Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every night at bedtime I hide his hairbrush in his pillow and sometimes he hides my shoes in the washing machine . |
| 2 | I commend his appreciation of the need for a social dimension in any reforms that may take place . |
| 3 | I commend his outlook to the House when we discuss issues relating to the social charter . |
| 4 | As Percivall noted in 1843 ‘ One of the Professor 's projects was crowned with signal success ; and for this his name must be handed to posterity with no ordinary eclat — I mean his introduction of Ventilation into stables and other places used as the habitations of horses and cattle . |
| 5 | I mean his charisma , charm and articulate manner are just too much … |
| 6 | He could he was a brilliant machinist and er oh crikey I 've seen him turn out a a three throw er crankshaft within a couple of days er you know without any precise measuring and and and in fact he just sort of put his roll on on on a on the shaft he was turning and just sort of gave him an idea as to I mean his eye was almost as good as many a bloke 's measur measurement with a rule . |
| 7 | I mean his first touch is decent he 's gone past there 's a suggestion I think that he he could have gone down . |
| 8 | Er but he is an exceptional young keeper and er I mean his nerve and his experience and his maturity sometimes is unreal . |
| 9 | Well the ordinary private hire , there 's so many of them , I mean his dad had been doing it for years but there 's so many started up . |
| 10 | I mean his bedroom looks enormous . |
| 11 | I mean his little friend that came around on Sunday , Mat |
| 12 | Well I mean his erm , his father 's up there and , I mean if you want to go up later on I 'll run you through |
| 13 | And it was n't just it was by pure coincidence , I mean his kidneys would have stopped anyway , that bloke thumped him in the pub . |
| 14 | and erm , I mean his cousins , what are they , five and six ? |
| 15 | I mean his face needs to be improved really , dun n it ? |
| 16 | Yeah , well yeah , I mean his |
| 17 | Yeah , I mean his work seems to be , his work seems to be a lettering artist 's work , rather than a typographer 's work . |
| 18 | but I mean his , his , his was an accident . |
| 19 | Before we reach the pub he has asked about Rachel , and as soon as I bring his whisky and soda to the table he asks about her again . |
| 20 | I fear his son 's death left an enormous gap . |
| 21 | Gratefully , I enlist his help ; he confers with the various spokesmen with charm , patience and a magic defusing device called being The Boss . |
| 22 | I push his hand from my face . |
| 23 | She had a foal with us during the dreadful winter of 1947 , and her behaviour became even worse , so much so that our good neighbour Mr Britton said she was n't fit for a young woman like me to work with and insisted I borrow his horse Bobby , a very even-tempered animal . |
| 24 | ‘ Edward won ’ min' if I borrow his typewriter , will he ? ’ |
| 25 | If any worshipper do reverence with faith to any God whatever , I make his faith firm , And in that faith he reverences his God and gains his desires , For it is I who bestow them . |
| 26 | If any worshipper do reverence with faith to any God whatever , I make his faith firm . |
| 27 | I make his bed once a week to give it a good puff up in the sheets . |
| 28 | And I make his desk as a desk . |
| 29 | I trust his judgement completely . |
| 30 | I hate his fucking guts . ’ |