Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must have been out with his bike probably come in got off his bike went straight inside at least I brought my drink with me Well you wo n't offer me a drink . |
| 2 | His father Thomas Hope , who settled in England about 1796 , became through his writings and patronage the central figure in the neo-classical movement in England , and made his Duchess Street house , and Deepdene near Dorking , centres for his extensive collections . |
| 3 | I hated the growing fear my father ( and we ) shared during his illness , that he would mess the bed , and once suggested to him that all families should be required once a month to show each other the contents of their potties . |
| 4 | Siegfried grunted , but he got through his plateful and left without further comment . |
| 5 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |
| 6 | Words tumbled through his mind , and inside his head he could see himself — as if on a stage — daring the figure to make its business known . |
| 7 | A confusion of emotions tumbled through his mind : anger , concern , fear . |
| 8 | Ropati pounced for his 13th try of the season nine minutes later and second rower Sonny Nickle scored in the 79th minute to ensure Saints share the League lead with Wigan . |
| 9 | Slaven pounced for his 14th goal of the season , his first since his knee operation , in front of Boro 's jubilant fans . |
| 10 | On leaving Leeds City , Chapman recommended as his deputy George Cripps , a schoolteacher and one of his assistants . |
| 11 | He had reason to be proud he thought , as he gazed through his car windscreen at the line of traffic ahead . |
| 12 | A few petals still clung about his sleeves , caught in the rough weave . |
| 13 | Once Buckthorn disturbed a snake , and leapt into the air as it whipped between his paws to vanish down a hole at the foot of a birch . |
| 14 | Blood welled between his fingers . |
| 15 | I care the way Jefferson cared about his rats and their portal shunts . |
| 16 | He qualified for his colliery manager 's certificate in 1947 and is one of the longest-serving members of the Institute of Mining Engineers . |
| 17 | Scottish rider Niall Mackenzie retired after five laps when his Yamaha developed engine trouble , and mechanical problems also forced out Londoner Peter Graves , who qualified for his first grand prix , and Irishman Eddie Laycock . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Butch Reynolds qualified for his first major international competition since serving a two-year suspension for steroid use at the US world indoor trials in Boston . |
| 19 | Sir Anthony 's lips slid over his small teeth in what passed for his public smile , and he accepted , without waiting for their answer . |
| 20 | I suspect his letters to Taplow produced during his trial were forgeries , whilst Taplow himself with his tenuous links with Buckingham was used as a catspaw . |
| 21 | He was never at ease in large company but preferred the few friends he made through his education at Eton and Cambridge . |
| 22 | Sam looked out over the flooding river and breathed in the damp smell of the morning as if testing wine for bouquet , and I thought that he lived through his senses to a much greater degree than I did and was intensely alive in his direct approach to sex and his disregard of danger . |
| 23 | Her many ‘ seeings ’ of Christ and the Holy Family may have been delusions which she actually lived through , as Ruskin lived through his conflicts with the Devil , or they may have been deliberately induced auto-hypnosis deriving from the Revelations of St Bridget , to whom Margery had a special devotion . |
| 24 | He slept a lot of the Sunday and Monday and , when awake , just mooched about his bed-sitter in the gloom that inevitably followed moments of high excitement . |
| 25 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27-6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 26 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27–6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 27 | ‘ Harry agreed for his part , like Ben said . |
| 28 | By his romantic rise to fame and fortune and his great philanthropy to those who cared for his mother , James Macrae was a credit to the land of his birth . |
| 29 | She refused to let him touch her sexually , but she cared for his appearance , kept him active and stimulated , managed his beer consumption and dealt with all money matters . |
| 30 | Not , thought Tim , because she greatly cared for his welfare but because she liked interfering . |