Example sentences of "his [noun] or [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've tried to slow down my pattern of speech , I 've tried to simplify my vocabulary , and certain methods of when you 're talking to someone you do n't tower over them , you try and squat to his level or you give instructions in certain ways to certain classes . |
| 2 | A woman she passed was telling her husband to put on his shirt or he would bum . |
| 3 | Crawford recalled of Lennon , ‘ He 'd come in and sit cross-legged on the bed with his guitar or we 'd take his Rolls to the beach . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Is that his story or hers ? ’ |
| 5 | It is very important for the horse to be comfortable in his mouth or he will soon seek evasions of the bit . |
| 6 | Now she had to sit in his boat or he would be insulted and she was glad to rest . |
| 7 | that 's , that 's gon na happen and the fellows go along with it like when Tony first decided to move and that I thought oh great he 's found a place back in Basingstoke you know , we went and looked at them and everything and he turns round and changes his mind or he 's in the , you know he 's worried or nervous |
| 8 | No alarm as yet ; it 's quite possible that he 's gone for one of his walks or he may be shopping or just visiting someone , but I 'm concerned . ’ |
| 9 | Patrick landed across a rock , and lucky for him the ride was in to break his fall or it 's crippled he 'd be this minute . |
| 10 | it 's either in his imagination or he can see it . |
| 11 | But it 's well , ’ he said seriously , ‘ that you should have a token about you that will get you in to me or the prince at need , and stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul unawares of any of his officers or mine . |
| 12 | He took his argument further than that based on the existence of the pluralist society whether of his day or ours , and drew attention to the crucial question of truth-claims which can not be publicly demonstrated in such a way that reasonable people may not disagree . |
| 13 | Either he 's wearing pyjamas under his jacket or he 's changed his taste in shirts . |
| 14 | Benji can look like a broken-down old cab horse with a real novice on his back or he can look really smart . |
| 15 | He may not exercise his rights or he may shirk his duties , but he can not forgo them . |
| 16 | if the driver is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his control or it is necessary for him to stop in order to avoid an accident- or |
| 17 | The writer could have selected a sequence such as His opponent congratulates him on his victory or He is congratulated on his victory by his opponent . |
| 18 | Saw one one lad was really really sort of well okay he was n't clever by any stretch of the imagination but he just , was just a you know a sort of no-hoper and he he riled one teacher up very very badly one day cos he did n't do his homework or he was pratting about or he was you know . |
| 19 | I still ca n't read him ; I 'm not able to tell whether he thinks this is likely or not , whether he thinks this is evidence I 'm not his man or he still thinks I am but I had help . |
| 20 | Yet he must somehow tear the pain out with his hands or he knew that it would kill him . |
| 21 | I 'm suggesting we send that man a voucher for fifty pound that his company or he puts towards the next time they buy a full fare or an Apex and then we actually get fifty quid or a hundred and fifty quid . |
| 22 | ‘ We urge him to contact his family or us so people can help him . |
| 23 | What planning should he undertake with respect to inheritance tax — bearing in mind that under the deemed domicile provisions in IHTA 1984 , s267(1) the taxpayer is deemed to be domiciled in the United Kingdom if he was so domiciled three years immediately preceding his death or he was resident in the United Kingdom in not less than 17 of the 20 years of assessment ending with the year of assessment in which the death occurs ? |