Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Archbishop would only trust me , I should soon make his orchestra famous . |
| 2 | This means that someone must urgently bring his case to the attention of the Attorney General and ask him to look at it . |
| 3 | ‘ I might even change his mind about marriage . |
| 4 | ‘ But I 'll never forget his face when I collected a winners ’ medal after West Ham beat Arsenal in the 1980 Cup final ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I could only convince his wife , whose one concern is to save her stepdaughter . |
| 6 | I could still hear his voice . |
| 7 | I would soon know his secret . |
| 8 | I would therefore assume his arrival in England was a great achievement . |
| 9 | One thing my father instinctively knew : I would never join his firm unless events forced me to . |
| 10 | ‘ And for that reason I shall always love his memory . ’ |
| 11 | I shall never forget his expression when he saw me arriving on my bicycle with its empty pannier bags . |
| 12 | He was an enthusiastic fisherman , and taught me to fish : I shall never forget his excitement when I caught a salmon . |
| 13 | I can quite understand his point of view , noticing the volatile ingredients for a riot are rapidly forming ( forty miles to go , and only one giant chocolate-chip cookie among the three hundred remaining in the queue ) . |
| 14 | AB : I can certainly see his point , but I just wonder whether this is too much of a generalisation . |
| 15 | Dana read a group of modern Americans , which must have annoyed the British , starting with Elizabeth Bishop 's ‘ The Fish ’ — I can still hear his voice , the faint American accent and the hushed astonishment he put into the first line : ‘ I caught a tremendous fish … . ’ |
| 16 | I can still hear his plaintiff cry , in a strong Durham accent , before the cast broke : ‘ He 's pulling al me line oot . ’ |
| 17 | erm oh who was that other one now , I can never remember his name ? er well not John ! |
| 18 | He must submit a budget during the first week in February , which should further clarify his revenue needs and sources . |
| 19 | Even Crump himself might be better meeting his Judgement now , after a life of useful business , than later when the disturbances of retirement — already foreshadowed — would most likely have made him less of a man than he was now , less happy , less useful , perhaps even diminished , by turbulent pettiness , in the very qualities which might now ensure his redemption . |
| 20 | He believed that there was a great fund of benevolent feeling in man which could often counteract his egoism , and that man also possessed a moral sense , to which benevolence appeared with a special and attractive quality of moral goodness . |
| 21 | Suppressing the divine ire of the Northerner at Southern superciliousness , which would hardly serve his turn at this juncture , Greg said : ‘ The point is , I 've been commissioned by the local rag to write a pamphlet on Walter Machin and his World — ’ |
| 22 | It was the sort of part which would often come his way . |
| 23 | You have to be very aware of the patient 's physical limitations in relation to his spasticity , in order to prevent him from trying to do more than he can , which would inevitably make his situation worse . |
| 24 | If he wants to take up sports again , the patient must be guided by his physiotherapist , so that he does not attempt exercises which are too hard , which would inevitably increase his spasticity . |
| 25 | Worse , the president promised on new year 's eve to implement Islamic sharia law , which will probably aggravate his war against the non-Muslim rebels of Sudan 's south . |
| 26 | An in-house lawyer is usually better placed than an outside lawyer to give the advice which will most benefit his client ; he should have sufficient knowledge of his employer 's structure , resources and commercial objectives to enable him to give advice geared specifically to his client 's needs , which will not always be the same as the ‘ standard ’ legal advice . |
| 27 | His work in Peking has now been published in book form , and will hopefully be given the critical accolades it so undoubtedly deserves , but that will be small consolation for a man who may never seen his homeland again . |
| 28 | THE most famous painting in Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery is undoubtedly ‘ And When Did You Last See Your Father ? ’ the Civil War picture of the little Royalist boy who may innocently reveal his father 's hiding place to Cromwell 's soldiers . |
| 29 | ‘ So you may even join his Crusade ? ’ said Primaflora , surprising him again . |
| 30 | However , by careful listening to your lecturer you may possibly identify his preference for certain topics . |