Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could point out further that the ancient Israelites had not yet developed any notion of supernatural evil forces in opposition to God , and that this also encouraged them to see his hand in dark and terrible events . |
| 2 | This might help them to see his lack of social responsiveness as a symptom of his illness and something for which they should make allowances rather than as an unfriendly act or a personal slight on their company . |
| 3 | Fella 's Trampor is fucking wo n't let me make his toy up . |
| 4 | Later , he takes me to see his new Honda XBR 500 motorbike . |
| 5 | On the other hand , no parent that we questioned voiced any suspicions with regard to their own children and they all seemed quite happy for them to attend his youth club . |
| 6 | When Germans appeared on the west dockside , Bob Burtenshaw — still humming ‘ There 'll always be an England … ’ ran at them firing his pistol , despite his wounds . |
| 7 | Whereas in his rise to power , Nicolae Ceauşescu had needed to make deals and alliances with other , equally ambitious , apparatchiks , once at the summit , he needed to dispose of them to preserve his position and to protect it from intrigue . |
| 8 | And there these twelve men and two boys , who , with nothing much but bare hands , the sailor man 's gift for improvisation , and their indomitable guts , had fought sea and fire for their ship and won , were cared for and each of them given his heart 's desire . |
| 9 | Whatever the reality on Capitol Hill , Ceauşescu undoubtedly believed the pro-Israeli gestures would win Romania influence in Washington and would perhaps lead them to accept his differentiation of Romanian foreign policy from the Kremlin 's at face-value . |
| 10 | The years 1275–1350 are noted for the building of the Edwardian castles , mostly in Wales and Scotland , so-called because King Edward I erected many of them to establish his rule . |
| 11 | So if it was me walking his dog as he goes by he said we 'll see what , he said we 're rebuilding a new bungalow on the insurance claim . |
| 12 | ‘ It just sums up my recent life that on the day my son announced his engagement and wanted me to meet his new in-laws I was in Strasbourg . |
| 13 | He stayed where he was because he did n't want to get close enough for them to smell his breath . |
| 14 | Mum asked me to ice his birthday cake while they were out and decorate it with chocolate leaves which I had to make first . |
| 15 | Only one of them has his phone number in Marbella . |
| 16 | Ruskin wrote to The Times on ‘ The Turner Gallery ’ , the day after Freeman 's letter and , as a postscript , said : ‘ I wish the writer of the admirable and exhaustive letter which appeared in your columns yesterday on the subject of Mr Scott 's design for the Foreign Office would allow me to know his name ’ . |
| 17 | Now she has clearly given me to know his villainy , and shown that all this wandering since her abduction she has indeed herself devised , to return to this place from which she was taken . |
| 18 | He shut the shed doors , puffing a little , and leaned against them to catch his breath . |
| 19 | Or at least make them doubt his guilt . ’ |
| 20 | He would just gently let me know his opinion . |
| 21 | A military police patrol asked that he tour the area with them to find his friend . |
| 22 | Jesus had not left them orphans : he had come to them in the person of the Spirit , who was not only the special gift of the Messiah to the messianic people in order to enable them to know his continued presence with them , but was the first instalment of the Age to Come , the pledge that the last days which had dawned with Jesus of Nazareth would , one day , come to God 's perfect conclusion . |
| 23 | Every night at bedtime I hide his hairbrush in his pillow and sometimes he hides my shoes in the washing machine . |
| 24 | Yeah yeah well that 's why I asked his . |
| 25 | And when I asked his orchestra 's publicist if Daniel Barenboim would really want to be interviewed immediately after such a lengthy spell of high-altitude incarceration , she said : ‘ He came in by Concorde , he 's just been on a two-week skiing trip with his family in Switzerland — believe me , he 'll be just fine . ’ |
| 26 | I asked his birthday once again |
| 27 | I asked his birthday one last time ; |
| 28 | I asked his name , very haughty . |
| 29 | In the meantime , as I recall , er I I asked him who he was and I asked his wife who he was because he had asked what we were doing in his house and when he said his house , I thought then for the first time that perhaps this was n't who er we had on the floor . |
| 30 | I commend his appreciation of the need for a social dimension in any reforms that may take place . |