be . |
| 3 | A bit His Master 's Voice is n't it ? |
| 4 | Liam made a debut his dad will have admired at Abergavenny earlier this month when he wrecked Wales schoolboys with a five-wicket haul in the first innings . |
| 5 | Each time a worker ploughed a field his status and even his self-respect could be at stake . |
| 6 | In a flash his hand had reached out to catch her chin again . |
| 7 | And I heard how the music acquired a force his understanding lacked . |
| 8 | With a splash his hand left the whisky and found that of the intruder , arresting it in a grip that made the girl in the bath beside him wince . |
| 9 | As a result his friend Shean Kearney , 23 , who was sitting in the front passenger seat was fatally injured . |
| 10 | As a result his breathing was better and he had put on weight but , as he told Seferis , " the spirit sleeps " in such places:he became bored and restless . |
| 11 | As a result his findings are fore-ordained ’ ( Bachrach and Baratz , 1962 , p. 949 ) . |
| 12 | He is the first investment analyst to be charged with insider dealing , and as a result his trial will be seen as something of a test case in the City , especially as legislation is currently going through Parliament to extend the scope of insider dealing . |
| 13 | As a result his losses have been minor compared with some other big property companies . |
| 14 | As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research . |
| 15 | He concealed his real criticism , which was that the ‘ Peace with Honour ’ statement was a piece of emotional exhibitionism , and as a result his speech lacked any real impact . |
| 16 | With such a talent his fame was assured , and in America he received the accolade of knighthood . |
| 17 | Once during rectification of a fault his team located the problem as being due to broken wires in a cable loom which ran through the communications tunnel . |
| 18 | As an undergraduate he was something of a dandy , and even as a priest his appearance was remarkably trim . |
| 19 | It is difficult to believe that every time Tinbergen presented a model bill to a chick his activity coincided with a third , unobserved variable that was really signalling to the chick to start pecking ; that would however be possible for the natural observation that chicks peck when their parent arrives . |
| 20 | He fixed his mind on a rule his father had given him for public speaking : Get a vague plan and then say anything that comes into your head . |
| 21 | Andrew did n't smile and for a second his eyes locked with Benedicta 's . |
| 22 | For a second his eyes met hers and then he came to her quickly , his body covering her own , pressing her down into the softness of the bed , his skin against hers an almost unbearable pleasure . |
| 23 | For a second his mind was off the ball , leaving it free for Patrick Lombard to belt in and whip it away , dribbling it for a few yards , then powering it to Mike , who , relishing his new freedom at Number Two , took it up field . |
| 24 | And while he has travelled a lot since the success of Monty Python , as a child his family holidays were spent in the unadventurous climes of Southwold and East Anglia ( recalled in his TV play East of Ipswich ) . |
| 25 | It 's a question his mother says she ca n't answer . |
| 26 | Although he had left his native Scotland as a boy his voice still contained traces of his Celtic background . |
| 27 | I do n't think that Simon 's character is a very realistic one as I do n't think that a boy his age could be as philosophical and perfect as he is . |
| 28 | Although I say that this story could really happen , I doubt that there would be the character of Simon in reality as I think that a boy his age would realise the dangerous situation he was in , and join the other boys . |
| 29 | The extra blankets were removed and after a bedbath his skin felt cooler . |
| 30 | She stared at him as he sipped his lager , thinking it was a shame his compassion for handicapped people had n't extended to her sister when she had most needed him . |