Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [prep] his [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , new clause 10 provides an asylum seeker with the entitlement ’ to consult a solicitor or advisor of his choice privately at any time . ’ |
| 2 | Sometimes — now , for instance — I look down on Tod , on John , as a mother might ( mother night ) , and try to find hope in the innocence or neutrality of his sleep So now we wake up a new man . |
| 3 | But an exception was William Swainson , an outstandingly talented zoological illustrator , who took what we might call ideas typical or representative of his time further than most contemporaries were willing to do . |
| 4 | I kept pushing needle or scissors into his hands then demanding them back peremptorily , and it caused a certain amount of panic . |
| 5 | When Tom Hanks passed on the news that evening on his way home , Seb heaved a sigh of relief . |
| 6 | Ali Bacher , managing director of the South African Cricket Union , has denied claims that dissenters within his committee still want the tour by Mike Gatting 's unofficial England party aborted . |
| 7 | Thereupon he turns back irresolutely and returns to his house only to find , as a fresh disappointment , that his wife is not there . |
| 8 | He took the precaution , however , of carrying a typewriter and books among his luggage so that he could prepare for an address at the University of Leeds which he was to give in the following year . |
| 9 | Out on the stump he is efficient and businesslike : shouting out orders and thanks to his lieutenants very much in charge of the operation . |
| 10 | The Profitboss will always negotiate from a position of power , yet try to persuade by reason , presenting the facts and figures of his case openly and honestly . |
| 11 | Robyn gazed up at the billowing white clouds and a longing for Luke 's touch , unlike anything she had ever felt before , overwhelmed her completely — her whole being ached with the desire to be held in his arms , to feel the strength and comfort and warmth of his body close to hers . |
| 12 | Unlike the average victim of the worst death the Romans could devise , he died with prayer and forgiveness on his lips rather than curses and hatred . |
| 13 | There is an evil Power in both stories , and a glorious Tree , but Frodo , to make only three of the most obvious points , is not sacrificed , is not the Son of God , and buys for his people only a limited , worldly and temporary happiness . |
| 14 | Miss Blagden duly took the wretched gun and it was she who was kind enough to write on delivering it : — I found your husband very well , Wilson , and as expected by you much agitated over the rumours that another concerted effort is to be made to free and unite his country which subject I may say engages the minds and hearts of his employers hardly less . |
| 15 | Did it really matter from whom a bishop had received the lands and symbols of his office so long as he was the representative of Christ to his flock ? |
| 16 | The light was not on in his room behind him , and from outside Mr Wolski might have seemed no more than an insubstantial shape , the reds and blues of his pyjamas now turned into grim black stripes against white , such as some of the prisoners in Nazi death camps of the Second World War had worn . |
| 17 | He went past Regazzoni and Jones in his Surtees almost without knowing it . |
| 18 | An eleven year old boy has been held at gunpoint by armed raiders and forced to lead them to money and jewellery at his family home . |
| 19 | A Sheffield manufacturer suggested that 6,000 men , women and children in his district similarly depended on the American market for their employment . |
| 20 | She rubbed the back of her hand over her mouth in a vain bid to obliterate the taste and touch of his lips still tingling on hers . |
| 21 | Afterwards , similarly approached by the king , judges and others of his council also agreed . |
| 22 | He tells me endless stories about Alice , and talks about his school quite a bit too . |
| 23 | An occasional surfer , Parrish eats Indian food , listens to everything from Metallica to Motown and hangs out with friends and family in his valley home . |
| 24 | This will rarely benefit an original recipient of the incorrect certificate because receipt of his certificate normally marks the conclusion of the transaction and is not something on which he relied in deciding to enter into it and because he should be aware of the true facts . |