Example sentences of "[verb] his brother 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mandeville and Southgate appeared , followed by the other secretary , Damien , his pallid face even more ghastly as he stared in terror at the fire enveloping his brother 's room . |
| 2 | It seems the parish priest at Upton has a servant who visits his brother 's family in Preston once a week , and that night this fellow walked the road from Upton to Preston along with Aldhelm , who works at the demesne , and lives in the neighbouring village . |
| 3 | Short of employment , barring a difficult business of protecting his brother 's interests here , as Waleran is protecting Robert 's over in Normandy , as well as he can , this one enjoys putting the fox among the fowls , especially two such spurred and hackled cockerels as your prior and Ramsey 's Herluin . |
| 4 | ‘ God 's holy fingernails , ’ burst out Hugh , impatiently interrupting his brother 's flowery passages . |
| 5 | She caught his brother 's eye . |
| 6 | He developed a tiresome cough which disturbed his brother 's rest , and became listless and depressed . |
| 7 | As he swabbed his brother 's temples with cold water , Mike muttered , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 8 | He decided to destroy his brother 's body permanently and therefore cut it up into fourteen pieces , which he distributed far and wide throughout Egypt . |
| 9 | After the Stanleys ' ambivalent behaviour in 1469–71 Edward may have seen his brother 's presence in the region as a useful counterbalance , but it is unlikely that he wanted to see the Stanleys totally eclipsed . |
| 10 | After the Stanleys ' ambivalent behaviour in 1469–71 Edward may have seen his brother 's presence in the region as a useful counterbalance , but it is unlikely that he wanted to see the Stanleys totally eclipsed . |
| 11 | For instance , the marksman is hunting his brother 's murderer , not taking part in army manoeuvres . |
| 12 | Ignoring his brother 's plea that he did n't want any , Bodo ordered beer . |
| 13 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 14 | G. K. Chesterton welcomed his brother 's arrival with ‘ now I shall always have an audience . ’ |
| 15 | He shook his brother 's shoulder delightedly . |
| 16 | Yet if he , just a man , could not find it in his heart to condemn his brother or the boy who had used his brother 's weaknesses to lure him to his death , how could this God of love of his childhood destroy so savagely and so arbitrarily ? |
| 17 | Having now documented Louis 's address and instrument business near the Pont Marie Therese for the years 1691,1692 and 1712 , while the other Louis lived on the rue Marmousets and evidently worked in his brother Nicolas 's atelier ( according to common practice , he would have used his brother 's stamp ) , we can conclude that the former made instruments stamped ‘ L/Hotteterre ’ with a fleur-de-lis above , whereas instruments by the latter would have been made in the workshop of Nicolas Hotteterre and stamped ‘ N/Hotteterre ’ with a six-pointed star above . |
| 18 | ‘ Come in , Hari , sure Cleg will be that glad to see you , he 's been wearing his brother 's boots to work in and them pinching him like the devil . ’ |
| 19 | Sarella felt him stiffen as if expecting his brother 's anger to turn to blows , but Marc went on rapidly , ‘ Why ca n't any of us talk without it turning into a slanging match ? |
| 20 | Although he turned to his own men for a number of controversial assignments , he was able to use his brother 's servants for hardly less sensitive duties . |
| 21 | Although he turned to his own men for a number of controversial assignments , he was able to use his brother 's servants for hardly less sensitive duties . |
| 22 | She nodded her head before adding , ‘ But a man ca n't marry his brother 's wife . |
| 23 | Cain , significantly , despises his brother 's ‘ angelolatory ’ . |
| 24 | Then he stood up and kissed his brother 's hand . |
| 25 | He prayed for the first time in years to the Holy Spirit to come and take his brother 's soul . |
| 26 | Seems his brother 's head was inside it . ’ |
| 27 | Michael watched his brother 's face and guessed immediately what was going through his mind . |
| 28 | Paddy Ryan wiped a tear from his eye as he watched his brother 's son being lowered into the ground . |
| 29 | Terry watched his brother 's face . |
| 30 | Eb 's hand shot out , clutching his brother 's arm and pulling him closer . |