Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked too frail for his hand . |
| 2 | His voyage was outstanding for his persistence and seamanship and in 1833 he was awarded the royal premium of the Royal Geographical Society . |
| 3 | Even Steve sounded a little apprehensive about his father 's anger . |
| 4 | Ealhfrith may also have been apprehensive about his father 's plans for his younger half-brother , Ecgfrith , who appears to have married Aethelthryth , widowed daughter of Anna , king of the eastern Angles , c . |
| 5 | But he was slightly apprehensive about his most recent visit to London . |
| 6 | It was just right for his small cine projector , and as many as could be packed in , watched happy films about ‘ Fulham in the springtime ’ or ‘ The London Parks ’ or the antics of Mickey Mouse . |
| 7 | We have a unique stage here just right for his talents . ’ |
| 8 | Clive Brittain will withdraw Mystiko if there is heavy overnight rain , but the conditions were just right for his big winner yesterday — Love Of Silver . |
| 9 | Everything had to be precisely right for his guest . |
| 10 | In addition , the occupational therapist needs to go into the appropriate scheme for the disabled person to ensure that the work is right for his or her requirements . |
| 11 | His dress was too rich for his usual strenuous hunting , nor were there hounds abroad , or Iorwerth would have known and signalled it long ago . |
| 12 | But he 'd become depressed about his exams and could n't concentrate on his work . |
| 13 | This cleared up in time for him to jump in Zurich , however , and then he returned to Whitaker 's Yorkshire stable for his final preparation before the long flight from Frankfurt to California today . |
| 14 | If just these three are taken , Trollope 's view of women seems to be quite reasonable , though rather odd for his time , and encompasses all types — from the ordinary to the extraordinary — without really saying one is better than the other . |
| 15 | Well , she could n't even complain about that — he 'd been upfront about his intentions , had never pretended to feel anything he did n't . |
| 16 | Knox tried to create as wide a base as possible for his theocracy . |
| 17 | ‘ So it will be possible for his father to leave hospital as soon as suitable accommodation is arranged ? ’ |
| 18 | He made it as easy as possible for his clergy to take the oath , and he acknowledged that his friends who did so acted in as good conscience as he had in refusing it . |
| 19 | Same team , similar bike — Capirossi has kept things as simple as possible for his first season as defending world champion |
| 20 | If a left-wing politician is genuinely anathematised it is not possible for his opponent to pay him a higher compliment . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , as the Century was nearing completion , Gould was at pains to predict the most popular subject possible for his next publication . |
| 22 | In 1346 Archbishop Stratford was ordered to read to the clergy and laity assembled in St Paul 's churchyard a recently discovered Franco-Norman agreement ( actually concluded in 1339 ! ) to invade England ; publication was to be accompanied by a sermon and a solemn procession , ‘ so that by this means the people of the kingdom might be roused to esteem the king more fervently and pray more devoutly for his expedition in order that he may keep the people safe from Gallic machinations ’ . |
| 23 | Given his professed contempt for journalists , the importance of this last source was surprising , but all the more revealing about his determination to keep informed and up to date . |
| 24 | It was this casualness that led him , as Edmund Wilson reported , to be humorous in private about his own reputation , and " offhand and vague " about matters he had once taken seriously . |
| 25 | He is too absurd for his own good . |
| 26 | Predictably his wife was very upset about his resignation . |
| 27 | It would do no good to tell him how hard she had worked to build her small business — he was too upset about his sister to listen . |
| 28 | I WOULD just like to assure Raymond Campbell that he should not for one moment think that Glentoran fans will be upset about his move to Linfield . |
| 29 | But manager Clough is anxious to remove some of the pressure from the midfielder , so outstanding during his first spell at the City Ground . |
| 30 | GREEN DOLLAR proved gilt-edged for his trainer Eric Wheeler on Saturday — and the gelding 's still got plenty of work to do . |