Example sentences of "[adv] his brother " in BNC.
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| 1 | If in this respect Gloucester was still very much his brother 's agent , it is clear that his closeness to the king had already made him a person of some consequence . |
| 2 | Knowing how much his brother had meant to him and how happy Jonathan 's slow progress towards regaining his health had made him , Julia could hardly say , ‘ I 'm so sorry they 're dead . ’ |
| 3 | If in this respect Gloucester was still very much his brother 's agent , it is clear that his closeness to the king had already made him a person of some consequence . |
| 4 | Then she remembered Peter telling her how much his brother liked women — and how much they liked him . |
| 5 | ‘ Can none be found to play with the king but only his brother which hath no wish to play because of sickness ? ’ |
| 6 | Not just his brother , not just his murderer , but a woman of Isobel 's innocence and courage , the life of a child not yet born ? |
| 7 | Gloucester 's power was largely his brother 's creation and that power underpinned his success in 1483 . |
| 8 | Gloucester 's power was largely his brother 's creation and that power underpinned his success in 1483 . |
| 9 | Meanwhile his brother Ollokot , of even larger build and with an unquenchable thirst for life , led buffalo-hunting expeditions to the far off Blackfoot lands . |
| 10 | The order of the Court of Aldermen to admit William Charles to the City freedom is dated 15 January 1799 ; just over two weeks later his brother John , the brave little Frome volunteer , died of his consumption back home . |
| 11 | Two days later his brother heard a radio quiz asking who Larry Lurex was before he was famous — and the answer was dead star Freddie . |
| 12 | In February 1612 Will 's brother Gilbert died in London , and just a year later his brother Richard died in Stratford . |
| 13 | According to Wagner 's opera The Ring of the Nibelung , Fafnir was an evil and ruthless giant who killed both his brother and father to obtain their gold . |
| 14 | In these he criticizes severely his brother 's régime as ‘ arbitrary despotism ’ and accuses Joseph of wishing to ‘ dispose despotically and capriciously of the lands , persons and goods of his subjects ’ . |
| 15 | Until now his brother Phil has just been a shoulder for his wife to cry on . |
| 16 | Well his brother 's in the army . |
| 17 | Some years ago his brother was accused of plotting against Saddam . |
| 18 | He had served ten years in jail in the Republic for armed robbery ; eight years ago his brother Seamus was killed by the R U C along with Roddy McCarroll , both members of the Irish National Liberation Army . |
| 19 | ‘ He will like you and he will need you for you speak English and he speaks no Italian and not even his brother will be able to speak to him at first . ’ |
| 20 | By 1989 even his brother Nicu was rarely given publicity . |
| 21 | Kenneth was a little surprised that Hamish had n't said anything about the factory being in such dire straits , but then his brother did seem to put the church and the factory above family and friends . |
| 22 | I remember Glyn and the kids were very young I think some of the were born in Blaenau erm and they were dismantling an old quarry at there his brother W R from Harlech had bought it usa like a machinery merchant and Glyn then borrowed a lot of tools off me for dismantling it then we started we we 'd done a lot off and on together we 'd been in er I enjoyed working with him , he was the type of man very hard worker himself but he wanted his pound of flesh . |
| 23 | My Boss says a man rings in with an upset stomach and you know either he means a hangover or else his brother managed to get him a ticket for Wembley . |