Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The explanation for such divergent viewpoints may lie not in Osred 's reign as a particularly inauspicious period so much as in the dynastic rivalries of this time , accompanied by a failure to sustain Aldfrith 's silver coinage under Osred or his immediate successors . |
| 2 | He had either bailed out too low or his parachute had malfunctioned . |
| 3 | Aghredien , who played for SARU and is classified as coloured ( his father was Malayan and his mother Norwegian ) , has been working hand in hand with Bill Cunningham — a back-row forward , who played for the Springboks on their 1959 internal tour — to develop rugby in townships around Port Elizabeth for nearly two decades . |
| 4 | Hugh Despenser the younger had already petitioned the king on the grounds that the charges against him were erroneous and his condemnation illegal , particularly because so few prelates were present in the parliament which gave judgement . |
| 5 | He was able to give a pagan friend power of attorney to act on his behalf , and so found an elegant way of keeping his conscience clear and his standing with the church unaffected . |
| 6 | More skilful play by Roberts and Turner sent Hamilton clear and his well-struck shot put Haslemere ahead . |
| 7 | He sent Rizzardi clear and his cross was missed by Brian Kilcline , enabling Capocchiano to put it away from close in . |
| 8 | If , while we are praying for the Lord to do a new thing , we are failing to take action in areas where his intentions are perfectly clear and his resources for their implementation guaranteed , then he is unlikely to respond to our appeals to do more . |
| 9 | His mind would become totally clear and his reactions devoid of any hesitation . |
| 10 | On the third day his urine was clear and his renal function remained normal . |
| 11 | But Annadale levelled in the 41st minute when Chris Jackson sent John Stephens clear and his cross was turned into the net by a Western defender . |
| 12 | Loram and Sean Joyce combined neatly on the edge of the Quakers box to put Justin Fashanu clear and his right foot shot just beat Prudhoe , with Les McJannet , returning to the side after injury , unable to stop the ball on the line . |
| 13 | Because FI , in the wake of Renault , was shifting towards the turbo engine and because McLaren was beginning to develop the TAG/ Porsche engine , 1982 was something of a transitional year at the team and both Niki and his team-mate John Watson suffered in the results table , Watson actually finishing ahead of Niki in the championship , the first time he had ever been upstaged within his own team . |
| 14 | ‘ When he stepped up , the storm lantern threw its uneven yellow light up under this face , making the hollows in his cheeks look carved and his eyes enormous . ’ |
| 15 | He was muscular , athletic , good-looking and his folks were rich enough ; he scared off the other guys . |
| 16 | He looked tired and travel-weary and his first words confirmed he had been riding hard . |
| 17 | He was clean-shaven and his hair combed perfectly . |
| 18 | The relationship of this picture with that provided by Salvian and his fellow moralists , who saw the early fifth century as a period of destruction , is not immediately apparent . |
| 19 | Suddenly the repetition seemed very funny and his sobs changed to ripples of high-pitched giggles . |
| 20 | His skin was brown and his eyes a light clear hazel . |
| 21 | Secondly , not only have Brown and his colleagues ( 1986a ) confirmed that it is a close relationship that plays the key protective role in the development of depression ( regular contact , fair level of confiding ) , but they also found that it was essential to consider both positive and negative aspects of such relationships for any satisfactory understanding . |
| 22 | The mask of helmet and balaclava beneath meant that all she could see were the man 's eyes and mouth — but his eyes shone a lustrous dark brown and his lips were fine sculpted . |
| 23 | And his back was brown and his chest was a lovely rosy brown , there . |
| 24 | And if it did n't — if Klein was wrong and his handiwork remained undiscovered forever — then that was the truest vision of all . |
| 25 | The hon. Gentleman is entirely wrong and his views are opposed by the farmers unions of every part of the United Kingdom , including such ’ big ’ farmers as the crofters in Scotland . |
| 26 | Malamuth 's methods are rigorous and his analysis convincing . |
| 27 | He knows he has little room for manoeuvre while the government 's popularity is so high and his so low . |
| 28 | He rose to his full height and surveyed the scene with his chin too high and his eyes half closed , peering , as if what he viewed was rather beneath his dignity . |
| 29 | Within his own locality , however , a farm worker 's status could be extremely high and his skill particularly valued . |
| 30 | Sometimes I picture him walking out with his head held high and his step straight . |