Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | But United 's trip to Hillsborough today will provide Fergie with a more revealing test of Cantona 's mettle , because Wednesday fans are unlikely to have forgiven or forgotten his walkout on the Owls 11 months ago . |
| 2 | Nor indeed did Barth pretend to be beyond criticism , though he was not slow to point out where he thought his critics had misunderstood or misrepresented his views . |
| 3 | Since , however , the House in Reg. v. Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 , this must ( I think ) have been because the Italian student , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the taxi driver taking anything in excess of the correct fare . |
| 4 | Since , however , the House in Reg. v. Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 , this must ( I think ) have been because the Italian student , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the taxi driver taking anything in excess of the correct fare . |
| 5 | He did not find Lawrence and Morris easy to reconcile but since " the House in R v Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Lawrence 's case , there must have been because [ the victim ] , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the [ accused ] taking anything in excess of [ what was agreed ] . |
| 6 | He had n't been changed or taken his medicine . |
| 7 | Both appeared as nearly naked as possible after the censor had cut or covered his pound of flesh . |
| 8 | She had forgotten or erased his face , and so she saw it through a blur , but his body was naked , exactly as she had remembered it , golden-white , muscular and slender , the black mass at the groin and out of it the penis rising dark amber-red . |
| 9 | A buyer under a tender offer , on the other hand , faces no such restriction unless he has stated or implied his intention not to make a full bid . |
| 10 | ‘ It is not that he had abandoned or qualified his commitment to the principle of non-violence ’ . |
| 11 | Every man I have written about in this book , when he had made or married his fortune , built a new house or radically re-modelled an old one in the fashion of the moment . |
| 12 | Exasperated , I told her that given his behaviour , it was far more likely that her son would bite my dog ! |
| 13 | Hunt more than earned his championship : he earned it against the envy of some and the bloody-mindedness of others . |
| 14 | Surprisingly , it helped rather than threatened his self-control . |
| 15 | He lengthened rather than quickened his pace — difficult to detect from behind — stepped into the alley and sprinted as hard as he could . |
| 16 | ‘ Out Of The Blue ’ was fractured in the extreme , ‘ Heartland ’ became a loose-limbed skank , and Marr more than proved his worth on ‘ Violence of Truth ’ . |
| 17 | Or Ike who more than liked his wartime driver and mistress , Kay Summersby . |
| 18 | Many of them used to meet regularly at Shirreff 's wine bar under Ludgate Circus where , despite a lifelong stammer , Lewis more than held his own ; he was indeed described by Belloc as the wittiest man he had ever known . |
| 19 | The chicks have taken Indian names after regions of their natural habitat , Sisquoc was born on 30 March and has more than doubled his weight of 201.9 grams . |
| 20 | He had sat and formulated his final speech to the Academy . |
| 21 | Herluin had brightened and gathered his dignity about him wonderfully , at the very thought of regaining what had gone astray . |
| 22 | And , do not forget , only a few months earlier , in a restaurant filled with sophisticated diners , the same Balestre had stood up and bared his torso to show the scars of an ancient surgical operation . |
| 23 | Terror had dried and paralysed his vocal chords . |
| 24 | Think of the mother whose child has just fallen over and grazed his knee — what does she do ? |
| 25 | The light was poor in the Collector 's bedroom and Fleury might not have noticed how red and swollen his face was , had the Collector not presently fallen sideways , rapping his head on the floor . |
| 26 | The following morning Richard was taken down to the treatment room and given his first induction of air . |
| 27 | Following this success , McKee has now been promoted to official movie guru and given his own Without Walls series Reel Secrets ( C4 on Tuesday : 9.30–10.00 pm ) . |
| 28 | Professor Lapworth of Birmingham had also examined the problems and given his interpretation . |
| 29 | If he really wants to ensure that ring-rustiness does n't get him this time and given his limited comeback action , would n't he seek more serious preparatory work than dressing up as Santa Claus , albeit for charity ? |
| 30 | ‘ The person shown on television having an exchange of words with David Campese has come forward and given his account of the incident . |