Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even his opponents acknowledge his tenacity . |
| 2 | well he bought the land and we saw him at different times build his bungalow it 's a lovely bungalow now int it ? |
| 3 | S. W. M. Hughes published a full account of the history and current status of the Canada Goose in Sussex in SxBR.1972 ; these notes summarise his findings . |
| 4 | Parishoners say the animals outnumber his congregation . |
| 5 | Similar considerations afflict his poetry , of which over 1,700 items exist in the Gloucester archive . |
| 6 | His supporters say his energy has enabled him to succeed to a large extent in holding the Palestinian movement together during a series of splits and crises . |
| 7 | He has built up a reputation for naïvely self-important pronouncements on the state of the world and for a determined shunning of personal publicity , but circumstances force him to stand by his words when the Evallonian Royalists seek his support . |
| 8 | He tried to be the former and his Notebooks show his struggle : the latter he knew he could never be but always revered . |
| 9 | He 's in the middle of a correspondence promotion course and the books line his desk . |
| 10 | Since Gadfly readers know his fondness for public transport perhaps there will be a substantial saving when it happens . |
| 11 | Sir Laurie Barratt of Barratt 's Homes set his architects to work at once and , after a few initial hiccups , the message has filtered through . |
| 12 | The book is as gloriously colourful as the great maestro himself and the many pictures document his youth , marriage , family life and pastimes . |
| 13 | Democrats sound as interested in Perot as Republicans do , though most pundits think his pro-business background would attract more disaffected Republicans and hurt Bush hard in Texas . |
| 14 | Graham was staring , and saw the woman 's eyes flicker his way for a moment . |
| 15 | In the increasing number of critical surveys of the English novel published during the present century Conrad is the sole writer ever to be included in the safe , accepted procession from Fielding to Henry James and beyond who could , to some degree , be considered to write of adventure in the traditional sense ; and it is always made perfectly clear that Conrad 's moral and philosophical probings constitute his true value , his story-telling expertise being , by implication , no more than a means to an end . |
| 16 | The fact that other fans recognise his behaviour as deplorable and ‘ beyond the pale ’ is seen as proof that most fans have a tacit knowledge of the rules of disorder . |
| 17 | He then proceeded to fill the grounds of the new Purbeck House , and indeed most of Swanage , with discarded fragments form his London contracts . |
| 18 | Awed critical voices salute his very occasional emergence in print , and invocations of Raymond Carver , Peter Taylor and Ellen Gilchrist are silenced upon reverent lips by a mere mention of his name . |
| 19 | It would be disingenuous , even for those of us who take another view , to pretend that we do not know what made an intelligent British traditionalist like Enoch Powell call for a halt to mass immigration some 20 years ago , and what made British governments of both parties follow his lead . |
| 20 | But he was in poor health when the latter was written , and both books reflect his increasing pessimism about international affairs ; as Edward Blishen says , ‘ the positive and determined John Dolittle has been replaced by an unhappy dreamer . ’ |
| 21 | His likely successors include his new boss , Carlton programmes director Paul Jackson , and Janet Street-Porter , the BBC 's head of youth programmes . |
| 22 | You do this by assessing which of the ‘ stars ’ and their characteristics dominate his house at birth . |
| 23 | Cos we came in and Chrissy , instead of switching on the children 's programmes put his computer on so we did n't see it . |
| 24 | In both versions of the Berceuse Cortot 's heart-stopping rubato tugs against the music 's natural pulse , and although the later is less stylistically lavish , both accounts show his capacity , particularly in his early and relatively carefree days , to spin off the most delicate fioriture with a nonchalant iridescent fantasy and facility . |
| 25 | The editor 's notes reveal his disillusionment with the increasing commercialisation of the game although he calls for ‘ changes which would provide a dynamic , viable circuit for the professional game in the 1990s and beyond ’ . |
| 26 | Seventeen pages of notes support his hypothesis . |
| 27 | blood enough goes over my fingers cut his thumb and and all he did was just sort of bathed it put on it . |
| 28 | One of the ranks put his hand up . |
| 29 | If you are interested in such matters track his words down , for they are succinct and carry a weight of authority I could not possibly hope to emulate . |
| 30 | But the Home Office and prison reformers say his actions were mischievous and disruptive . |