Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His contemporaries reported him as a master of geological field-mapping techniques and his original maps of many parts of Scotland confirm his observational skills and his ability to locate himself in the wilderness with an accuracy that can not be improved upon with aerial photographs . |
| 32 | His contemporaries described him as being ‘ oak-hard ’ , and in his photographs the bullet-head , the upswept moustaches and rather piglike eves remind one more of a typical Prussian Feldwebel , with all its connotations of brutal , unimaginative single-mindedness . |
| 33 | Where modern biologists see Darwin 's theory as the expression of a new awareness of the fragility of natural relationships , his contemporaries extracted a very different message from it . |
| 34 | John Stanley 's extemporizations on the organ of Temple Church in London were attended by Handel , and yet the esteem in which he was held by his contemporaries has failed to gain him the reputation that he should enjoy today . |
| 35 | James I was declared by his contemporaries to have died of it , and his victim Sir Walter Ralegh , awaiting execution in the Tower , prayed that he would not be seized by a fit of ague on the scaffold , lest his enemies should proclaim that he had met his death shivering with fear . |
| 36 | Billy Callender , Palace 's regular goalkeeper from 1926–32 , was thought by some of his contemporaries to have sufficient skill and character to follow his illustrious predecessor , Jack Alderson , not just as the Crystal Palace custodian but also the full England International Side itself . |
| 37 | The copious footnotes to the recipes in this book were believed by his contemporaries to have been written by Sir Walter Scott . |
| 38 | In 1875 he entered the newly established University College of Wales , Aberystwyth , where his contemporaries included many other nationally-minded young Welshmen . |
| 39 | In common with most of his contemporaries paying such rates , he was charged twice a year from 1783 onwards at a penny a time , though even he was excused in 1784 on grounds of poverty . |
| 40 | Several of his contemporaries describe him as tender and gentle , modest , ‘ shy ’ even . |
| 41 | His contemporaries spoke of " Charles 's kingdom ( regnum ) " , and distinguished within it peoples and regna : Francia , Burgundy , Gothia ( or Septimania ) and Aquitaine . |
| 42 | Which was their sort of way of making fun of you because you were showing off which is what a native Orcadian thinks any of his contemporaries talking in English to anyone other than an English person . |
| 43 | As the influence of his family dwindles , the effect upon him of his contemporaries increases . |
| 44 | To us Bede is above all famous for his Ecclesiastical History of the English People ( 731 ) , but his contemporaries attached more importance , judging by manuscript circulation , to his scriptural commentaries . |
| 45 | Vlaminck always insisted that he was the first to have ‘ discovered ’ African or Negro sculpture ( and he and his contemporaries used the term ‘ art negre ’ generically to cover not only African but also Polynesian art and indeed any tribal art at all that came their way ) and his claim was to pass into legend , although Gauguin himself possibly owned examples of African as well as Polynesian sculpture . |
| 46 | While they rested , Devraux again sent his trackers to climb lookout trees . |
| 47 | Both he and his employers knew there was a risk of a stone falling on him and he had complained to them about this . |
| 48 | His employers offered to pay him in full until the 12-month period expired and the High Court granted them an injunction , preventing Mr Henderson from leaving prematurely . |
| 49 | His employers offered him additional wages and a partial refund of the extra travelling expenses . |
| 50 | His employers argued that the onset of this rare and serious illness was not reasonably foreseeable and , therefore , they should not be liable for the consequences . |
| 51 | It had been agreed that in effect he was to work as required in any country in which his employers had contracts . |
| 52 | But a source close to the star , reveals : ‘ If his employers found out , he 'd have some serious explaining to do . |
| 53 | Not because of any failure , but because his employers wanted to promote him from temporary to permanent status and this required checking his background . |
| 54 | His employers consider homosexuality a ‘ security threat ’ , and so he is interviewed here under a pseudonym . |
| 55 | Later , his employers decided to reduce the number of staff employed . |
| 56 | As before , whenever his acquirements enabled him to pay , he would be called upon to do so . |
| 57 | Manager Geoff Cooke and his coaches had the look of men unashamedly glad South Africa are not here on a longer tour because the Boks are getting better by the minute . |
| 58 | His pitches contained little , perhaps too little in the way of technical information , such as profit figures , PE ratios , etc . |
| 59 | Eventually a Cun bowed and indicated for his brethren to follow him ; the others snarled at the Galks and walked away . |
| 60 | He held his spear gun out in front of him with the safety off and used his flippers to keep facing the fish . |