Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'll steal , beg , pawn or sell his family treasures , anything . |
| 2 | Their common lot was fierce parental discipline , even a man of a warm and kindly nature such as Samuel Pepys thought nothing of beating his 15-year-old maid with a broomstick , and locking her up for the night in his cellar , or whipping his boy-servant , or even boxing his clerk 's ears . |
| 3 | access or change his address , fax and phone number lists ; |
| 4 | No matter what benefits the salesperson discusses , the buyer may be reluctant to change from his present supplier or change his present model because to do so may give rise to unforeseen problems — delivery may be unpredictable or the new model may be unreliable . |
| 5 | He never actually took the stuff or got his hands dirty in any way . ’ |
| 6 | From Friday evening to Tuesday , he was at Shamley Green , and although he tried to avoid visiting people or seeing his neighbours his weekends were often occupied , which meant that a fortnight might elapse before he could get on with his own work . |
| 7 | Yet far from leading him to abandon or modify his policies , opposition incited him to more drastic methods . |
| 8 | A curriculum , any curriculum , makes available human and physical resources which the student can use to facilitate or enhance his or her natural capacity to learn . |
| 9 | The House might decide to act on its own by appointing a committee to inquire into the matter or a private member might move resolutions or introduce his own measure . |
| 10 | The client had wanted either custody or to see his child every day . |
| 11 | I shifted my weight on to my other foot , looked around the landing and up the stairs , half-expecting to see my father leaning over the banister rail , or to see his shadow on the wall of the landing above , where he thought he could hide and listen to my phone calls without me knowing . |
| 12 | An RFL is subject to the Solicitors ' Disciplinary Tribunal , including its power to fine the RFL , to strike the name of the RFL off the register or to suspend his or her registration . |
| 13 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 14 | He wondered if they had some other sort of beam they could train on him , which would make him forget things , or make his attention wander . |
| 15 | Or make his decisions . ’ |
| 16 | Sir Charles Trevelyan refused to withdraw or to curb his activities in any way and was consequently expelled from the Party . |
| 17 | None , not even literary men of distinction in their own right , like E. M. Forster , Ronald Duncan and William Polmer , showed him the way or disputed his paramountcy . |
| 18 | This causes purchase intentions to fall , only to be followed by an increase as the salesperson overcomes the objection or substantiates his claim . |
| 19 | ‘ Experiences , relationships etc are considered to be supportive when the individual involved sees the experience tin terms of his values , goals , expectations , and aspirations ) as contributing to or maintaining his sense of personal worth and importance . ’ |
| 20 | Of course , Ross 's inability to telephone , or feel the need to apologise or explain his frequent absences , had n't helped matters . |
| 21 | In the case of other loss or damage , a person can not so exclude or restrict his liability for negligence except in so far as the term or notice satisfies the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 22 | A hotelier may ‘ so far as he is free to ’ exclude or restrict his liability under the OLA 1957 by means of a notice ( or a clause in the contract of booking vis-a-vis guests ) . |
| 23 | The OLA 1984 makes no reference to the question of whether an occupier can exclude or restrict his or her potential liability under the Act . |
| 24 | Part of this employment was walking over mountains and fells seeking sites for making his drawings or pursuing his botanic and geological interests . |
| 25 | Fr Leonardo Boff , a renowned Brazilian liberation theologist condemned by the Vatican to a year 's silence in 1985 [ see p. 33823 ] , was banned by the Vatican with effect from Jan. 1 , 1990 , from preaching or pursuing his theological teaching at the university in Petrópolis , 50 km north-east of Rio de Janeiro . |
| 26 | The owner of the cattle had to pay the inflated damages or lose his animals . |
| 27 | Worse , character struck by lightning while climbing the tower must make a successful I test or lose his handhold and fall to almost certain death ( apply standard falling damage rules from WFRP , p.75 ) . |
| 28 | He increased his pace so that Mapleton , already out of breath , had to choose between talking or using his energy to keep up . |
| 29 | God , by his unpredictable and uncontainable Spirit , is guiding the destinies of nations and individuals who do not know him , or deny his very existence . |
| 30 | A testator would not set out to establish a trust , or to confirm his will in trust form , hoping that in details his intention would take precedence over his words : the civil law already coped with these problems , and the law of trusts was able to follow rather than lead . |